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The county’s base wage will be higher than any local government in the Midwest.

Mayors, police chiefs and prosecutors held an unprecedented meeting Monday to discuss a surge in violent crime across the region.

Robert Mitchum played drunken sheriff J.P. Harrah in the classic Howard Hawks film El Dorado. As one thing leads to another in the movie, John Wayne's Cole Thornton embarrasses Harrah into sobering up. Quotable quote: 'I'm lookin' at a tin star with a... drunk pinned on it.' In the Twin Cities, we are in a John Wayne, call your office situation. What we really need, however, is someone who can

The sudden spread of carjackings has cast a net of fear over the Twin Cities. The Star Tribune explored it in yesterday's page-one story by David Chanen: 'Carjackings sweep through Twin Cities communities.' Subhead: 'Police struggle to keep with the latest crime trend.' In the paper's hard copy, the headline asked: 'Who is stealing so many vehicles?' It answered in the subhead: 'Carjacking surge is blamed on armed teens who

Officials hope new laws will deter thieves and protect vehicle owners.