Policing vote: Minneapolis city council president says she filed ethics complaints on chief's remarks

Minneapolis City Council President Lisa Bender says she is filing ethics complaints after police chief Medaria Arrandondo spoke out Wednesday against a charter change to replace the Minneapolis Police Department.

Minneapolis mayoral candidates offer plans for housing shortage
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The Twin Cities faces one of the nation's worst housing shortages, and Minneapolis is feeling the strain in increasing home prices and rents. FOX 9 asked the three frontrunners in the mayor's race for their plans to address the issue.

Rep. Omar endorses two candidates for Minneapolis mayor, urges voters to snub Frey

While throwing her support behind both Kate Knuth and Sheila Nezhad for Minneapolis mayor, Rep. Ilhan Omar also urged voters not to rank Mayor Jacob Frey at all.

New grant would bring changes to Minneapolis Police Department

A new grant could cause some major changes at the Minneapolis Police Department, and the mayor and police chief are hoping the city council backs the proposal.

Frey won't say if Arradondo will stay as chief past 2022

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey has made Police Chief Medaria Arradondo a central theme in his campaign to defeat a ballot question that would replace the city's police department this fall.

Minneapolis City Council overrides veto to finalize ballot language on policing changes

The Minneapolis City Council voted Friday evening to override a second veto by the mayor's office over language for the November ballot that will be used as citizens debate replacing the police department in the city charter.

Mayor Frey says he will veto public safety ballot question language 'as it stands'

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey announced he intends to veto the language of the public safety ballot question "as it stands" after the Policy and Government Oversight Committee approved the ballot question without an explanatory note. 

Minneapolis Mayor Frey proposes $1.5 billion 2022 budget with 5.45% levy increase

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey is proposing a $1.599 billion budget for 2022 with a 5.45% levy increase to help the city with economic recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mayor Frey vetoes 1 of 2 rent control ballot proposals

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey vetoed one of two proposed rent control ballot initiatives, which he said would have left policymaking to an advocacy organization.

Frey: Minneapolis will review police pursuit policy again after Leneal Frazier crash

Minneapolis will review the police department's pursuit policy again after a squad car struck and killed an uninvolved driver during a chase, Mayor Jacob Frey said in his first public statement on the incident.

Mayor Frey reaffirms commitment to Minneapolis police staffing following judge's order

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey addressed staffing issues within the Minneapolis Police Department Friday, one day after a Hennepin County District Court judge ordered the city to hire more officers.

Mayor Frey on Minneapolis police staffing
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Mayor Frey did not directly comment on a Hennepin County judge’s ordered that the city of Minneapolis must employ 730 sworn police officers by June 30, 2022, but the mayor affirmed his commitment to funding MPD and said “when you lose as much as a third of your department, there are consequences.”

Minneapolis councilmember: Protesters held her 'hostage' with list of demands

Minneapolis City Councilmember Andrea Jenkins was blocked in a parking lot by protesters over the weekend until she signed a handwritten list of demands. Mayor Jacob Frey condemned the act in a tweet Tuesday.