Most detectives will tell you there is a case that sticks with them. For me, that case was the murder of Byron Phillips, an 11-year-old African American boy from North…
Summary In late March, the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) created the Firearms Assault Shoot Team (FAST), a new unit dedicated to investigating non-fatal shootings as if they were homicides. FAST…
Ahmed Said won’t be heading to Cameroon, at least not immediately. That was the upshot of a more-than-hour-long court hearing held this morning at the federal courthouse in downtown Minneapolis.…
Richard Rodriguez Soriano was deported back to his native Nicaragua three weeks ago (May 7). Yesterday, May 27, there was a court hearing lasting for more than an hour at…
Driving down Lake Street in South Minneapolis on May 16, 2024.
As the Director of Housing Stability for Hennepin County, David Hewitt’s ambitious goal is to make homelessness in the Twin Cities rare, brief, and nonrecurring. On April 20, 2023, Hewitt…
With Minnesota’s public safety strategies at a crossroads, it is more important than ever to ensure those strategies are built on solid information and not hopeful narratives. Center of the…
Rising crime is a major concern for most Minnesotans, and rightfully so. In 2020 Minnesota became a high crime state for the first time in our history, and trendlines suggest…
The Claims Bill During the final week of the 2026 legislative session, the joint House-Senate Subcommittee on Claims identified the tort claims against the state that it recommended be paid…
Most detectives will tell you there is a case that sticks with them. For me, that case was the murder of Byron Phillips, an 11-year-old African American boy from North…
Summary In late March, the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) created the Firearms Assault Shoot Team (FAST), a new unit dedicated to investigating non-fatal shootings as if they were homicides. FAST…
Ahmed Said won’t be heading to Cameroon, at least not immediately. That was the upshot of a more-than-hour-long court hearing held this morning at the federal courthouse in downtown Minneapolis.…
Richard Rodriguez Soriano was deported back to his native Nicaragua three weeks ago (May 7). Yesterday, May 27, there was a court hearing lasting for more than an hour at…