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The Metropolitan Council, commonly abbreviated Met Council or Metro Council, is the regional governmental agency and metropolitan planning organization in Minnesota serving the Twin Cities seven-county metropolitan area, accounting for over 55 percent of the state's population.
A burning building after a night of rioting in Minneapolis in 2020. Violent crime statistics present a particularly concerning aspect of the city's crime landscape. [6] Minneapolis's violent crime rate of 1,155 crimes per 100,000 residents is more than three times higher than the state average and nearly twice the national average. [7]
The Mayor of Minneapolis, currently a position held by a member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL), operates alongside the city council. The mayor's role was previously considered relatively weak compared to some other U.S. cities, but following a charter amendment in 2021, the mayor gained more power and the council was reduced to purely legislative duties.
Minneapolis has the green light to proceed with a pilot that will allow the city to use cameras to catch speeders and drivers who run red lights and mail them a ticket. A provision in an omnibus ...
Rent control is the Trojan horse issue of next month's Minneapolis city election. City Council candidates are not saying much about it. However, if the election tips the council's majority from ...
In May 2020, following the murder of George Floyd, a black man, while under custody of Minneapolis police officers, protests exploded throughout the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area. Some commentators blamed what they called a history of structural racism, lack of police accountability, state aggression against protest movements, and ...
Minneapolis police officers and city officials crews periodically removed barricades to reopen the street to vehicle traffic. [21] The city declared the attempted street occupation a public safety issue. At a press conference on June 15, 2021, several Minneapolis officials commented on the tension between police and demonstrator on West Lake ...
The owner and tenants of an East Village apartment building say errors in their next-door neighbor’s construction plans could send their adjoining 125-year-old landmarked structure crashing down.