'Team of rivals' to help bring changes to Minneapolis Police Department
A month after an effort to replace the Minneapolis Police Department failed at the ballot box, Mayor Jacob Frey has formed a working group of dozens to help guide significant moves to reform the department instead.
Mayor Frey forms workgroup to help shape 'strong mayor' city structure
A workgroup will issue recommendations to help Minneapolis shape its new "strong mayor" system that is giving Mayor Jacob more power in the city government.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey reelected to 2nd term
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey has been reelected to a second term.
Supporters, opponents of Minneapolis public safety ballot measure make final push before election
Question 2: Voters will decide the future of the Minneapolis Police Department during Tuesday's election.
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 giving 200 families $500 per month as part of guaranteed basic income pilot program
Two hundred Minneapolis families will receive $500 per month for the next 24 months, as part of a guaranteed basic income pilot program by the city.
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.
Minneapolis Mayor tests negative for COVID-19 after possible exposure
Update: Mayor Jacob Frey tested negative for COVID-19, his office reported Monday night.
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.
Activists react after final wording of ballot measure to replace Minneapolis PD is approved
On the ballot this November, Minneapolis voters will be asked whether they’d like to replace the Minneapolis Police Department with a new department of public safety.
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.
Yes 4 Minneapolis files lawsuit over public safety amendment explainer
Friday, the Yes 4 Minneapolis coalition announced a lawsuit against the City of Minneapolis and the city clerk's office.
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.