@minneapolimedia.bsky.socialLYNX BEGIN THEIR TITLE CHASE AT HOME | Top-seeded Minnesota opens the WNBA playoffs against the New York Liberty at 1 p.m. Sunday at Target Center.
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@minneapolimedia.bsky.socialTHE WEEKEND IS STILL WIDE OPEN | MinneapoliMedia’s updated Saturday–Sunday directory covers festivals, music, films, sports, fall attractions and family events across the Twin Cities.
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@minneapolimedia.bsky.socialANOKA-HENNEPIN WEIGHS $27 MILLION TRANSFER | The district may move general-fund money to stabilize its employee health-insurance fund. No final action has been taken.
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@minneapolimedia.bsky.socialCOON RAPIDS SETS PRELIMINARY LEVY | The City Council approved a $44.1 million maximum levy for 2027, up 6.88%, while advancing street projects and honoring lifesavers.
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@minneapolimedia.bsky.socialBODY-CAMERA FOOTAGE DOCUMENTS DEADLY ATTACK | Recordings show Minneapolis officers confronting a gunman inside an apartment building where two residents were killed and two officers wounded.
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@minneapolimedia.bsky.socialINVESTIGATION FAULTS MAYOR’S CONDUCT | Saint Paul investigators found Mayor Kaohly Her engaged in inappropriate workplace conduct but did not substantiate sexual harassment or retaliation claims.
@minneapolimedia.bsky.socialMINNESOTA JOB GROWTH STALLS| The state’s unemployment rate rose to 4.4% in August as monthly hiring stalled and labor-force participation continued its yearlong decline.
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@minneapolimedia.bsky.socialABSENTEE VOTING IS NOW UNDERWAY | Minnesotans can vote by mail or in person for the November 3 general election. No reason is required. Direct balloting begins October 16.
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@minneapolimedia.bsky.socialMINNESOTA RECYCLING| The state is taking public comment on a plan that would eventually require packaging producers to cover at least 90% of eligible recycling costs instead of leaving most of the bill with local governments.
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@minneapolimedia.bsky.socialWHO PAYS FOR THE DATA CENTER BOOM? | The U.S. House passed a bill 417-3 aimed at keeping households from paying for power infrastructure built for huge data centers. The issue has direct implications for Minnesota.
@minneapolimedia.bsky.socialRED LAKE NATION| The FBI and Bureau of Indian Affairs searched a tribal child-welfare building Thursday. No arrests have been announced, no public threat is known and authorities have not disclosed what prompted the warrant.
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@minneapolimedia.bsky.socialMINNEAPOLIS | The search for city's next police chief has entered candidate review. More than a dozen internal and external applicants are in the pool, with a new chief targeted for this fall.
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@minneapolimedia.bsky.socialWEST BANK | The University of Minnesota will remove a Flock license-plate camera near Cedar-Riverside after concerns over surveillance, privacy and possible data sharing with immigration authorities.
@minneapolimedia.bsky.socialMINNESOTA | Should a new polluter be judged only by its own emissions, or by what a neighborhood already breathes? Minnesota's proposed rule would require a broader look in environmental justice communities.
@minneapolimedia.bsky.socialOAK GROVE WINS | Minnesota's Supreme Court has sided with the city in its fight to use paper voter rosters, reversing lower courts just weeks before the November election.
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@minneapolimedia.bsky.socialSAINT PAUL TRAFFIC ALERT | East Seventh Street is CLOSED both ways from Payne to Lafayette through 5 a.m. Monday. The northbound Hwy 52 ramp to East Seventh is also closed.
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@minneapolimedia.bsky.socialST. PAUL | A proposal to close the Dayton's Bluff Library and replace it with a new East Side facility is drawing opposition from residents who fear losing a century-old neighborhood institution.
@minneapolimedia.bsky.socialMATERNITY CARE | Minnesota has lost 29 hospital obstetrics units since 2010. Today, only about 56% of hospitals still offer labor and delivery, raising concerns about how far families must travel for care.
@minneapolimedia.bsky.socialGUN VIOLENCE | Minnesota doctors and prevention advocates are renewing calls to treat gun violence as a public-health crisis, arguing hospitals can help intervene before patients return to violence.
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@minneapolimedia.bsky.socialMINNEAPOLIS | Speeding fell at every location in the city's traffic-camera pilot, including a 69% drop in drivers going 20+ mph over the limit. Now Minneapolis is considering 11 more cameras.