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Longtime small businesses can apply for the $5,000 grants for marketing, business process modernization and improving technology
With its new camera enforcement system, the South Lake Minnetonka Police Department detected 10,000 violations in February, leading to 300 warnings or citations
The state spends $307,468 per prisoner, which is double Vermont, the second-place state, and dwarfs the $23,000 Arkansas spends on each prisoner
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The single largest expense after salaries was security for the Hennepin County courthouse, which cost $773,000
A total of 19 police cars have been taken off the road due to “gross negligence” by a city official, the mayor said
The 2020 death toll estimate is up by about 20K, with fentanyl blamed for more than 60% of overdoses
“This is one of those situations in which I feel like everybody would like to be proactive, rather than horribly reactive”
City officials estimated that the team could take 13% of emergency calls
Chief Richard Tonelli said the flag had “caused a divisive and unhealthy reaction” within the community
Spokane Police leaders have embraced the change as a way to free up officers’ time to respond to other emergencies
The package also removes a residency requirement for Kansas City police officers
Cities across the nation are using American Rescue Plan dollars to boost public safety
A swastika was left at a table where the former mental health worker was known to eat in the jail’s break room