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Minneapolis City Council approves financial relief following immigration surge
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Minneapolis City Council approves financial relief following immigration surge

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Minneapolis City Council weighs whether to pull liquor licenses from two downtown hotels that housed ICE agents
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Minneapolis City Council weighs whether to pull liquor licenses from two downtown hotels that housed ICE agents

A Council committee voted 11-2 to look deeper into the issue but Mayor Jacob Frey has expressed hesitation
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People gather at a memorial for Alex Pretti who was shot and killed by an ICE agent last month on February 12, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Small Business owners in Minneapolis are calling on the City Council for $5 million in relief funds

"Many businesses have lost over 80% of their customer base throughout the surge," Chowdhury
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The Minneapolis City Council's latest vote on George Floyd Square is set to unlock street reconstruction after a five year wait.
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Minneapolis City Council votes to move forward with renovating George Floyd Square

Not every council member is happy about the decision to allow full city traffic and transit to return to the area
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"This is absurd. The time for delay is over." That's Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey who says he's frustrated with the Minneapolis City Council's continued delay on a plan for George Floyd Square.
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Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey frustrated with City Council's delay on George Floyd Square: "This is absurd"

Frey argues some Council plans for a pedestrian mall is legally problematic and says costs keep going up
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Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (C) greets supporters at an Election Night party on November 4, 2025 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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WCCO Q&A: Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey on being reelected to a third term, city council challenges, public safety and more

Speaking to Chad Hartman, Frey also talks about a new Wolves arena and the future of George Floyd Square
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A cross with the name of 10-year-old shooting victim Harper Moyski is seen amid flowers at Annunciation Catholic Church on September 3, 2025 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The shooting left two students dead and many more wounded.
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Minneapolis City Council passes resolution honoring Harper Moyski who was killed in Annunciation shooting

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Community organizers, led by the Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee, are using the 2026 MPD contract negotiations to demand stronger sanctuary policies.
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Activist groups and City Council demanding stronger sanctuary policies amid Minneapolis Police contract talks

Some City Council members are threatening to challenge the new police contract vote if they are ignored
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A Minneapolis landlord who allowed a homeless encampment on his property was fined $13,000 for failing to clear out the area near Lake Street.
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Minneapolis landlord who allowed homeless encampment on his property fined by the city

One person was killed with several others hurt during a mass shooting at the encampment two months ago
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Minneapolis Police taking some heat from the Minneapolis City Council over the number of criminal cases its cleared.
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Minneapolis Police taking heat from City Council over the number of criminal cases they've cleared

"We have a real staffing issue. I'm not placing it as the cause, but we're drowning," says MPD's Emily Olson
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Ward 6 council member Jamal Osman says he was parked near Portland Avenue and Lake Street around 8:00 Monday night when he was carjacked.
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Minneapolis Ward 6 City Councilmember Jamal Osman the victim of a Monday night carjacking

"This incident is another reminder of the work ahead to keep all of our communities safe," says Osman
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Minneapolis will get four more years of Jacob Frey as mayor but with a slight shift inside the City Council
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Minneapolis will get four more years of Jacob Frey as mayor but with a slight shift inside the City Council

"I can't control what other people on the city council say or do," Frey said
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City leaders and police had become concerned about, with rampant drug use and unhealthy, dirty conditions - and especially violence - after two shootings in less than 24 hours at two separate locations Monday.
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Violence, drug use, unsanitary conditions push Minneapolis to clear homeless encampment on private property

Eight people were shot near 28th and Lake Street, the second Minneapolis encampment shooting in one day
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Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey says some Minneapolis City Council members are again manufacturing conflict and misleading residents over the timing of a new fee on businesses that hire off-duty police officers.
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Differing opinions on when Minneapolis can begin collecting fees for hiring of off-duty police officers

Mayor Jacob Frey says some City Council members are manufacturing conflict and misleading residents
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After an hours-long closed door session - and another few hours of debate - the Minneapolis City Council voted to sue a landlord who has allowed a homeless encampment on his southside property.
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Minneapolis City Council votes to sue landlord who allowed a homeless encampment to be set up on his property

Councilmember Latrisha Vetaw says it's their duty to act: "The public health crisis is visible. You can smell it."
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Aisha Chughtai represents Minneapolis' Ward 10 — comprised of the Whittier, Lowry Hill East, East Bde Maka Ska, South Uptown, and East Harriet neighborhoods.
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Minneapolis City Council's Aisha Chugtai sends profanity at mayor and gets criticism from other councilmembers

Three councilmembers called her behavior at a weekend music festival an "extraordinary breach of decorum"
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A budget battle is brewing over housing cuts in the City of Minneapolis.
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Another budget battle is brewing over housing cuts in the City of Minneapolis

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