Deena Winter
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Deena Winter is Minneapolis City Hall reporter for the Star Tribune.
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Minneapolis
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and wife expecting second child ahead of election
The couple’s baby is due later this year while Frey also runs for re-election, facing at least four challengers.
January 20, 2025
Minneapolis
Minneapolis police union seeks to intervene as city awaits judge’s approval of consent decree
The police-reform agreement between the city and Department of Justice appears unlikely to get a judge’s approval before Trump takes the oath Monday.
January 17, 2025
Minneapolis
Mayor Jacob Frey could be called to testify in upcoming Feeding Our Future trial
Frey could be called to testify about former aide Abdi Nur Salah, who is accused in the upcoming federal fraud trial set to begin in February.
January 17, 2025
Minneapolis
Minneapolis City Council fails to override Frey veto of its denial of raises to 160 of city’s highest-paid workers
The Minneapolis City Council could amend the budget to fund the raises, but it doesn’t appear to have the votes to do so.
January 16, 2025
Minneapolis
Minneapolis Charter Commission discusses cutting City Council pay and making them part time
The commission chair also wants to look at having some council members elected from a wider area, with some at-large members.
January 16, 2025
Minneapolis
Activists raise alarm over nonprofit monitoring Minneapolis police
The firm, ELEFA, has also faced criticism from activists in New Orleans who question whether that city has achieved enough reforms to exit its consent decree.
January 15, 2025
Minneapolis
Minneapolis minister launches run for mayor
The Rev. DeWayne Davis — the 15th child of Mississippi sharecroppers — announced his campaign in north Minneapolis.
January 14, 2025
Minneapolis
Minneapolis leaders want lawmakers to end low prison wages and pay off city’s U.S. Bank stadium debt
The City Council rejected some of the mayor’s proposals, including changes to the open records law.
January 9, 2025
Minneapolis
Minneapolis Charter Commission discusses cutting City Council pay and making them part time
The commission chair also wants to look at having some council members elected from a wider area, with some at-large members.
January 16, 2025
Minneapolis
Activists raise alarm over nonprofit monitoring Minneapolis police
The firm, ELEFA, has also faced criticism from activists in New Orleans who question whether that city has achieved enough reforms to exit its consent decree.
January 15, 2025
Minneapolis
Minneapolis minister launches run for mayor
The Rev. DeWayne Davis — the 15th child of Mississippi sharecroppers — announced his campaign in north Minneapolis.
January 14, 2025
Minneapolis
Minneapolis leaders want lawmakers to end low prison wages and pay off city’s U.S. Bank stadium debt
The City Council rejected some of the mayor’s proposals, including changes to the open records law.
January 9, 2025