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Stories from April 11, 2024

Senate leaders talk rideshare, sports betting and bonding bill as session winds down

Senate leaders talk rideshare, sports betting and bonding bill as session winds down

There are about five weeks left in this legislative session and lawmakers are still working on a bonding bill — a package of public infrastructure projects. To get an idea of how the final weeks of the session might go, DFL Senate Majority Leader Erin Murphy and GOP Senate Minority Leader Mark Johnson joined MPR News Host Cathy Wurzer.
by Cathy Wurzer and Gracie Stockton

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Rideshare ordinance delay; Apple River stabbings verdict

The Minneapolis City Council voted today to extend implementation of its ordinance boosting pay for Uber and Lyft drivers by two months. Both Uber and Lyft have said the new rates are too high and will cause them to pull their services from the city. And after a trial that lasted 8 days, a Wisconsin jury found Nicolae Miu guilty today of first-degree reckless homicide in the 2022 Apple River stabbings.
by Elena See

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‘The Familiar’ is a romance, coming-of-age tale, and a story about fighting for more

‘The Familiar’ is a romance, coming-of-age tale, and a story about fighting for more

In her new novel, Leigh Bardugo drags readers into a world of servitude, magic, power struggles, and intrigue — one where there isn’t a single character that doesn’t have a secret agenda.
by Gabino Iglesias

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Taopi mayor: ‘Families are back where they belong’ two years after tornado

Taopi mayor: ‘Families are back where they belong’ two years after tornado

April 12 is the second anniversary of the EF2 tornado that destroyed the roughly 60-person town of Taopi, Minn. Mayor Mary Huntley said most of the displaced families are now back.
by Cathy Wurzer and Gracie Stockton

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Politics Friday: The landscape of Minnesota education legislation and the outlook of business permitting across the state

Politics Friday: The landscape of Minnesota education legislation and the outlook of business permitting across the state

MPR News host Brian Bakst and his guests talked about education issues across Minnesota and the state’s environment for business expansions.
by Brian Bakst, Ellie Roth and Matthew Alvarez

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Civil rights leader Ethel Ray Nance to be honored in Duluth and in new biography

Civil rights leader Ethel Ray Nance to be honored in Duluth and in new biography

Nance was the first Black woman to work as a stenographer at the state legislature, an executive secretary for W.E.B DuBois and one of the first Black policewomen in Minnesota. Her granddaughter tells her story in a new book.
by Cathy Wurzer and Aleesa Kuznetsov

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Health department says 22 Minnesota water systems have PFAS above new federal limits

Health department says 22 Minnesota water systems have PFAS above new federal limits

For the first time, the Environmental Protection Agency has set enforceable drinking water standards for six PFAS. Water systems will be required to monitor for the chemicals and remove them if they're above the allowable levels.
by Kirsti Marohn, Cathy Wurzer and CJ Younger

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OJ Simpson, fallen football hero acquitted of murder in ‘trial of the century,’ dies at 76

OJ Simpson, fallen football hero acquitted of murder in ‘trial of the century,’ dies at 76

O.J. Simpson has died. The decorated football star who was acquitted of charges he killed his former wife and her friend but wound up in prison years later in an unrelated case died Wednesday, his family said in a statement on his X account.
by The Associated Press

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Drought conditions improve for some, persist for others

Drought conditions improve for some, persist for others

East-central Minnesota is no longer considered abnormally dry thanks to soaking rains early this week. The North Shore is out of moderate drought but drought hangs on in north-central and southeastern Minnesota. 
by Sven Sundgaard

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Jokic scores 41 points and leads Nuggets past Timberwolves 116-107 to take lead in West

Jokic scores 41 points and leads Nuggets past Timberwolves 116-107 to take lead in West

Nikola Jokic scored 41 points and powered the Denver Nuggets past Minnesota and into sole possession of first place in the tight Western Conference playoff race with a 116-107 win over the Timberwolves. 
by The Associated Press

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2 deputies hurt, armed person killed in Minnetonka. Jury deliberates in Apple River stabbing trial

One person was killed and two Hennepin County sheriff's deputies were injured Wednesday in Minnetonka. Police say the deputies suffered non life-threatening injuries while attempting to serve a felony arrest warrant. And no verdict was reached Wednesday in the Nicolae Mui trial. The jury continues deliberations Thursday.
by Phil Picardi

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Minneapolis releases officer misconduct data, nearly 4 years after Floyd killing, protests

Minneapolis releases officer misconduct data, nearly 4 years after Floyd killing, protests

It's been nearly four years since George Floyd died at the hands of Minneapolis police officers. Recently, the city released documents showing at least a dozen officers were disciplined for misconduct during that time. MPR News Host Cathy Wurzer talks to the Minnesota Reformer’s Deena Winter, who took a deep dive into that data.
by Cathy Wurzer and Gracie Stockton

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Japan will give new cherry trees to replace those lost in D.C. construction

Japan will give new cherry trees to replace those lost in D.C. construction

Japan is giving the U.S. 250 new cherry trees to help replace the hundreds that are being ripped out this summer as construction crews work to repair the seawall around the capital's Tidal Basin.
by The Associated Press

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EU lawmakers approve an overhaul of the bloc's migration laws

EU lawmakers approve an overhaul of the bloc's migration laws

European Union lawmakers have approved a major revamp of the bloc's migration laws, hoping to end years of division and deprive the far right of a vote-winning campaign issue ahead of June elections.
by The Associated Press

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