New concerns over Minneapolis violence prevention funding decisions

Minneapolis City Council members are raising new questions about a proposed $643,632 contract for Rev. Jerry McAfee’s violence interruption organization, Salem Inc., after McAfee blasted the council at a recent public meeting. Some council members felt threatened and now want to know why Mayor Jacob Frey's administration has selected McAfee’s nonprofit for a new violence interruption contract.

Legislators push to reform state DWI laws [RAW]

Minnesota lawmakers introduced bipartisan legislation aimed at making changes to Minnesota's DWI policies. The announcement took place at Park Tavern in St. Louis Park, the site where two people were killed and nine others were injured by a suspected impaired driver.