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Once again, a Minneapolis City Council committee has failed to take action on the future of the city's third police precinct.

Plus: Minneapolis City Council delays Third Precinct vote again; Minnesota ranks high for number of people working from home; George Floyd Square development won't start until 2026; and more.

Plus a Third Precinct update, an MEA primer, and lotsa food news in today's Flyover news roundup.

Once again, a Minneapolis City Council committee has failed to take action on the future of the city's third police precinct.

Hennepin County Chief Judge Toddrick Barnette received a heartfelt welcome from Minneapolis residents Tuesday as he stood for a public hearing on his nomination to be the city's second community safety commissioner in just over a year. Barnette was a public defender for 11 years and a prosecutor for two before making history as Hennepin County's first chief judge of color in 2020. In that ...

Plus: Nursing home workers say they're overworked, understaffed; Scalise's nomination for House Speaker could boost Rep. Emmer; Minnesota Twins postseason ends in loss to Houston Astros; and more.

A Minneapolis City Council decision on how to proceed with a new Third Precinct police station might not happen until after the November elections, and perhaps not until a new council is seated next year. That's the potential timeline emerging from the protracted back-and-forth between Mayor Jacob Frey and the council over how to replace the abandoned station at Lake Street and Minnehaha ...

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey is urging the city council to move forward with plans to build a new Third Police Precinct building at the city's 2600 Minnehaha site.

The University Galleries of Illinois State University opens The Rock that Cuts the Night in Two, featuring Kambui Olujimi’s expansive and diverse output, including videos, drawings, paintings, photographs, silkscreens, sculptures, installations, and textiles made by the artist from 2005 through 2023.

During the unrest following the murder of George Floyd, business owners boarded up windows and doors to deter rioters and artists saw the plywood planks as blank canvases to express the range of emotions they were experiencing.