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The Minneapolis Police Department has 260 fewer officers than it had at the beginning of 2020 and $3 million more in its budget. Hiring is the challenge now, officials say.

Minnesota Supreme Court rightly decides that Minneapolis must follow its charter requirements.

Ive been mocking the Star Tribune on a daily basis for holding its editorial tongue on the Minnesota Supreme Court order requiring the city to comply with its charter. Today the Star Tribune speaks in the editorial Ruling should end cop funding nonsense. Subhead: Minnesota Supreme Court rightly decides that Minneapolis must follow its charter requirements. The editorial lays out the indisputable basics. It stops short of considering why the

The ruling sends the case back to district court in Hennepin County.

The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled Mayor Jacob Frey failed to meet his legal duty to hire more officers or demonstrate why he hasnt done so.

SEVERE WEATHER-CAMPER KILLED

ALEXANDRIA, Minn. (AP) — One person is dead and another hospitalized after a tree fell on a camper during severe storms in central Minnesota. Among the storm damage calls the

The city of Minneapolis must hire more police officers after the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled on Monday (pdf) that the mayor had ...

The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that Mayor Jacob Frey hasn't met a "clear legal duty" to hire more police officers.

The justices said City Council met its obligation to fund a minimum number of officers, but Mayor Jacob Frey needed to ensure that many were employed or explain why not.