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A change in Minnesota state law that requires all public housing high-rise apartment buildings to be outfitted with fire sprinklers has local officials looking to the federal government for financial assistance.
During the special session last month, lawmakers tucked the language for the new mandate into the omnibus jobs bill but didn t allocate any funding.
The U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs which includes Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn. held a hearing Tuesday on the threats to health and safety in federally assisted housing, including the risk to properties that are not retrofitted with fire sprinklers systems.
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New Minnesota law requires sprinklers in public high-rise apartments by 2033 Fatal Cedar-Riverside fire still haunts neighborhood.
By Briana Bierschbach, Star Tribune July 10, 2021 5:03pm Text size Copy shortlink:
The windows on the 14th floor of 630 Cedar Av. in Minneapolis are still boarded up, a constant reminder for Mohamud Noor of the Thanksgiving Eve blaze that killed five community members in 2019.
Now, more than a year and a half after the fire, Minnesota lawmakers have passed a new law requiring sprinkler systems in public high-rise buildings like the Cedar High Apartments. Proponents are celebrating the move as a first step in making sure no other community faces a similar tragedy.
Richard Jefferson, legislator who wrote bill honoring Juneteenth, dies at 90 He led an effort to recognize Juneteenth in Minnesota. July 5, 2021 8:57pm Text size Copy shortlink:
Decades before June 19 became a federal holiday, a Minneapolis legislator successfully led the charge for Minnesota to honor the day.
Richard H. Jefferson was a state legislator, chemist and advocate for the city of Minneapolis who as a state representative authored the bill that made Minnesota the fourth state in the country to recognize Juneteenth. Remembered for his sense of humor, his ability to connect with people and his dedication to his north Minneapolis community, Jefferson died June 28. He was 90.