Deena Winter
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Deena Winter is Minneapolis City Hall reporter for the Star Tribune.
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Twin Cities
Minneapolis mayor, Jewish group want teachers union to cancel event with anti-Israel speaker
A pro-Palestinian branch of the Minneapolis teachers union is holding a seminar Friday featuring Taher Herzallah. Mayor Jacob Frey and the JCRC are objecting, calling his remarks antisemitic.
November 20, 2024
Minneapolis
Minneapolis City Council fails to override veto of affordable rental housing ordinance
The City Council was unable to override Mayor Jacob Frey’s veto of a plan to give some organizations first dibs on buying affordable rental housing.
November 14, 2024
Minneapolis
Minneapolis City Council votes to create new Labor Standards Board
After a year of backlash, the council easily passed a resolution creating a Labor Standards Board Thursday. Now it goes to Mayor Jacob Frey.
November 14, 2024
Minneapolis
Minneapolis police looks at new response to neighbor conflicts, as activists keep up call for chief’s resignation
A mediation program in the planning stages, in collaboration with the NAACP, would aim address neighborhood disputes.
November 13, 2024
Twin Cities
Keith Ellison shuts down nonprofit run by Minneapolis Council Member Jamal Osman’s wife
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison’s office has reached a settlement with Ilo Amba’s charity over meals to children during the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s Feeding Our Future adjacent.
November 11, 2024
Twin Cities
Minnesota DOC orders Hennepin County jail to reduce inmate population
Hennepin County Sheriff Dawanna Witt says she will appeal the order from the Minnesota Department of Corrections because it's impossible to shrink rapidly.
November 8, 2024
Minneapolis
Frey finds money to spare North Commons Park after City Council budget cuts to save shelter
The Minneapolis City Council had voted for budget cuts to save a downtown homeless shelter.
November 7, 2024
Elections
Twin Cities sorority members, Howard alumni host parties for Harris as results tick in
As election results trickled in, Kamala Harris supporters with sorority and alma mater ties anxiously waited.
November 6, 2024
Twin Cities
Keith Ellison shuts down nonprofit run by Minneapolis Council Member Jamal Osman’s wife
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison’s office has reached a settlement with Ilo Amba’s charity over meals to children during the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s Feeding Our Future adjacent.
November 11, 2024
Twin Cities
Minnesota DOC orders Hennepin County jail to reduce inmate population
Hennepin County Sheriff Dawanna Witt says she will appeal the order from the Minnesota Department of Corrections because it's impossible to shrink rapidly.
November 8, 2024
Minneapolis
Frey finds money to spare North Commons Park after City Council budget cuts to save shelter
The Minneapolis City Council had voted for budget cuts to save a downtown homeless shelter.
November 7, 2024
Elections
Twin Cities sorority members, Howard alumni host parties for Harris as results tick in
As election results trickled in, Kamala Harris supporters with sorority and alma mater ties anxiously waited.
November 6, 2024