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How St. Paul's Rent Control Experiment Backfired Spectacularly

Construction of new housing collapsed in the Minnesota city as builders took their business elsewhere.

Reason

Pho, handwarmers, grief and loss: a week on the block where Alex Pretti was killed

Residents line up to support businesses that became refuges from teargas, and refresh the memorial daily

The Guardian - US

‘Our spirit can’t be broken’: Minneapolis city council member on resisting Trump’s immigration crackdown

Aisha Chughtai, who represents the district where Alex Pretti was fatally shot, speaks on the ‘despair’ caused by federal immigration enforcement

The Guardian - US

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Minneapolis softens law on obstructing abortion clinics in response to free-speech lawsuit

Minneapolis has softened an ordinance that prohibited obstructing entrances and driveways to abortion clinics after anti-abortion activists sued to challenge it on free-speech grounds

The Independent UK

With Muslim members away for Eid, Minneapolis City Council kills rent control measure

While three Muslim council members were away to observe the Eid al-Adha holiday, the Minneapolis City Council narrowly voted to kill a measure that would have put a rent control question on the ballot this fall

The Independent UK

Minnesota Muslims vow to continue call to prayer despite rise in mosque attacks

Twin Cities community has long battled Islamophobia, and some say series of attacks is backlash to new rule allowing calls any time

The Guardian - US

Minnesota Democrats hold emergency meeting in response to melee at Minneapolis political convention

Minnesota Democratic leaders are meeting over Zoom on Thursday evening to discuss the chaos that broke out during a weekend convention to endorse a candidate for a Minneapolis City Council race

The Independent UK

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Democratic Minneapolis City Council candidate says he doesn't condone violence, days after melee

Days after chaos erupted at a Democratic nominating convention for a Minneapolis City Council seat, one of the candidates says he does not condone violence

The Independent UK

Minnesota Democrats set emergency meeting in response to melee at Minneapolis political convention

Minnesota Democratic leaders will convene an emergency meeting Thursday evening to respond to the chaos that broke out during a convention to endorse a candidate for a Minneapolis City Council race

The Independent UK

Minneapolis city council nomination brawlers could be expelled from Minnesota Democratic Party

The Minnesota Democratic Party says it will consider expelling anyone involved in a brawl that broke out at a political event to nominate candidates for a Minneapolis City Council seat

The Independent UK

Minneapolis becomes first major US city to allow all five Muslim daily prayer calls

Minneapolis on Thursday became the first major American city to permit unfettered broadcast of the Muslim call to prayer, allowing the adhan to be heard over speakers five times a day, year-round.

Tribune News Service

The Dangers of Rent Control on Display in the Twin Cities

St. Paul has seen a 61 percent decrease in building permits after the city imposed rent control on future housing.

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