One aspect of the rise in violent crime in the Twin Cities has been the increase in carjackings. On November 5, Kare 11 reported…
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In praise of ‘Clean Slate’ laws In our 2019 report ‘Minnesota’s Workforce to 2050,’ I suggested that a “Clean Slate”…
It’s the last thing those who depend on public transportation in the Twin Cities want to hear. The number of…
Yesterday, the voters of Minneapolis rejected a proposed charter amendment which would have eliminated the city’s police department and replaced it with…
Minnesota police and public safety authorities might just as well have dialed 911 at a recent MN State Senate hearing…
Violent crime is exploding in Minneapolis. Figure 1 shows the percentage change in a range of crimes in Minneapolis for…
Legislators’ rush to revise deadly force law backfires DFL lawmakers seized on George Floyd’s death in police custody and the…
In August, St. Paul wasn’t seeing a surge in homicides in 2021 over 2020’s already-high numbers comparable to that seen in Minneapolis….
18 Oct: Gov. Walz to Minneapolis residents desperate in the face of rising crime: you’re on your own
On Sept. 14, in an article titled ‘Violent crime up 19% in Minneapolis,’ I wrote: “There have been 67 homicides…
The suspect in the murder of Marquisha Wiley — killed in a gunfight in a bar on St. Paul’s popular West 7th Avenue…