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  34. <title>Bill making way for multifamily housing dies in Minnesota Senate committee; sponsors will try again next year</title>
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  45. <description><![CDATA[<figure><img width="940" height="619" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/ProHousingRally041924_940.png?fit=940%2C619" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="Housing advocates rallied in the Rotunda during Habitat on the Hill Day at the Minnesota State Capitol." decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/ProHousingRally041924_940.png?w=940 940w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/ProHousingRally041924_940.png?resize=190%2C125 190w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/ProHousingRally041924_940.png?resize=640%2C421 640w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/ProHousingRally041924_940.png?resize=130%2C85 130w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/ProHousingRally041924_940.png?resize=768%2C506 768w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/ProHousingRally041924_940.png?resize=400%2C263 400w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/ProHousingRally041924_940.png?resize=706%2C465 706w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/ProHousingRally041924_940.png?fit=940%2C619&amp;w=370 370w" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" /></figure>
  46. <p>It came two weeks after another bill promoting housing density, the so-called missing middle bill, was also scrapped for this session.</p>
  47. <p>The post <a href="http://www.minnpost.com/state-government/2024/04/bill-multifamily-housing-minnesota-senate-committee-housing-density/">Bill making way for multifamily housing dies in Minnesota Senate committee; sponsors will try again next year</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.minnpost.com">MinnPost</a>.</p>
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  49. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<figure><img width="940" height="619" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/ProHousingRally041924_940.png?fit=940%2C619" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="Housing advocates rallied in the Rotunda during Habitat on the Hill Day at the Minnesota State Capitol." decoding="async" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/ProHousingRally041924_940.png?w=940 940w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/ProHousingRally041924_940.png?resize=190%2C125 190w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/ProHousingRally041924_940.png?resize=640%2C421 640w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/ProHousingRally041924_940.png?resize=130%2C85 130w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/ProHousingRally041924_940.png?resize=768%2C506 768w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/ProHousingRally041924_940.png?resize=400%2C263 400w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/ProHousingRally041924_940.png?resize=706%2C465 706w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/ProHousingRally041924_940.png?fit=940%2C619&amp;w=370 370w" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" /></figure>
  50. <p>The second of two major attempts to increase housing density in Minnesota has been declared dead by the measure’s sponsors in the Legislature.</p>
  51.  
  52.  
  53.  
  54. <p>After a Senate committee adopted amendments Tuesday that weakened a measure to make it easier to build multi-family housing in commercially zoned areas, the prime sponsor said the issue is “on pause” for the remainder of the 2023 session.</p>
  55.  
  56.  
  57.  
  58. <p>It comes two weeks after legislative leadership <a href="https://www.minnpost.com/state-government/2024/04/missing-middle-housing-bill-off-the-table-at-the-legislature-for-this-session/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">killed another bill</a> that would have increased housing density in single family zones. The so-called “missing middle” bill would have required larger cities to allow duplexes, triplexes and four-plexes in what has been zoned for single-family housing. But it fell victim to objections from local government groups and suburban DFL lawmakers.</p>
  59.  
  60.  
  61.  
  62. <p>Only one measure remains of <a href="https://www.minnpost.com/state-government/2024/02/why-a-sweeping-housing-density-bill-opposed-by-minnesota-cities-suburbs-has-broad-support-in-the-legislature/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">the package pushed by housing density advocates</a> as a way to control suburban sprawl, put less pressure on climate and improve the economics around transit use. Housing advocates are still pushing <a href="https://www.minnpost.com/state-government/2024/02/are-minnesota-environmental-laws-being-used-against-the-environment-why-legislators-want-to-end-minneapolis-2040-lawsuit/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">bill language</a> that would declare that comprehensive plans adopted by cities are not subject to legal challenges under the Minnesota Environmental Rights Act, or MERA.</p>
  63.  
  64.  
  65.  
  66. <p>That bill would both end an ongoing — and so-far successful — legal challenge to the Minneapolis 2040 plan as well as make it clear that other cities that have adopted comprehensive plans cannot be sued under the state’s primary environmental law. Individual construction projects could still be challenged in court to assure that they follow state environmental protections, but not the foundational planning documents cities must adopt every 10 years under the supervision of the Met Council.</p>
  67.  
  68.  
  69.  
  70. <p>“We’ve made good progress this session bringing the conversation about exclusionary zoning reform to our chamber, and the coalition will continue this work moving forward,” Sen. Lindsey Port, a Burnsville DFLer who chairs the Senate Housing Committee, said in a statement. “While the missing middle and multi-family bills are both on pause for the session, the comprehensive plan bill is still in discussion, and we’re continuing to work on language. I am optimistic that we will be able to move that bill this year.”</p>
  71.  
  72.  
  73.  
  74. <p>Port’s counterpart in the House, Rep. Mike Howard, said he has reached a similar conclusion: that the multi-family bill is dead for this year but the so-called comp plan clarity bill still has life.&nbsp;</p>
  75.  
  76.  
  77.  
  78. <p>“It’s definitely starting to look like the multi-family in commercial zones is something we’ll need to build the support for to pass it next year,” the Richfield DFLer said Thursday. He told a Habitat for Humanity rally that the coalition was large and will get larger.</p>
  79.  
  80.  
  81.  
  82. <p>“We have built a coalition that’s here to stay,” Howard said. “We’re going to keep working on this issue until we get it done.”</p>
  83.  
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  86. <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img decoding="async" width="740" height="493" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/HowardHousingRally041824_740.png?resize=740%2C493&#038;ssl=1" alt="“It’s definitely starting to look like the multi-family in commercial zones is something we’ll need to build the support for to pass it next year,” state Rep. Mike Howard said Thursday. He told a Habitat for Humanity rally that the coalition was large and will get larger." class="wp-image-2161220" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/HowardHousingRally041824_740.png?w=740 740w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/HowardHousingRally041824_740.png?resize=190%2C127 190w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/HowardHousingRally041824_740.png?resize=640%2C426 640w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/HowardHousingRally041824_740.png?resize=400%2C266 400w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/HowardHousingRally041824_740.png?resize=706%2C470 706w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/HowardHousingRally041824_740.png?w=370&amp;ssl=1 370w" sizes="(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px" data-recalc-dims="1" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">“It’s definitely starting to look like the multi-family in commercial zones is something we’ll need to build the support for to pass it next year,” state Rep. Mike Howard said Thursday. He told a Habitat for Humanity rally that the coalition was large and will get larger. <span class="image-credit"><span class="credit-label-wrapper">Credit:</span> MinnPost photo by Peter Callaghan</span></figcaption></figure></div>
  87.  
  88.  
  89. <p>While DFL members, especially those from suburban districts, did not favor the bills, hoped-for support from Republicans did not materialize. Howard said the same pressures from suburban cities weighed on GOP members as well.</p>
  90.  
  91.  
  92.  
  93. <p>“Every state that has passed something like this has been bipartisan,” he said.</p>
  94.  
  95.  
  96.  
  97. <p>Rep. Jim Nash, R-Waconia, stood with supporters of the package when it was announced in February. While he said he still supports some of the proposals, there were others he didn’t agree with.</p>
  98.  
  99.  
  100.  
  101. <p>He said it is better to come back and try to win a comprehensive bill rather than taking some aspects this year.</p>
  102.  
  103.  
  104.  
  105. <p>“I fear the people who are not on board with this bill, if they give a concession, they’ll say, ‘We gave you that thing last year. Now we can’t give this new thing,’” Nash said. “I’d rather regroup and see another day.”</p>
  106.  
  107.  
  108.  
  109. <p>The density package was backed by an unusually large coalition of lawmakers and organizations. Several environmental groups were joined by homebuilders, developers, chambers of commerce, labor, senior citizen organizations, affordable housing agencies and social justice activists. Both DFLers and Republicans were in support as GOP members have for years complained that city zoning and rules make housing more expensive, if not impossible to build.</p>
  110.  
  111.  
  112.  
  113. <p>While lobbying associations representing cities supported the MERA changes, they opposed the missing middle and multi-family bills as assaults on local control. Not all local officials were in opposition. <a href="https://assets.senate.mn/committees/2023-2024/3131_Committee_on_State_and_Local_Government_and_Veterans/SF4254_Electeds.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">A letter</a> supporting Port’s bill was signed by 28 locally elected people from Minneapolis, St. Paul, the Twin Cities suburbs and Duluth.</p>
  114.  
  115.  
  116.  
  117. <p>In the end, DFL-sponsored bills to increase housing density in Minnesota died due to resistance from … DFL legislators. That included House DFL leadership, especially Speaker Melissa Hortman. The day after the missing middle bill was declared dead, Hortman said she thinks it is too soon for what she called a significant policy change.</p>
  118.  
  119.  
  120.  
  121. <p>“How will it actually play out?” she asked about the effect of the density requirement. “That&#8217;s one of the issues with the single family dwelling proposal. The other issue is it kind of pits current homeowners against potential future homeowners in terms of their property rights. And I think that we can probably do some things to increase the supply of affordable housing without pitting those two groups of folks against each other.”</p>
  122.  
  123.  
  124.  
  125. <p>The demise of the multifamily housing bill came after a Senate committee Tuesday amended Port’s bill in such a way that she asked that the committee table it. The original bill would declare that developers can build multi-family buildings in commercial zones “by right.” That is, if they meet the underlying zoning requirements, they can’t be blocked or delayed.</p>
  126.  
  127.  
  128.  
  129. <p>“Disparities in housing continue to grow in Minnesota, not by accident but because of specific policy decisions we have made at all levels of government,” Port told the Senate state government committee. “From the days of redlining to the current NIMBYism, keeping communities separated has been the result of nearly every housing policy.</p>
  130.  
  131.  
  132.  
  133. <p>“We know a single policy won’t be a silver bullet. But building more housing, more easily, is part of the solution,” Port said, calling the multifamily bill “the very last piece that we have to take one aspect, just one aspect, for allowing multifamily to be built in commercial zones.”</p>
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  157. <p>Port had agreed to some changes that local governments sought. They would be allowed to assure that proposals meet public health and safety rules and they could protect the retail storefronts if a developer sought to put apartments in existing buildings.</p>
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  161. <p>But an amendment that was offered by Sen. Heather Gustafson, DFL-Vadnais Heights, weakened the bill too much for Port. It would have removed a requirement that cities issue permits within 60 days or they would be deemed approved. Port said some cities use the lack of a deadline to draw out project approvals “for six months, 10 months, two years” which increases costs.</p>
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  165. <p>“It simply kills affordable projects,” Port said.</p>
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  169. <p>“I find myself in a tough spot,” Gustafson said. “My cities are very much opposed to this bill.”</p>
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  173. <p>Said Port: “Mine too.”</p>
  174.  
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  176.  
  177. <p>Gustafson went on to echo city concerns that 60 days might not be enough time for thorough review. When the amendment came to a vote, it passed 9-4 with three DFLers joining six Republicans in support. Port then asked that the bill be tabled.</p>
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  180.  
  181. <p>Howard said it was that vote that showed sponsors that they didn’t have enough support to pass the bill.&nbsp;</p>
  182.  
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  185. <p>“It signaled where some members still are and that we have to have more discussion with members and with Minnesotans on this,” Howard said. “We had an uphill battle in both the House and the Senate, and that made it clear.”</p>
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  189. <h3 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>What about Minneapolis 2040?</strong></h3>
  190.  
  191.  
  192.  
  193. <p>The MERA bill is alive after it was included in the House State Government omnibus bill Thursday. While the amendment language is somewhat different than what was initially proposed, it still works, backers said.</p>
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  195.  
  196.  
  197. <p>But the House MERA amendment is missing a key component: language to make it retroactive to before a lawsuit challenging the Minneapolis plan was filed. The effect would be to make <a href="https://smartgrowthminneapolis.org/our-work/lawsuit/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">the lawsuit</a> filed in 2018 by Smart Growth Minneapolis invalid and allow the city to ask a judge to dismiss it. The bills to remove the threat of litigation using MERA are meant to give cities in the seven-county metro area — not just Minneapolis — assurances that plans that increase density can’t be held up in court or trigger expensive environmental studies, sponsors said.</p>
  198.  
  199.  
  200.  
  201. <p>The suit has been successful so far and the new comprehensive plan is on hold. The effort to clarify the environmental laws came in response to questions asked by the state Supreme Court when it sent the suit back to district court. Environmental groups such as the Sierra Club are concerned that density requirements that support environmental goals for density and against sprawl shouldn’t be thwarted using environmental protection statutes.</p>
  202.  
  203.  
  204.  
  205. <p>The Minneapolis plan does what both the multifamily bill and the missing middle bill were attempting to do — increase density in already built-out urban areas. The lawsuit, however, said the city needed to do environmental assessments on the impacts of the population growth on water supply, sewage systems, air and noise pollution.</p>
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  209. <p>Howard said he will ask the House Ways and Means Committee to reinstate the retroactive clause then the state government bill is discussed there next week.</p>
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  213. <p>“I do feel optimistic we can get that across,” Howard said. “There is momentum to do it among suburban members but particularly the Minneapolis members are committed to seeing this happen.”</p>
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  224. <p style="font-size:20px"><strong><a href="https://www.minnpost.com/author/peter-callaghan/">Peter Callaghan</a></strong><br><br>Peter Callaghan covers state government for MinnPost. Follow him on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/callaghanpeter" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">@CallaghanPeter</a> or email him at <a href="mailto:pcallaghan@minnpost.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">pcallaghan@minnpost.com</a>.</p>
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  227. <p>The post <a href="http://www.minnpost.com/state-government/2024/04/bill-multifamily-housing-minnesota-senate-committee-housing-density/">Bill making way for multifamily housing dies in Minnesota Senate committee; sponsors will try again next year</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.minnpost.com">MinnPost</a>.</p>
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  234. <title>MinnPost relaunches weekly news quiz</title>
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  237. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jazzmine Jackson]]></dc:creator>
  238. <pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2024 13:41:31 +0000</pubDate>
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  252. <p>MinnPost is excited to relaunch the weekly <a href="https://www.minnpost.com/news-quiz/">MinnPost News Quiz</a>! </p>
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  256. <p>We first launched our weekly quiz in 2015 before bringing it to Instagram a few years later. Now, we&#8217;re bringing it back to our site with a few updates. </p>
  257.  
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  260. <p>Every Sunday morning, our quiz will test your knowledge of what happened during the week in Minnesota politics and culture with eight to ten multiple-choice questions. The questions will come from MinnPost&#8217;s reporting the previous week as well as our twice-daily Glean. </p>
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  297. <p>The quiz will publish every Sunday at 6 a.m. to this <a href="https://www.minnpost.com/news-quiz/">page</a> so be sure to bookmark it or <strong>sign up to receive an email alert</strong> as soon as the quiz is live.</p>
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  305. <p>Make sure to catch up on the <a href="https://www.minnpost.com/tag/news/">latest stories from MinnPost</a> ahead of Sunday&#8217;s quiz. Good luck!</p>
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  316. <p style="font-size:19px"><a href="https://www.minnpost.com/author/jazzmine-jackson/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><strong>Jazzmine Jackson</strong></a><br><br>Jazzmine Jackson is MinnPost’s audience editor. You can reach her at <a href="mailto:jjackson@minnpost.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">jjackson@minnpost.com</a> or <a href="https://twitter.com/jazzmineabriana" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">@jazzmineabriana</a> on Twitter.<br><br></p>
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  319. <p>The post <a href="http://www.minnpost.com/inside-minnpost/2024/04/minnpost-weekly-news-quiz/">MinnPost relaunches weekly news quiz</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.minnpost.com">MinnPost</a>.</p>
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  326. <title>Minneapolis ordinance seeks to raise price of cigarettes to $15</title>
  327. <link>http://www.minnpost.com/glean/2024/04/minneapolis-ordinance-raise-price-cigarettes/</link>
  329. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jazzmine Jackson]]></dc:creator>
  330. <pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2024 10:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
  331. <category><![CDATA[The Glean]]></category>
  332. <category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
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  334.  
  335. <description><![CDATA[<figure><img width="940" height="595" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/CigaretteSmoke940.png?fit=940%2C595" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="cigarette smoke" decoding="async" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/CigaretteSmoke940.png?w=940 940w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/CigaretteSmoke940.png?resize=190%2C120 190w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/CigaretteSmoke940.png?resize=640%2C405 640w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/CigaretteSmoke940.png?resize=768%2C486 768w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/CigaretteSmoke940.png?resize=400%2C253 400w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/CigaretteSmoke940.png?resize=706%2C447 706w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/CigaretteSmoke940.png?fit=940%2C595&amp;w=370 370w" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" /></figure>
  336. <p>Plus: Rep. Ilhan Omar's daughter suspended over pro-Palestine protest; Minneapolis man on mission to create more public seating downtown; First Lady to speak at Education Minnesota Convention; and more.</p>
  337. <p>The post <a href="http://www.minnpost.com/glean/2024/04/minneapolis-ordinance-raise-price-cigarettes/">Minneapolis ordinance seeks to raise price of cigarettes to $15</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.minnpost.com">MinnPost</a>.</p>
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  339. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<figure><img width="940" height="595" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/CigaretteSmoke940.png?fit=940%2C595" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="cigarette smoke" decoding="async" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/CigaretteSmoke940.png?w=940 940w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/CigaretteSmoke940.png?resize=190%2C120 190w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/CigaretteSmoke940.png?resize=640%2C405 640w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/CigaretteSmoke940.png?resize=768%2C486 768w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/CigaretteSmoke940.png?resize=400%2C253 400w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/CigaretteSmoke940.png?resize=706%2C447 706w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/CigaretteSmoke940.png?fit=940%2C595&amp;w=370 370w" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" /></figure>
  340. <p><a href="https://www.fox9.com/news/minneapolis-ordinance-would-raise-price-of-cigarettes-to-15-a-pack" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Fox9&#8217;s Kilat Fitzgerald writes</a> a proposed ordinance in Minneapolis would <strong>raise the price of a pack of cigarettes to $15. </strong></p>
  341.  
  342.  
  343.  
  344. <p><a href="https://minnesotareformer.com/2024/04/18/rep-ilhan-omars-daughter-suspended-for-refusing-to-stop-protesting-war-at-columbia/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Deena Winter at the Minnesota Reformer reports</a> Rep. <strong>Ilhan Omar&#8217;s daughter has been suspended from Barnard College for her participation in a pro-Palestine protest </strong>at Columbia University in New York City. &#8220;Dozens of tents are set up on the college campus to protest Israel’s actions in Gaza, creating a standoff between administrators and students, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/18/nyregion/ilhan-omar-daughter-columbia-suspended.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">according</a> to the <em>New York Times</em>.&#8221;</p>
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  348. <p><a href="https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/crafting-connections-minneapolis-man-makes-mission-to-address-lack-of-public-seating/89-9048958e-95d5-4be6-9b16-b76c6d903b7e" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Kare11&#8217;s Dave Peterlinz has a story</a> on a Minneapolis resident <strong>seeking to create more public seating options in downtown Minneapolis </strong>through the &#8220;Minneapolis Public Seating Authority&#8221; project.</p>
  349.  
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  351.  
  352. <p><a href="https://www.northernnewsnow.com/2024/04/18/northshore-mining-pipe-rupture-spills-140000-gallons-process-water/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Ben Lewer with Northern News Now reports</a> a pipe ruptured at the Silver Bay iron ore processing facility,<strong> causing over 100,000 gallons of process water to spill out.</strong> </p>
  353.  
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  355.  
  356. <p><a href="https://www.startribune.com/naz-reid-sixth-man-of-year-minnesota-timberwolves/600358955/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Chris Hine at the Star Tribune has a touching profile</a> of Minnesota Timberwolves center <strong>Naz Reid and his journey to Minnesota.</strong></p>
  357.  
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  359.  
  360. <p><a href="https://www.kttc.com/2024/04/18/first-lady-travel-minnesota-friday/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">KTTC reports</a> First Lady <strong>Jill Biden will visit Minnesota Friday</strong> to speak at the Education Minnesota Convention.</p>
  361. <p>The post <a href="http://www.minnpost.com/glean/2024/04/minneapolis-ordinance-raise-price-cigarettes/">Minneapolis ordinance seeks to raise price of cigarettes to $15</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.minnpost.com">MinnPost</a>.</p>
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  368. <title>Thomas Lane finishes federal sentence for the murder of George Floyd</title>
  369. <link>http://www.minnpost.com/glean/2024/04/thomas-lane-finishes-federal-sentence-for-the-murder-of-george-floyd/</link>
  371. <dc:creator><![CDATA[MinnPost staff]]></dc:creator>
  372. <pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2024 18:59:36 +0000</pubDate>
  373. <category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
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  375. <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.minnpost.com/?p=2161094</guid>
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  377. <description><![CDATA[<figure><img width="940" height="613" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/ThomasLane091120_940.jpg?fit=940%2C613" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="Thomas Lane exiting the Hennepin County Family Justice Center following a court hearing on September 11, 2020." decoding="async" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" /></figure>
  378. <p>Plus: Minnesota adds 11,000 jobs in March; major sections of Highway 169 in both directions closed this weekend; two deer crash into a Victoria salon; and more.</p>
  379. <p>The post <a href="http://www.minnpost.com/glean/2024/04/thomas-lane-finishes-federal-sentence-for-the-murder-of-george-floyd/">Thomas Lane finishes federal sentence for the murder of George Floyd</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.minnpost.com">MinnPost</a>.</p>
  380. ]]></description>
  381. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<figure><img width="940" height="613" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/ThomasLane091120_940.jpg?fit=940%2C613" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="Thomas Lane exiting the Hennepin County Family Justice Center following a court hearing on September 11, 2020." decoding="async" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" /></figure>
  382. <p><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/thomas-lane-federal-prison-sentence-ends-george-floyd/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Stephen Swanson at WCCO News reports</a> <strong>Thomas Lane, one of the former Minneapolis police officers convicted in the murder of George Floyd, has completed his federal prison sentence</strong>, but still remains in federal custody.</p>
  383.  
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  385.  
  386. <p><a href="https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-jobs-workers-wages-labor-force-inflation-deed-march/600359855/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Emma Nelson at the Star Tribune reports</a> <strong>Minnesota added about 11,000 jobs and more than 3,000 workers in March</strong>, an uptick that marks continued recovery from the losses of the pandemic.</p>
  387.  
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  389.  
  390. <p><a href="https://minnesotareformer.com/briefs/minnesota-capitol-complex-cafeterias-need-a-bailout/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Michelle Griffith at the Minnesota Reformer is reporting</a> <strong>DFL lawmakers have added $500,000 to a budget bill</strong> to help keep <strong>the public cafeterias open</strong> in the Minnesota State Capitol and the nearby Minnesota Department of Transportation Building.</p>
  391.  
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  393.  
  394. <p><a href="https://kstp.com/kstp-news/top-news/fired-minneapolis-public-schools-teacher-calls-school-district-cancerous-rot/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Jay Kolls at KSTP reports</a> <strong>Becka Thompson</strong>, a math teacher at Minneapolis South High School who was fired last Friday, addressed the school board on Tuesday: “I am here to ask you to believe me when I tell you <strong>there’s a cancerous rot running right down the middle of this organization</strong>.”</p>
  395.  
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  398. <p><a href="https://www.kare11.com/article/traffic/us-169-to-close-between-golden-valley-and-maple-grove/89-f0ec62f4-68b2-4e7e-b635-595a9a9392cf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dana Thiede and Lydia Morrell at KARE 11 report</a> <strong>Highway 169 in both directions</strong> between Interstate 394 in Golden Valley and Interstate 94 in Maple Grove <strong>will be closed this weekend</strong>.</p>
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  402. <p>Employees of a salon in Victoria got quite the shock on Wednesday when <strong>two deer crashed into the business</strong>, one of them smashing a window in the process. <a href="https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-lifestyle/watch-deer-crash-through-window-of-victoria-salon" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Bring Me the News has the video.</a></p>
  403. <p>The post <a href="http://www.minnpost.com/glean/2024/04/thomas-lane-finishes-federal-sentence-for-the-murder-of-george-floyd/">Thomas Lane finishes federal sentence for the murder of George Floyd</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.minnpost.com">MinnPost</a>.</p>
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  410. <title>Federal lawsuit filed on behalf of the family of Ricky Cobb II</title>
  411. <link>http://www.minnpost.com/public-safety/2024/04/federal-lawsuit-family-ricky-cobb-ii-ryan-londregan-minnesota-state-trooper/</link>
  413. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Mohamed Ibrahim]]></dc:creator>
  414. <pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2024 15:42:06 +0000</pubDate>
  415. <category><![CDATA[Metro]]></category>
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  420. <description><![CDATA[<figure><img width="940" height="705" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/RashadCobb041724_940.png?fit=940%2C705" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="Rashad Cobb, Ricky’s twin brother, center, speaking during Wednesday’s new conference." decoding="async" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/RashadCobb041724_940.png?w=940 940w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/RashadCobb041724_940.png?resize=190%2C143 190w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/RashadCobb041724_940.png?resize=640%2C480 640w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/RashadCobb041724_940.png?resize=768%2C576 768w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/RashadCobb041724_940.png?resize=800%2C600 800w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/RashadCobb041724_940.png?resize=600%2C450 600w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/RashadCobb041724_940.png?resize=400%2C300 400w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/RashadCobb041724_940.png?resize=200%2C150 200w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/RashadCobb041724_940.png?resize=706%2C530 706w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/RashadCobb041724_940.png?fit=940%2C705&amp;w=370 370w" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" /></figure>
  421. <p>The lawsuit names troopers Ryan Londregan and Brett Seide and alleges they violated the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments.</p>
  422. <p>The post <a href="http://www.minnpost.com/public-safety/2024/04/federal-lawsuit-family-ricky-cobb-ii-ryan-londregan-minnesota-state-trooper/">Federal lawsuit filed on behalf of the family of Ricky Cobb II</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.minnpost.com">MinnPost</a>.</p>
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  424. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<figure><img width="940" height="705" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/RashadCobb041724_940.png?fit=940%2C705" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="Rashad Cobb, Ricky’s twin brother, center, speaking during Wednesday’s new conference." decoding="async" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/RashadCobb041724_940.png?w=940 940w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/RashadCobb041724_940.png?resize=190%2C143 190w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/RashadCobb041724_940.png?resize=640%2C480 640w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/RashadCobb041724_940.png?resize=768%2C576 768w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/RashadCobb041724_940.png?resize=800%2C600 800w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/RashadCobb041724_940.png?resize=600%2C450 600w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/RashadCobb041724_940.png?resize=400%2C300 400w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/RashadCobb041724_940.png?resize=200%2C150 200w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/RashadCobb041724_940.png?resize=706%2C530 706w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/RashadCobb041724_940.png?fit=940%2C705&amp;w=370 370w" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" /></figure>
  425. <p>The family of Ricky Cobb II, the 33-year-old Black man who was fatally shot by a Minnesota state trooper last summer, announced on Wednesday a federal lawsuit against the troopers involved in the incident.</p>
  426.  
  427.  
  428.  
  429. <p>The civil lawsuit seeking monetary damages names troopers Ryan Londregan and Brett Seide and alleges they violated the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments via unreasonable seizure and use of excessive force when the troopers tried to forcibly remove Cobb from the vehicle and fired shots into the car.</p>
  430.  
  431.  
  432.  
  433. <p>Cobb was killed in July during a traffic stop on Interstate 94 in north Minneapolis for driving without lights. During the stop, the troopers learned that Cobb II had allegedly violated a protective order in Ramsey County and moved&nbsp; to arrest him.&nbsp;</p>
  434.  
  435.  
  436.  
  437. <p>The troopers – Seide on the driver’s side and Londregan on the passenger door side – opened Cobb’s car doors in an effort to pull him out of the vehicle. When the vehicle began moving forward Londregan fired two shots that hit Cobb in the torso, killing him.&nbsp;</p>
  438.  
  439.  
  440.  
  441. <p>The news conference announcing the lawsuit was attended by Cobb’s parents, siblings and the mothers of his three children, who talked about how their children are dealing with the loss of their father.&nbsp;</p>
  442.  
  443.  
  444.  
  445. <p>“Imagine your children walking out the door every day to go out to school and having to say goodbye to an urn instead of their actual parent,” said Danielle Pickett, the mother of two of Cobb’s sons. “They don&#8217;t have a father and we&#8217;re left to raise little boys without their dad being present.”</p>
  446.  
  447.  
  448. <div class="wp-block-image">
  449. <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img decoding="async" width="740" height="530" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/DaniellePickettOliviaStroud041724_740.png?resize=740%2C530&#038;ssl=1" alt="“Imagine your children walking out the door every day to go out to school and having to say goodbye to an urn instead of their actual parent,” said Danielle Pickett, left, the mother of two of Cobb’s sons." class="wp-image-2161059" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/DaniellePickettOliviaStroud041724_740.png?w=740 740w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/DaniellePickettOliviaStroud041724_740.png?resize=190%2C136 190w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/DaniellePickettOliviaStroud041724_740.png?resize=640%2C458 640w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/DaniellePickettOliviaStroud041724_740.png?resize=400%2C286 400w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/DaniellePickettOliviaStroud041724_740.png?resize=706%2C506 706w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/DaniellePickettOliviaStroud041724_740.png?w=370&amp;ssl=1 370w" sizes="(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px" data-recalc-dims="1" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">“Imagine your children walking out the door every day to go out to school and having to say goodbye to an urn instead of their actual parent,” said Danielle Pickett, left, the mother of two of Cobb’s sons. <span class="image-credit"><span class="credit-label-wrapper">Credit:</span> MinnPost photo by Mohamed Ibrahim</span></figcaption></figure></div>
  450.  
  451.  
  452. <p>Cobb family attorney Harry Daniels told reporters Wednesday that the suit does not name the state of Minnesota due to the Eleventh amendment in the U.S. Constitution, which prohibits federal courts from hearing certain lawsuits brought by individuals against a U.S. state. The lawsuit differs in the regard from suits brought against the city of Minneapolis in addition to the officers involved in George Floyd’s murder, and the suit brought against Brooklyn Center in Daunte Wright&#8217;s death, which ended in settlements of $27 million and $3.5 million, respectively.&nbsp;</p>
  453.  
  454.  
  455.  
  456. <p>Daniels, along with attorneys Bakari Sellers and F. Clayton Tyler, did not rule out filing a lawsuit in state court as well, being well within the six-year statute of limitations to do so.</p>
  457.  
  458.  
  459. <div class="wp-block-image">
  460. <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img decoding="async" width="740" height="528" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/HarryDaniels041724_740.png?resize=740%2C528&#038;ssl=1" alt="Cobb family attorney Harry Daniels told reporters Wednesday that the suit does not name the state of Minnesota due to the Eleventh amendment in the U.S. Constitution, which prohibits federal courts from hearing certain lawsuits brought by individuals against a U.S. state." class="wp-image-2161060" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/HarryDaniels041724_740.png?w=740 740w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/HarryDaniels041724_740.png?resize=190%2C136 190w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/HarryDaniels041724_740.png?resize=640%2C457 640w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/HarryDaniels041724_740.png?resize=400%2C285 400w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/HarryDaniels041724_740.png?resize=706%2C504 706w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/HarryDaniels041724_740.png?w=370&amp;ssl=1 370w" sizes="(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px" data-recalc-dims="1" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Cobb family attorney Harry Daniels told reporters Wednesday that the suit does not name the state of Minnesota due to the Eleventh amendment in the U.S. Constitution, which prohibits federal courts from hearing certain lawsuits brought by individuals against a U.S. state. <span class="image-credit"><span class="credit-label-wrapper">Credit:</span> MinnPost photo by Mohamed Ibrahim</span></figcaption></figure></div>
  461.  
  462.  
  463. <p>Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty has been under fire since late January after bringing criminal charges against Londregan, which include second-degree unintentional murder, first-degree assault and second-degree manslaughter.&nbsp;</p>
  464.  
  465.  
  466.  
  467. <p>Several state and congressional Republican lawmakers, as well as the Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association, have called on Gov. Tim Walz to take the case from Moriarty after claims from Londregan’s attorneys that Moriarty ignored testimony from a use of force expert that said the trooper did not use excessive force. Moriarty’s office has denied those claims.&nbsp;</p>
  468.  
  469.  
  470.  
  471. <p>Walz has commented publicly multiple times on the case and whether to remove it from Moriarty’s office, which the governor has done once before with the case involving the killing of Zaria McKeever.&nbsp;</p>
  472.  
  473.  
  474.  
  475. <p>McKeever, 23, was killed in November 2022 when her adult ex-boyfriend arranged for two teenage brothers, ages 15 and 17 at the time, to kill McKeever’s new partner but one of the teens killed McKeever instead. <a href="https://www.minnpost.com/public-safety/2023/04/hennepin-prosecutor-mary-moriarty-slams-ag-keith-ellison-gov-tim-walz-for-taking-over-murder-case/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">In that case, Walz reassigned it to Attorney General Keith Ellison</a> after McKeever’s family expressed concern that a proposed plea deal from Moriarty’s office for the teens was too lenient.&nbsp;</p>
  476.  
  477.  
  478.  
  479. <p>The governor told reporters on Wednesday that while Ellison has not yet requested the case be taken away from the Hennepin County attorney, he’s still considering whether to make that move.&nbsp;</p>
  480.  
  481.  
  482.  
  483. <p>“We want justice to be served; we want fairness,” Walz said. “I take this move on removing a case, either at the request of the attorney general or by our move, very seriously so I think we’re still in that holding pattern.”</p>
  484.  
  485.  
  486.  
  487. <p>Sellers said Wednesday that he’s disappointed and “pissed off” at the politicization of the case and the calls from elected officials to reassign the case. Despite that, he said they’ll continue to seek justice for the family and that he’s confident Walz will make “the right decision.”</p>
  488.  
  489.  
  490.  
  491. <p>“Politics aside, we&#8217;ll let people get reelected, we&#8217;ll let people support who they support, but we stand squarely on our 10 toes and we will go toe to toe with whomever is in front of us to get to that goal of justice,” he said.&nbsp;</p>
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  502. <p style="font-size:20px"><a href="https://www.minnpost.com/author/mohamed-ibrahim/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><strong>Mohamed Ibrahim</strong></a><br><br>Mohamed Ibrahim is MinnPost’s environment and public safety reporter. He can be reached at <a href="mailto:mibrahim@minnpost.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">mibrahim@minnpost.com</a>.</p>
  503. </div>
  504. </div>
  505. <p>The post <a href="http://www.minnpost.com/public-safety/2024/04/federal-lawsuit-family-ricky-cobb-ii-ryan-londregan-minnesota-state-trooper/">Federal lawsuit filed on behalf of the family of Ricky Cobb II</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.minnpost.com">MinnPost</a>.</p>
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  512. <title>Same players, new issues in Omar-Samuels rematch</title>
  513. <link>http://www.minnpost.com/national/2024/04/ilhan-omar-the-squad-don-samuels-congress-rematch/</link>
  515. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ana Radelat]]></dc:creator>
  516. <pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2024 15:09:07 +0000</pubDate>
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  523. <description><![CDATA[<figure><img width="940" height="500" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/SamuelsOmar940.png?fit=940%2C500" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="Don Samuels and Rep. Ilhan Omar" decoding="async" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/SamuelsOmar940.png?w=940 940w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/SamuelsOmar940.png?resize=190%2C101 190w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/SamuelsOmar940.png?resize=640%2C340 640w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/SamuelsOmar940.png?resize=768%2C409 768w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/SamuelsOmar940.png?resize=400%2C213 400w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/SamuelsOmar940.png?resize=706%2C376 706w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/SamuelsOmar940.png?fit=940%2C500&amp;w=370 370w" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" /></figure>
  524. <p>Omar, other 'squad' members have become primary race targets over Israel-Hamas war stance.</p>
  525. <p>The post <a href="http://www.minnpost.com/national/2024/04/ilhan-omar-the-squad-don-samuels-congress-rematch/">Same players, new issues in Omar-Samuels rematch</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.minnpost.com">MinnPost</a>.</p>
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  527. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<figure><img width="940" height="500" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/SamuelsOmar940.png?fit=940%2C500" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="Don Samuels and Rep. Ilhan Omar" decoding="async" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/SamuelsOmar940.png?w=940 940w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/SamuelsOmar940.png?resize=190%2C101 190w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/SamuelsOmar940.png?resize=640%2C340 640w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/SamuelsOmar940.png?resize=768%2C409 768w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/SamuelsOmar940.png?resize=400%2C213 400w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/SamuelsOmar940.png?resize=706%2C376 706w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/SamuelsOmar940.png?fit=940%2C500&amp;w=370 370w" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" /></figure>
  528. <p>WASHINGTON — In what’s likely to be the hottest congressional race in the state, Rep. Ilhan Omar’s rematch with Democratic challenger Don Samuels is playing out on a different field this year.</p>
  529.  
  530.  
  531.  
  532. <p>This is a high-stakes race because whoever wins the August primary will most likely be sent to Washington to represent the Minneapolis-based 5<sup>th</sup> District in the next Congress. The district is one of the most Democratic-leaning congressional districts in the state.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
  533.  
  534.  
  535.  
  536. <p>Samuels, 74, nearly defeated Omar in a primary two years ago; only about 2% points separated the rivals. Back then, Samuels’ candidacy was bolstered by his campaign to portray Omar as soft on crime and he made much of the lawmaker’s support for a failed amendment that would have replaced the Minneapolis Police Department with a new Department of Public Safety.</p>
  537.  
  538.  
  539.  
  540. <p>But polls show crime is not as much of a concern among voters than it was two years ago. So, although public safety continues to be a campaign plank, Samuels has tried to differentiate himself from Omar in other ways.</p>
  541.  
  542.  
  543.  
  544. <p>Initially, Samuels focused his differences with Omar on how to address the Israel-Hamas conflict.</p>
  545.  
  546.  
  547.  
  548. <p>Samuels slammed the Minneapolis City Council — which once counted him among its members — when it approved a symbolic resolution in January calling for an immediate and permanent cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war; humanitarian aid to Palestine; an end to U.S. military funding to Israel and the release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners.</p>
  549.  
  550.  
  551.  
  552. <p>Omar agreed with the resolution’s positions. But Samuels said the resolution “served to divide neighbors from one another.”</p>
  553.  
  554.  
  555.  
  556. <p>Samuels also condemned Omar for voting against a congressional resolution approved shortly after Hamas attacked Israel in October that aimed to show continued U.S. support of Israel.</p>
  557.  
  558.  
  559.  
  560. <p>His stance helped the Samuels campaign win support from several noted pro-Israel donors, including financier Jeffrey Schoenfeld and energy executive Richard Plutzer, who have also donated to the campaigns of the Democratic challengers to Reps. Cori Bush of Missouri and Summer Lee of Pennsylvania – members of a progressive group of lawmakers known as the “squad.”</p>
  561.  
  562.  
  563.  
  564. <p>The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) has targeted Bush, Summer, Rep. Jamaal Bowman of New York and other squad members, including Omar, for their criticisms of Israel and pledged $100 million to support pro-Israel candidates — and oust targeted progressives. But the politically powerful organization hasn’t spent any money — yet — to help Samuels.</p>
  565.  
  566.  
  567.  
  568. <p>“We are currently evaluating primary races involving detractors of the U.S.-Israel relationship,” AIPAC spokesman Marshall Wittman said. “We are already involved in several races, and we will be engaged in additional campaigns where we can have the greatest impact.”</p>
  569.  
  570.  
  571.  
  572. <p>AIPAC contributed $350,000 to the United Democracy Project, an allied group created to boost Samuels. But Samuels complained that the help was too little, too late.</p>
  573.  
  574.  
  575.  
  576. <p>Omar has used the threat posed by AIPAC to raise money for her campaign.</p>
  577.  
  578.  
  579.  
  580. <p>“Dark money super PACs like AIPAC donated huge sums of money to amplify Ilhan’s opponent last cycle and are preparing to do so again to defeat our movement,” Omar’s campaign wrote in a digital solicitation. “We need all of the support we can get to fight back and WIN.”</p>
  581.  
  582.  
  583.  
  584. <p>Omar told MinnPost<em> </em>that AIPAC has “always played in my primary races and it’s not going to be different this year.”</p>
  585.  
  586.  
  587.  
  588. <p>But she said the 5<sup>th</sup> District’s “educated and committed voters” have always rejected attempts to unseat her. “I am confident they will do that again,” she said.</p>
  589.  
  590.  
  591.  
  592. <p>She also said the 5<sup>th</sup> District is “the most anti-war district” in the nation, based on the number of calls and letters she receives and the demonstrations that occur every weekend in the district.</p>
  593.  
  594.  
  595.  
  596. <p>“They are persistent in calling for peace,” Omar said of her constituents.</p>
  597.  
  598.  
  599.  
  600. <p>Omar’s campaign has raised nearly $4.9 million for her re-election and already spent more than half that money fending off Samuels, who only began raising money late last year and has raised more than $775,000.</p>
  601.  
  602.  
  603.  
  604. <h3 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Public shift on Israel-Hamas war impacts race</strong></h3>
  605.  
  606.  
  607.  
  608. <p>One problem for Samuels is that public support for Omar’s position on the strife in the Middle East has grown as civilian Palestinian casualties mount, a shift that could be measured in the strength of the protest vote of Democrats who chose “uncommitted” over President Joe Biden in several party primaries this year, including the one in Minnesota.</p>
  609.  
  610.  
  611.  
  612. <p>Palestinian casualties and difficulties delivering humanitarian aid to Gaza posed by the Israeli government have frustrated Biden and prompted him to take a harder line toward Israel, although this weekend’s attack on the U.S. ally by Iran could once again alter the equation.</p>
  613.  
  614.  
  615.  
  616. <p>Omar was quick to put out a statement condemning Tehran for its attack – and also condemned the Israelis for their assassination of an Iranian general at a diplomatic post in Syria that provoked retaliation from Iran.</p>
  617.  
  618.  
  619.  
  620. <p>“As leaders in Washington jump to call for war with Iran and rush additional offensive weapons to the Israeli military, we need to exercise restraint and use every diplomatic tool to de-escalate tensions,” Omar said in a statement.</p>
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  647.  
  648.  
  649.  
  650. <p>Like Biden and many Americans, Samuels has shifted his stance on the Middle East, too.</p>
  651.  
  652.  
  653.  
  654. <p>“Over time, the conflict of Israel in Palestine has become so frightening that&nbsp; everybody agrees it is too extreme and I do, too,” Samuels said. “We need a ceasefire, and we need a return of all of the (Israeli) hostages. But at the end of the day, the damage has been done in the Jewish community because they don’t think (Omar) cares.”&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
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  656.  
  657.  
  658. <p>Samuels also said the way Omar approached the crisis in the Middle East “is really consistent with her tendency to exacerbate conflict rather than bringing healing and bringing people together.”</p>
  659.  
  660.  
  661.  
  662. <p>“When you have a real conflict, that really brings out the worst in her, in that she picks a side and is unable to weigh the value of each side,” he said.</p>
  663.  
  664.  
  665.  
  666. <p>Yet David Schultz, a Hamline University political science professor, said “the Israeli-Gaza war has bailed Omar out.”</p>
  667.  
  668.  
  669.  
  670. <p>“A lot of people are saying she’s right in criticizing Israel,” Schultz said.</p>
  671.  
  672.  
  673.  
  674. <h3 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>‘Pragmatic’ progressive v. progressive</strong></h3>
  675.  
  676.  
  677.  
  678. <p>Samuels calls himself a “pragmatic progressive” who has sided with Omar on many issues, including the need to protect abortion rights and fight climate change and homelessness.</p>
  679.  
  680.  
  681.  
  682. <p>“I will always pull against the chain for change, but I’m very pragmatic about it,” he said.</p>
  683.  
  684.  
  685.  
  686. <p>Like Omar, who was born in Somalia, Samuels is an immigrant.</p>
  687.  
  688.  
  689.  
  690. <p>A Jamaican by birth, Samuels went to college in the United States and became an industrial designer. But after a 30-year career, Samuels said he felt a calling for public service. He lives in North Minneapolis and works to aid low-income communities. Besides serving on the City Council, Samuels has also held a seat on the Minnesota Board of Education.</p>
  691.  
  692.  
  693.  
  694. <p>Omar, 41, served in Minnesota’s House of Representatives before she was elected to Congress in 2018.</p>
  695.  
  696.  
  697.  
  698. <p>A lightning rod for the&nbsp; right wing, Omar has faced well-funded rivals in both primary and general elections and won them handily — until Samuels came close to defeating her in 2022.</p>
  699.  
  700.  
  701.  
  702. <p>She has ramped up her campaigning this year. Besides raising and spending more money on the primary election, Omar said she has organized on the caucus level “to get the most delegates at the district convention.”</p>
  703.  
  704.  
  705.  
  706. <p>Omar will need those delegates because the first big showdown with Samuels will occur on May 11 at the district’s nominating convention.</p>
  707.  
  708.  
  709.  
  710. <p>Samuels said he will try to block the DFL from endorsing Omar as its favored candidate for the 5th District seat. That’s something he nearly accomplished two years ago when the congresswoman failed to win the support of at least 60% of the delegates on a first ballot.</p>
  711.  
  712.  
  713.  
  714. <p>“That was unprecedented,” Samuels said.</p>
  715.  
  716.  
  717.  
  718. <p>Omar also said she is “fully onboarding” a campaign staff for the primary.</p>
  719.  
  720.  
  721.  
  722. <p>“The way we conducted our campaign in 2022 was an outlier,” Omar said. “We were preserving our resources for the general election. … We just had a different tactic in 2022.”</p>
  723.  
  724.  
  725.  
  726. <p>Omar is very actively promoting her efforts to secure federal money for special projects in the district. She recently began showcasing each one of the 15 earmarks she procured this year — many for non-profits that work to help veterans and immigrants and expand affordable housing — in a weekly event she calls “Funding Fridays.”</p>
  727.  
  728.  
  729.  
  730. <p>She has also secured the endorsements of seven mayors in her district — four more than she won two years ago.  Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey has endorsed Samuels in 2022. </p>
  731.  
  732.  
  733.  
  734. <p>One thing has not changed in this election cycle. As Samuels agrees with much of Omar’s progressive agenda and has adopted her calls for a ceasefire in Gaza, he continues to focus on how Omar expresses herself, calling her approach “divisive.”</p>
  735.  
  736.  
  737.  
  738. <p>“Tone-policing women, especially women of color, has been a tactic that has been used to attack us,” Omar said. “And I believe that it is important for me to be decisive, to lead with integrity, to have clarity, to be accountable to my constituents, to be transparent and to be able to communicate with my constituents in a way that I feel is necessary.”</p>
  739.  
  740.  
  741.  
  742. <p>The Samuels campaign has recently released an internal poll that showed he was virtually running neck-and-neck with Omar.</p>
  743.  
  744.  
  745.  
  746. <p>Yet political scientist Schultz said, “I think (Omar) looks stronger now than she did two years ago.</p>
  747.  
  748.  
  749.  
  750. <p>One reason? Schultz said AIPAC support for her rivals “is becoming toxic.”</p>
  751.  
  752.  
  753.  
  754. <p>Kyle Kondik of the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics said “Omar is right to take the primary very seriously.” But Kondik also said Omar is in a much better position to win re-election than some of her squad colleagues.</p>
  755.  
  756.  
  757.  
  758. <p>“The conventional wisdom seems to be that, of the most left-wing House Dems, Jamaal Bowman and Cori Bush are in the most trouble. Part of that involves scandals unique to them,” Kondik said.</p>
  759.  
  760.  
  761.  
  762. <p>There are also two other Democrats challenging Omar: attorney Sarah Gad and former Air Force officer Tim Peterson, who has raised $17,822 for his campaign. Gad has not filed her latest campaign finance report, but had raised about $86,000 in campaign cash as of the end of last year.</p>
  763.  
  764.  
  765.  
  766. <p>Whoever wins August’s primary election would likely face Dalia Al-Aqidi, who is the only GOP candidate in the race, although there is time for another Republican to file for candidacy. Al-Aqidi has already raised more than $578,000 for her campaign.</p>
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  780. <p>The post <a href="http://www.minnpost.com/national/2024/04/ilhan-omar-the-squad-don-samuels-congress-rematch/">Same players, new issues in Omar-Samuels rematch</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.minnpost.com">MinnPost</a>.</p>
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  787. <title>Interview: Minnesota’s groundbreaking push for teacher training on ableism</title>
  788. <link>http://www.minnpost.com/education/2024/04/minnesota-teacher-training-on-ableism-disability-rights/</link>
  790. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Beth Hawkins, The 74]]></dc:creator>
  791. <pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2024 14:22:57 +0000</pubDate>
  792. <category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
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  795.  
  796. <description><![CDATA[<figure><img width="940" height="607" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/StudentTeacher940.png?fit=940%2C607" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="Teacher and student, one on one learning in a classroom" decoding="async" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/StudentTeacher940.png?w=940 940w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/StudentTeacher940.png?resize=190%2C123 190w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/StudentTeacher940.png?resize=640%2C413 640w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/StudentTeacher940.png?resize=130%2C85 130w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/StudentTeacher940.png?resize=768%2C496 768w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/StudentTeacher940.png?resize=400%2C258 400w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/StudentTeacher940.png?resize=706%2C456 706w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/StudentTeacher940.png?fit=940%2C607&amp;w=370 370w" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" /></figure>
  797. <p>Lobbyist Jillian Nelson barely survived special ed in high school. Now, she’s working to bring the disability justice movement to the state's classrooms</p>
  798. <p>The post <a href="http://www.minnpost.com/education/2024/04/minnesota-teacher-training-on-ableism-disability-rights/">Interview: Minnesota’s groundbreaking push for teacher training on ableism</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.minnpost.com">MinnPost</a>.</p>
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  801. <p><em>This <a href="https://www.the74million.org/article/74-interview-minnesotas-groundbreaking-push-for-teacher-training-on-ableism/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">story</a> was produced by The 74, a non-profit, independent news organization focused on education in America.</em></p>
  802.  
  803.  
  804.  
  805. <p>In the coming days, Minnesota is expected to enact a first-of-its-kind law promoting teacher training on ableism and the history of the disability justice movement. The goal is to encourage the same kind of cultural competence that educators are asked to learn to make their classrooms welcoming to students of color.&nbsp;</p>
  806.  
  807.  
  808.  
  809. <p>Recommended but not mandatory at first, the professional development will be created and provided by people with disabilities. Backers believe the law will be the first in the country to empower people who experience ableism to educate teachers about it.</p>
  810.  
  811.  
  812.  
  813. <p><a href="https://url.avanan.click/v2/___https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF5216&amp;version=0&amp;session=ls93&amp;session_year=2024&amp;session_number=0___.YXAzOm1pbm5wb3N0OmE6Zzo5NjJkMTIwZTVhNTc3YTEwNzExYWIxMWUwNzAzZjI1ODo2OmM2YzU6MWI3N2JmMjUzMjkyMmU1MzA4ODUyZmNlMDAwNTZlOGRmYWE1NjEzNGI0ZDk1ZWY4YmQwYjY4MmE0ZGQ4MTEyMDpoOlQ" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The bill</a> was the brainchild of a group of people with disabilities, along with parents and advocates. After comparing experiences, they realized how often they encountered ableism in schools — even in classrooms supposedly designed for them. An organization founded by parents — many of them immigrants — called the Multicultural Autism Action Network spearheaded the effort to add disability awareness to teachers’ continuing education. The proposal is poised to be among the final measures passed into law before the legislature adjourns May 20.&nbsp;</p>
  814.  
  815.  
  816.  
  817. <p>A key lobbyist in the effort is Jillian Nelson, community resource and policy advocate at the Autism Society of Minnesota. Recently, she talked to The 74’s Beth Hawkins about the bill,&nbsp; being diagnosed with autism, her own experiences with ableism in school and the job she says was created just for her.&nbsp;</p>
  818.  
  819.  
  820.  
  821. <p>This interview has been edited for length and clarity.</p>
  822.  
  823.  
  824.  
  825. <p><strong>Not too long ago, the very idea of an autistic lobbyist was hard to fathom. How did you end up breaking that barrier?</strong></p>
  826.  
  827.  
  828.  
  829. <p>I have really struggled getting by in life as an autistic person. I had a hard time in employment before I landed here, struggling with different things like relationships and getting the accommodations necessary throughout school and college. The Autism Society of Minnesota has given me the backing to do work I only ever dreamed of. Our amazing leadership team saw my strengths and created a role where I could utilize those in the best way for our community.</p>
  830.  
  831.  
  832.  
  833. <p>I run our information resource hotline. When people are going through challenges or newly diagnosed, I provide insight and help them navigate a world that&#8217;s fairly complex. I also do all our resource fair outreach work, which means I get to go out and connect with people.</p>
  834.  
  835.  
  836.  
  837. <p>And then all those conversations, I put them in my pocket and I head up to Capitol Hill, where I work with other organizations to advance disability law and create a great and equitable place here in Minnesota for people with disabilities to not just live and survive, but to thrive and have the same opportunities as everyone else.&nbsp;</p>
  838.  
  839.  
  840.  
  841. <p>It also really matters to be working in a place where every single person around me is either autistic or understands autism. I can show up to work as myself <a href="https://url.avanan.click/v2/___https://www.the74million.org/article/americas-most-popular-autism-therapy-may-not-work-and-may-seriously-harm-patients-mental-health/___.YXAzOm1pbm5wb3N0OmE6Zzo5NjJkMTIwZTVhNTc3YTEwNzExYWIxMWUwNzAzZjI1ODo2OjU5OTI6MmVkZDY2YzY3ZDE1OTRlNzIyZWVjZjgwMGRkNjUxNmM5MDhkOWIyNDVkNjE1MjEzZDY0ZGM4MjMyMmYyMWYxNTpoOlQ" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">without having to mask</a> or play games that I don&#8217;t understand.&nbsp;</p>
  842.  
  843.  
  844.  
  845. <p><strong>Can you explain the term “mask”?</strong></p>
  846.  
  847.  
  848.  
  849. <p>Masking is an emotionally exhausting process of pretending or portraying yourself as neurotypical or just like everyone else. People who mask go to great lengths to appear to have no disability or struggle and to just fit in. But when things don&#8217;t come naturally — like following every single social cue — it&#8217;s incredibly tedious to pick and choose what to say and do at every step of the way. Sometimes you get it right and sometimes you don&#8217;t.&nbsp;</p>
  850.  
  851.  
  852.  
  853. <p><strong>This year, you and your colleagues seem to have gotten a lot right. In less than two months you shepherded a bill addressing issues many people aren’t even aware of through a complicated legislative process where good ideas often go to die.&nbsp;</strong></p>
  854.  
  855.  
  856.  
  857. <p>This was born out of an opportunity a couple of years ago to bring together people with different types of disabilities to talk to the Minnesota Department of Education about their experience as special education students. One of the topics that came up was ableism and the not-so-great experiences they had surrounding that.&nbsp;</p>
  858.  
  859.  
  860.  
  861. <p>The response this group received was so warm! But also, it was devastating that so many teachers came up afterward and said, “No one&#8217;s ever talked to us about ableism. No one&#8217;s ever given us this information. I wish I had known so I could have done better.”&nbsp;</p>
  862.  
  863.  
  864.  
  865. <p>Children with disabilities, we&#8217;re turning them over to a system that doesn&#8217;t often recognize their existence as part of a broader culture. There might be bullying or assumptions that a student can&#8217;t do something. That presumed incompetence — we don&#8217;t give students with disabilities a chance to fail. We keep them in this bubble because we think they can&#8217;t succeed because of their disability.&nbsp;</p>
  866.  
  867.  
  868.  
  869. <p>We want the youngest members of our culture to grow up with less trauma, with this sense of belief that they can do things that people in the past may have told them they weren&#8217;t capable of because of their disability.&nbsp;</p>
  870.  
  871.  
  872.  
  873. <p><strong>I think it&#8217;s going to surprise people that educators — especially special educators — aren’t routinely exposed to this information.&nbsp;</strong></p>
  874.  
  875.  
  876.  
  877. <p>One of the big disconnects is that disability in our education system is seen as a medical condition or a qualifying condition. When we teach about disability, we teach out of medical criteria. A lot of teachers are very familiar with the criteria for different disabilities. They know the laws they&#8217;re required to follow in special education. But everything is taught in theories: Here&#8217;s a special education learning theory about social-emotional learning, about social skills learning. We teach a lot on how to teach but not how to understand.&nbsp;</p>
  878.  
  879.  
  880.  
  881. <p>The disability culture is the only group where we currently allow teachers to teach in a classroom that is filled entirely with children from this culture and have absolutely no cultural competency training or requirements. That’s what the ableism and disability justice bill is really about. It&#8217;s about creating cultural competency among teachers who are working with children from this really unique and beautiful culture.&nbsp;</p>
  882.  
  883.  
  884.  
  885. <p><strong>Disability as a culture is a relatively new concept. You have described deaf culture as a model: In 1988, students at Gallaudet University staged what’s known as the Deaf President Now protest, demanding that the school’s next leader be deaf. It seems ridiculous today that a hearing person would be seen as more capable of leading such an institution than any of the people it serves. Yet it was an “aha” moment when teachers heard from former special education students.&nbsp;</strong></p>
  886.  
  887.  
  888.  
  889. <p>It’s been a slow shift. As our society has shifted toward inclusion, and with the development of social media and technology, people with disabilities from all over the world have been able to connect and identify with one another. We realized that experiences we were having, the things that felt so isolating or challenging in our lives, that we weren&#8217;t alone in those experiences.</p>
  890.  
  891.  
  892.  
  893. <p>We stopped being individuals that this was happening to. We started to be a culture of individuals with shared experiences. People with disabilities started <a href="https://url.avanan.click/v2/___https://www.the74million.org/article/no-more-cures-no-more-fixes-how-autistic-leaders-are-changing-the-therapy-debate/___.YXAzOm1pbm5wb3N0OmE6Zzo5NjJkMTIwZTVhNTc3YTEwNzExYWIxMWUwNzAzZjI1ODo2OmIwYjA6ZDM1OGZhYTgxYmY2ZDU5OTlkOGQ1YmZmM2QxYjNhYTViNmZlMzA0YzdiYWQzMjczYmI1Nzg5YThmMjgxM2Y4NTpoOlQ" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">asking for what they needed</a> to live full and impactful lives.&nbsp;</p>
  894.  
  895.  
  896. <ul class="wp-block-latest-posts__list is-grid columns-3 wp-block-latest-posts"><li><div class="wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image"><a href="http://www.minnpost.com/state-government/2024/04/bill-multifamily-housing-minnesota-senate-committee-housing-density/" aria-label="Bill making way for multifamily housing dies in Minnesota Senate committee; sponsors will try again next year"><img decoding="async" width="640" height="421" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/ProHousingRally041924_940.png?fit=640%2C421" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="Housing advocates rallied in the Rotunda during Habitat on the Hill Day at the Minnesota State Capitol." style="" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/ProHousingRally041924_940.png?w=940 940w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/ProHousingRally041924_940.png?resize=190%2C125 190w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/ProHousingRally041924_940.png?resize=640%2C421 640w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/ProHousingRally041924_940.png?resize=130%2C85 130w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/ProHousingRally041924_940.png?resize=768%2C506 768w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/ProHousingRally041924_940.png?resize=400%2C263 400w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/ProHousingRally041924_940.png?resize=706%2C465 706w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/ProHousingRally041924_940.png?fit=640%2C421&amp;w=370 370w" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" /></a></div><a class="wp-block-latest-posts__post-title" href="http://www.minnpost.com/state-government/2024/04/bill-multifamily-housing-minnesota-senate-committee-housing-density/">Bill making way for multifamily housing dies in Minnesota Senate committee; sponsors will try again next year</a></li>
  897. <li><div class="wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image"><a href="http://www.minnpost.com/inside-minnpost/2024/04/minnpost-weekly-news-quiz/" aria-label="MinnPost relaunches weekly news quiz"><img decoding="async" width="640" height="476" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/740x550-1.png?fit=640%2C476" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" style="" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/740x550-1.png?w=740 740w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/740x550-1.png?resize=190%2C141 190w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/740x550-1.png?resize=640%2C476 640w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/740x550-1.png?resize=200%2C150 200w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/740x550-1.png?resize=400%2C297 400w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/740x550-1.png?resize=706%2C525 706w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/740x550-1.png?fit=640%2C476&amp;w=370 370w" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" /></a></div><a class="wp-block-latest-posts__post-title" href="http://www.minnpost.com/inside-minnpost/2024/04/minnpost-weekly-news-quiz/">MinnPost relaunches weekly news quiz</a></li>
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  899. </ul>
  900.  
  901.  
  902. <p><strong>It’s a tall order to help someone whose professional identity is tied up in seeing themselves as a student’s best advocate to see that they’re engaging in ableism.&nbsp;</strong></p>
  903.  
  904.  
  905.  
  906. <p>In high school, I wasn&#8217;t diagnosed with autism. I was a special education student, but for emotional behavioral disorder. My special education transition plan was that I would get a job in customer service or food service, because that&#8217;s what they believed I was capable of. Despite the fact that even my special education testing showed I was in the 99th percentile IQ-wise.</p>
  907.  
  908.  
  909.  
  910. <p>I graduated without ever taking the SATs or applying to a single college because the people that were in charge of helping me plan my future as a young person with disabilities never saw that as a possibility. That idea that they knew best and they were protecting me from potential failure was the thing that led to my biggest downfall. By the time I was 20 years old, I was a homeless drug addict. I didn&#8217;t see any path for my future or have a whole lot of hope.&nbsp;</p>
  911.  
  912.  
  913.  
  914. <p>After I got diagnosed, I had a case manager who forced me to go to college. It changed everything. Finally, someone believed in me. She was willing to put me in a position to succeed — while knowing that there was a risk of failure. Instead of saying, “You can&#8217;t do this because of your disability,” she asked me, “How can we do this with your disabilities?”</p>
  915.  
  916.  
  917.  
  918. <p>I don&#8217;t believe that our education system, our teachers, set out to set students with disabilities up for failure or limit us to a small window of potential. But we don&#8217;t know what we don&#8217;t know, and when we know better, we do better. That&#8217;s really the core. We&#8217;ve never given teachers this information or an understanding of this unique and amazing culture. If we can do that, we can inspire them not to try to save us from ourselves, but to help us be the best version of ourselves.</p>
  919.  
  920.  
  921.  
  922. <p><strong>What hurdles to the bill’s introduction did you anticipate? And what did you actually find?&nbsp;</strong></p>
  923.  
  924.  
  925.  
  926. <p>I anticipated what we did actually find: teaching lawmakers what ableism is and convincing them why it matters. There were some that jumped right on board. Our chief author in the House of Representatives, Rep. Kim Hicks, has been an amazing champion. She herself is a legislator with a disability and she has children with a disability.&nbsp;</p>
  927.  
  928.  
  929.  
  930. <p>On the Senate side, though, we faced a number of hurdles. We went to Sen. Mary Kunesh looking for some suggestions, not necessarily expecting her to take it on. I started telling her my story and how ableism had held me back for so many years, and how I often wonder what I would have achieved if they had believed in me in high school.&nbsp;</p>
  931.  
  932.  
  933.  
  934. <p>She asked me where I went to school. It was the school district where she taught. She looked at us and said, “Do you have the jacket with you? I’ll introduce the bill.” When you realize that this isn&#8217;t just happening somewhere else, it&#8217;s happening at the place that you teach, that hits home.&nbsp;</p>
  935.  
  936.  
  937.  
  938. <p>We had to make it very real for people. Not just a theory or an idea, but these are the experiences happening to children now. This is something that has been a generational problem for decades.&nbsp;</p>
  939.  
  940.  
  941.  
  942. <p><strong>If you received special education services for the wrong diagnosis, you probably experienced a particularly pernicious form of ableism. I’m guessing your behavior, whatever it was, should have been a red flag for a sensory issue.&nbsp;</strong></p>
  943.  
  944.  
  945.  
  946. <p>Social anxiety, 100%. I went to school, but I didn&#8217;t go to most of my classes for my freshman and sophomore years because I was so socially anxious. But I wasn&#8217;t the kid smoking behind the dumpster. I was hanging out in the library researching my special interest [an autism culture term for a topic a person enjoys learning about in great depth], or hiding in the art room working on extra credit projects.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
  947.  
  948.  
  949.  
  950. <p>My experience and the services and support I received were a gigantic red flag of ableism. They assumed the things that were holding me back were a choice, versus something I had no control over. I didn&#8217;t end up in special education until my sophomore year of high school — well after Asperger&#8217;s syndrome was in the DSM (the American Psychiatric Association&#8217;s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders). But we weren&#8217;t looking at individuals like myself and saying, “This might be autism.” We just assumed that the problem was not that I couldn&#8217;t do the things that they were asking me to, it was that I didn&#8217;t want to.</p>
  951.  
  952.  
  953.  
  954. <p>I have come to terms with being a later-diagnosed person with autism. But I think about how many things I missed out on. I graduated with a seventh-grade math level. I did special education civic engagement because they didn&#8217;t think I could handle the mainstream classroom with my classmates. Funny that I grew up to be a lobbyist.&nbsp;</p>
  955.  
  956.  
  957.  
  958. <p>I wonder a lot, though, who I could have been if they figured out how to support me to my full potential, rather than to just manage what they thought of as behaviors. I wonder about all the opportunities that were taken from me because I just became a statistic. I think about a lot of the trauma that I endured as a teenager, being educated in classrooms with individuals that had very unmanaged, far more aggressive behaviors than me.&nbsp;</p>
  959.  
  960.  
  961.  
  962. <p><strong>So the hope is somebody who takes the training would look at a student who hid in the library and see massive evidence of engagement, and wonder, “Why is the student engaging there, instead of the social studies classroom?”&nbsp;</strong></p>
  963.  
  964.  
  965.  
  966. <p>I had teachers later on that did see that, and that&#8217;s where I got to thrive. When I was a senior retaking my sophomore English class — because I missed it, you know — my teacher asked me, &#8220;Why are you in my class?&#8221; I&#8217;m like, &#8220;Well, I&#8217;m here because the state of Minnesota says I need to be here.&#8221;</p>
  967.  
  968.  
  969.  
  970. <p>He turned my sophomore English credit into an independent study. The one assignment I had was to write a college-level paper. He said, “I&#8217;m not going to teach you how. If you need help, you&#8217;re going to have to ask.” He saw my talents, and he also saw what I actually needed to learn in that class: how to ask for help, how to work independently, how to plan my time. It prepared me for college more than writing a 10th-grade research paper ever would.&nbsp;</p>
  971.  
  972.  
  973.  
  974. <p>I don&#8217;t want those teachers to be needles in a haystack, where there&#8217;s one or two. I want every teacher to look at a kid with disabilities with curiosity and ask, &#8220;How can we help them succeed?&#8221;</p>
  975.  
  976.  
  977.  
  978. <p><strong>How do you introduce people to the idea that there&#8217;s joy and pride in a disabled person’s identity — things you would never want to change about yourself?&nbsp;</strong></p>
  979.  
  980.  
  981.  
  982. <p>One of the biggest things that I hope teachers take away from training about ableism is that we&#8217;re okay just the way we are. Feeling shame about disabilities? That&#8217;s not ingrained in us from birth. That&#8217;s something that we learn from the interactions we have with the world around us. I hope that as teachers embrace anti-ableism, instead of seeing us as a collection of deficits that need to be measured and tracked, they see the beautiful parts of our existence.</p>
  983.  
  984.  
  985.  
  986. <p>One of my greatest gratitudes about being autistic is the level of joy I get to experience in my special interest, in sensory things, in being able to see the world in such a beautiful, unique way that not everyone does. I hope that through this training, we can teach teachers to see that in their students, and we give students the opportunities to grow and learn to love themselves and find things to be proud of about their disabilities, versus just trying to make them conform to the expectations of a non-disabled society.</p>
  987.  
  988.  
  989.  
  990. <p>I got lucky when I landed at the Autism Society. But at the end of the day, I also recognize that all the things that make me so good at my job are because I&#8217;m autistic. I want future generations of kiddos with disabilities to grow up finding that pride and that joy in who they are.</p>
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  994. <img decoding="async" id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://www.the74million.org/?republication-pixel=true&#038;post=725559&#038;ga3=UA-64416702-1&#038;ga4=G-YQBR2DBZ9Z" style="width:1px;height:1px;">
  995. <p>The post <a href="http://www.minnpost.com/education/2024/04/minnesota-teacher-training-on-ableism-disability-rights/">Interview: Minnesota’s groundbreaking push for teacher training on ableism</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.minnpost.com">MinnPost</a>.</p>
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  1002. <title>What’s in a (rideshare company) name?</title>
  1003. <link>http://www.minnpost.com/community-voices/2024/04/whats-in-a-rideshare-company-name-uber-lyft/</link>
  1005. <dc:creator><![CDATA[J. Dan E. Maruska]]></dc:creator>
  1006. <pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2024 14:14:33 +0000</pubDate>
  1007. <category><![CDATA[Community Voices]]></category>
  1008. <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
  1009. <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.minnpost.com/?p=2160973</guid>
  1010.  
  1011. <description><![CDATA[<figure><img width="1000" height="400" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Rideshare1000.png?fit=1000%2C400" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Rideshare1000.png?w=1000 1000w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Rideshare1000.png?resize=190%2C76 190w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Rideshare1000.png?resize=640%2C256 640w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Rideshare1000.png?resize=768%2C307 768w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Rideshare1000.png?resize=400%2C160 400w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Rideshare1000.png?resize=706%2C282 706w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Rideshare1000.png?fit=1000%2C400&amp;w=370 370w" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" /></figure>
  1012. <p>Just think of the possibilities in the land of SPAM, Snoopy and the Green Giant.</p>
  1013. <p>The post <a href="http://www.minnpost.com/community-voices/2024/04/whats-in-a-rideshare-company-name-uber-lyft/">What’s in a (rideshare company) name?</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.minnpost.com">MinnPost</a>.</p>
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  1015. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<figure><img width="1000" height="400" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Rideshare1000.png?fit=1000%2C400" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Rideshare1000.png?w=1000 1000w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Rideshare1000.png?resize=190%2C76 190w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Rideshare1000.png?resize=640%2C256 640w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Rideshare1000.png?resize=768%2C307 768w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Rideshare1000.png?resize=400%2C160 400w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Rideshare1000.png?resize=706%2C282 706w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Rideshare1000.png?fit=1000%2C400&amp;w=370 370w" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" /></figure>
  1016. <p>With the looming prospect that Uber and Lyft will leave the Minneapolis market, riders and drivers alike will soon need alternative transportation. Thankfully, several individuals and companies have announced plans to fill the void both rideshare giants will leave, but these replacement services will need help getting their operations up and running.<br><br>The very first step that these companies must take is to think of a name and the right branding. After all, this will define their very identities, and advertise to potential customers the nature of the services they will be providing.</p>
  1017.  
  1018.  
  1019.  
  1020. <p>This branding is perhaps more important in Minnesota than in any other state. That isn&#8217;t because the Twin Cities is home to so many advertising and marketing agencies, but because Minnesotans appreciate things that are creative, funny and, for many reasons, just weird and different. Think of the people and brands who&#8217;ve all come from this land of 10,000 lakes — SPAM, Snoopy, the Vikings, Prince, the Lakers (however that related to basketball), Betty Crocker, the Green Giant. These are all very clever and unique.</p>
  1021.  
  1022.  
  1023.  
  1024. <p>So, to help these rideshare endeavors along the road to success, here are ten names and logos that will appeal to Minnesotans&#8217; high standards and peculiar sensibilities.</p>
  1025.  
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  1027. <div class="wp-block-image">
  1028. <figure class="alignright size-full"><img decoding="async" width="150" height="150" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/MOOber150.png?resize=150%2C150&#038;ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-2160977" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/MOOber150.png?w=150 150w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/MOOber150.png?resize=100%2C100 100w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/MOOber150.png?w=370&amp;ssl=1 370w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/MOOber150.png?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" data-recalc-dims="1" /></figure></div>
  1029.  
  1030.  
  1031. <p><strong>1. MOOber<br></strong>This is an easy one to start with — just copy the original and add one of the things Minnesotans love most of all, the dairy cow. It&#8217;s also aligned with the same attitude the original started with: push the boundaries of the law and violate the spirit of the law until there are consequences. With this example, that could be trademark infringement.</p>
  1032.  
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  1034. <div class="wp-block-image">
  1035. <figure class="alignright size-full"><img decoding="async" width="150" height="150" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Lypht150.png?resize=150%2C150&#038;ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-2160979" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Lypht150.png?w=150 150w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Lypht150.png?resize=100%2C100 100w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Lypht150.png?w=370&amp;ssl=1 370w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Lypht150.png?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" data-recalc-dims="1" /></figure></div>
  1036.  
  1037.  
  1038. <p><strong>2. Lypht Ride Share</strong><br>But Uber isn&#8217;t alone in being vulnerable to creative copycats. The pronunciation of Lyft can also be lifted for an alternative, especially when accompanied by branding that alludes to our many lift bridges — from St. Paul to Stillwater to Duluth. And this might even be able to withstand the inevitable legal challenges (but probably not).</p>
  1039.  
  1040.  
  1041. <div class="wp-block-image">
  1042. <figure class="alignright size-full"><img decoding="async" width="150" height="150" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/LEGENDAIRY150.png?resize=150%2C150&#038;ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-2160981" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/LEGENDAIRY150.png?w=150 150w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/LEGENDAIRY150.png?resize=100%2C100 100w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/LEGENDAIRY150.png?w=370&amp;ssl=1 370w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/LEGENDAIRY150.png?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" data-recalc-dims="1" /></figure></div>
  1043.  
  1044.  
  1045. <p><strong>3. LEGENDAIRY Taxi Service</strong><br>Returning to Uber&#8217;s absurdly arrogant branding and Minnesotans&#8217; adulation of cows, LEGENDAIRY is an obvious spiritual successor. The message that this brand conveys is that both the passenger and the experience are superior to all other rivals, like the lake of the same name. And the pun obviously helps.</p>
  1046.  
  1047.  
  1048. <div class="wp-block-image">
  1049. <figure class="alignright size-full"><img decoding="async" width="150" height="150" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Swinesota150.png?resize=150%2C150&#038;ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-2160982" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Swinesota150.png?w=150 150w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Swinesota150.png?resize=100%2C100 100w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Swinesota150.png?w=370&amp;ssl=1 370w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Swinesota150.png?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" data-recalc-dims="1" /></figure></div>
  1050.  
  1051.  
  1052. <p><strong>4. Swinesota<br></strong>But it isn&#8217;t just the cow that has a special place in the heart (or stomach) of many Minnesotans; it’s also the pig. Perhaps most important, this brand conveys that the cars will not be pigsties, but clean and well-kept spaces — a quality very high on any rider&#8217;s list.</p>
  1053.  
  1054.  
  1055. <div class="wp-block-image">
  1056. <figure class="alignright size-full"><img decoding="async" width="150" height="150" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/EggstraMile150.png?resize=150%2C150&#038;ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-2160983" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/EggstraMile150.png?w=150 150w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/EggstraMile150.png?resize=100%2C100 100w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/EggstraMile150.png?w=370&amp;ssl=1 370w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/EggstraMile150.png?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" data-recalc-dims="1" /></figure></div>
  1057.  
  1058.  
  1059. <p><strong>5. EGG&#8217;stra Mile</strong><br>Speaking of pigs, nothing else pairs better with bacon than eggs. And everyone would want to hire a rideshare service that goes above and beyond expectations or, rather, eggspectations.</p>
  1060.  
  1061.  
  1062.  
  1063. <p><strong>6. CORN&#8217;r Pick Up Drop Off</strong></p>
  1064.  
  1065.  
  1066. <div class="wp-block-image">
  1067. <figure class="alignright size-full"><img decoding="async" width="150" height="150" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/CornerPickUp150.png?resize=150%2C150&#038;ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-2160985" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/CornerPickUp150.png?w=150 150w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/CornerPickUp150.png?resize=100%2C100 100w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/CornerPickUp150.png?w=370&amp;ssl=1 370w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/CornerPickUp150.png?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" data-recalc-dims="1" /></figure></div>
  1068.  
  1069.  
  1070. <p>But Minnesota is more broadly a state with a rich agricultural heritage. As part of that heritage, a person could wager that corn is found in nearly every corner of the state. This play on a homophone would clearly signify to riders that they will be transported to the exact coordinates of their choosing. And it continues the confusing trend in tech branding to simply drop, add or change a letter in a word, like Fiverr or Lyft itself.</p>
  1071.  
  1072.  
  1073. <div class="wp-block-image">
  1074. <figure class="alignright size-full"><img decoding="async" width="150" height="150" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/WILDMinnesota150.png?resize=150%2C150&#038;ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-2160987" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/WILDMinnesota150.png?w=150 150w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/WILDMinnesota150.png?resize=100%2C100 100w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/WILDMinnesota150.png?w=370&amp;ssl=1 370w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/WILDMinnesota150.png?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" data-recalc-dims="1" /></figure></div>
  1075.  
  1076.  
  1077. <p><strong>7. WILD Minnesota</strong><br>In addition to agriculture, Minnesotans appreciate our wild places — our lakes, forests, rivers, river valleys and prairies. These are places we visit and where we recharge. Perhaps no quality is more important in a hired car than this same sense of sanctuary and safety. While the bear might scare people, the point is that the car will not.</p>
  1078.  
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  1080. <div class="wp-block-image">
  1081. <figure class="alignright size-full"><img decoding="async" width="150" height="150" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/LoonrRideAlong150.png?resize=150%2C150&#038;ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-2160988" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/LoonrRideAlong150.png?w=150 150w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/LoonrRideAlong150.png?resize=100%2C100 100w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/LoonrRideAlong150.png?w=370&amp;ssl=1 370w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/LoonrRideAlong150.png?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" data-recalc-dims="1" /></figure></div>
  1082.  
  1083.  
  1084. <p><strong>8. Loon&#8217;r Ride Along<br></strong>Continuing with this theme of nature, a rideshare company would be certain to find success by pairing with the loon. This is our state bird, and it was almost on our state flag. It is on our state quarter, and a very lucky few residents of St. Paul have it on their library cards. It is as beloved as any pig or cow, and it is surprising that more local companies haven&#8217;t associated themselves with it in some way.</p>
  1085.  
  1086.  
  1087. <div class="wp-block-image">
  1088. <figure class="alignright size-full"><img decoding="async" width="150" height="150" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/CatchRelease150.png?resize=150%2C150&#038;ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-2160989" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/CatchRelease150.png?w=150 150w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/CatchRelease150.png?resize=100%2C100 100w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/CatchRelease150.png?w=370&amp;ssl=1 370w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/CatchRelease150.png?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" data-recalc-dims="1" /></figure></div>
  1089.  
  1090.  
  1091. <p><strong>9. Catch &amp; Release Quick Rides</strong><br>Minnesotans also love fish and to fish — so much so that people do so on cold, barren, frozen lakes. Aligning this activity with a taxi company just makes sense. A rider is picked up and quickly deposited at their destination, just like they&#8217;re a magnificent sturgeon.</p>
  1092.  
  1093.  
  1094.  
  1095. <p><strong>10. ALL PLOWED STREETS CAR RIDES</strong></p>
  1096.  
  1097.  
  1098. <div class="wp-block-image">
  1099. <figure class="alignright size-full"><img decoding="async" width="150" height="150" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/AllPlowedStreets150.png?resize=150%2C150&#038;ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-2160990" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/AllPlowedStreets150.png?w=150 150w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/AllPlowedStreets150.png?resize=100%2C100 100w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/AllPlowedStreets150.png?w=370&amp;ssl=1 370w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/AllPlowedStreets150.png?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" data-recalc-dims="1" /></figure></div>
  1100.  
  1101.  
  1102. <p>Fishing and ice fishing bring us to Minnesota&#8217;s inevitable winter. And as the people who put away their window scrapers early this March so painfully learned, winter weather is always a threat. It will never leave anyone here safe, even in the heat and humidity of July, as the downward cycle has already begun and the days are getting shorter. That&#8217;s a depressing characterization, but it&#8217;s the reason that riders want to be assured that the car they hire will get them to their destination.</p>
  1103.  
  1104.  
  1105.  
  1106. <p>This is only a partial list of the possibilities, and there are certainly many names a start-up ride share service would want to avoid. But these are all helpful ideas for good Minnesota brands, and hopefully some of these endeavors will take this advice and use it to find success for riders and drivers alike. The meter is ticking.</p>
  1107.  
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  1109.  
  1110. <p><em>J. Dan E. Maruska is a resident of St. Paul.</em></p>
  1111. <p>The post <a href="http://www.minnpost.com/community-voices/2024/04/whats-in-a-rideshare-company-name-uber-lyft/">What’s in a (rideshare company) name?</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.minnpost.com">MinnPost</a>.</p>
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  1118. <title>Anoka-Hennepin school board member, parents rights group threaten budget shutdown over equity programs</title>
  1119. <link>http://www.minnpost.com/glean/2024/04/anoka-hennepin-school-board-parents-rights-dei-race-gender-equity/</link>
  1121. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jazzmine Jackson]]></dc:creator>
  1122. <pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2024 10:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  1127. <description><![CDATA[<figure><img width="640" height="427" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/EmptyClassroom640.png?fit=640%2C427" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="classroom" decoding="async" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" /></figure>
  1128. <p>Plus: Two Minnesotans make Time's 100 most influential people list; Minnesota moms having babies at higher age than national average; Blue Line extension facing another obstacle; and more.</p>
  1129. <p>The post <a href="http://www.minnpost.com/glean/2024/04/anoka-hennepin-school-board-parents-rights-dei-race-gender-equity/">Anoka-Hennepin school board member, parents rights group threaten budget shutdown over equity programs</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.minnpost.com">MinnPost</a>.</p>
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  1131. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<figure><img width="640" height="427" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/EmptyClassroom640.png?fit=640%2C427" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="classroom" decoding="async" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" /></figure>
  1132. <p><a href="https://sahanjournal.com/education/anoka-hennepin-schools-budget-showdown-racial-gender-equity/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Sahan Journal&#8217;s Becky Z. Dernbach reports</a> an Anoka-Hennepin school board member <strong>is threatening to force a budget shutdown over a program meant to increase racial and gender equity. </strong>&#8220;But officials at the north metro school district say many of these programs are required by law, and eliminating them could imperil the district’s funding and students’ ability to graduate.&#8221;</p>
  1133.  
  1134.  
  1135.  
  1136. <p><a href="https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2024/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Time Magazine</a> recognized two Minnesotan women, <a href="https://time.com/6964919/beth-ford/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Beth Ford</a> and <a href="https://time.com/6964631/rachel-hardeman/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Rachel Hardeman</a>, in their <strong>100 most influential people of 2024 series. </strong></p>
  1137.  
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  1139.  
  1140. <p><a href="https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2024/04/17/minnesota-mom-average-age-older-birth-geriatric" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Axios reports</a> in 2023,<strong> nearly 60% of Minnesota women who gave birth were in their 30s,</strong> a 38% increase from 1997.</p>
  1141.  
  1142.  
  1143.  
  1144. <p>Racket ranks the best intersections in both <a href="https://racketmn.com/the-13-best-neighborhood-intersections-in-minneapolis" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Minneapolis</a> and <a href="https://racketmn.com/the-12-best-neighborhood-intersections-in-st-paul" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">St. Paul</a>. </p>
  1145.  
  1146.  
  1147.  
  1148. <p><a href="https://www.startribune.com/light-rail-project-encounters-new-obstacle-in-minneapolis-north-loop-major-utility-lines/600359603/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Janet Moore with the Star Tribune reports</a> the Blue Line light rail extension through North Loop has hit another snag: <strong>Xcel Energy utility lines. </strong></p>
  1149.  
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  1151.  
  1152. <p><a href="https://www.mprnews.org/story/2024/04/17/tim-walz-supports-proposal-to-curb-copper-wire-theft" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">MPR News reports</a> Gov. Tim Walz is in <strong>support of legislation aimed at curbing the theft of copper wires</strong> which has been a major issue in St. Paul.</p>
  1153.  
  1154.  
  1155.  
  1156. <p><strong>Related from MinnPost:</strong> <a href="https://www.minnpost.com/cityscape/2024/02/dark-streetlights-in-st-paul-are-yet-another-reminder-of-how-public-life-is-under-attack/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dark streetlights in St. Paul are yet another reminder of how public life is under attack </a></p>
  1157. <p>The post <a href="http://www.minnpost.com/glean/2024/04/anoka-hennepin-school-board-parents-rights-dei-race-gender-equity/">Anoka-Hennepin school board member, parents rights group threaten budget shutdown over equity programs</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.minnpost.com">MinnPost</a>.</p>
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  1164. <title>Three historical African American locations in Minneapolis named to National Registry</title>
  1165. <link>http://www.minnpost.com/glean/2024/04/three-historical-african-american-locations-in-minneapolis-named-to-national-registry/</link>
  1167. <dc:creator><![CDATA[MinnPost staff]]></dc:creator>
  1168. <pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2024 18:58:29 +0000</pubDate>
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  1173. <description><![CDATA[<figure><img width="450" height="373" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/LenaOSmithHouse450.png?fit=450%2C373" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="The Lena O. Smith House" decoding="async" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/LenaOSmithHouse450.png?w=450 450w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/LenaOSmithHouse450.png?resize=190%2C157 190w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/LenaOSmithHouse450.png?resize=400%2C332 400w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/LenaOSmithHouse450.png?fit=450%2C373&amp;w=370 370w" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" /></figure>
  1174. <p>Plus: Anthony Edwards will play for Team USA in the Paris Olympics this summer; Ramsey County launches county-wide effort to tackle climate change; ticket prices for Caitlin Clark’s first game against the Lynx are starting above $200; and more.</p>
  1175. <p>The post <a href="http://www.minnpost.com/glean/2024/04/three-historical-african-american-locations-in-minneapolis-named-to-national-registry/">Three historical African American locations in Minneapolis named to National Registry</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.minnpost.com">MinnPost</a>.</p>
  1176. ]]></description>
  1177. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<figure><img width="450" height="373" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/LenaOSmithHouse450.png?fit=450%2C373" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="The Lena O. Smith House" decoding="async" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/LenaOSmithHouse450.png?w=450 450w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/LenaOSmithHouse450.png?resize=190%2C157 190w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/LenaOSmithHouse450.png?resize=400%2C332 400w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/LenaOSmithHouse450.png?fit=450%2C373&amp;w=370 370w" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" /></figure>
  1178. <p><a href="https://mndaily.com/283446/news/three-historical-african-american-locations-named-to-minneapolis-national-registry/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Katrina Bailey at the Minnesota Daily writes</a> the <strong>National Park Service gave the Minneapolis Department of Community Planning Economic Development $75,000 in grant money</strong> to address the <strong>underrepresentation of African American history</strong> among local and national listings on the national registry.</p>
  1179.  
  1180.  
  1181.  
  1182. <p><a href="https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-lifestyle/minneapolis-re-issues-appeal-to-find-operators-for-two-open-streets-events" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tommy Wiita at Bring Me the News reports</a> the <strong>City of Minneapolis has re-issued its appeal</strong> for organizations to <strong>run the two remaining Open Streets events that do not yet have operators</strong>. The events scheduled for this summer that still don&#8217;t have operators are ones planned for Central Avenue in Northeast and Franklin Avenue in south Minneapolis.</p>
  1183.  
  1184.  
  1185.  
  1186. <p><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/anthony-edwards-lebron-james-steph-curry-team-usa-basketball-paris-olympics/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Stephen Swanson at WCCO News reports</a> <strong>Anthony Edwards will play for Team USA</strong>, along with LeBron James, Steph Curry, et al., <strong>in the Paris Olympics this summer</strong>, becoming the fourth Minnesota Timberwolves player to receive the honor.</p>
  1187.  
  1188.  
  1189.  
  1190. <p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/caitlin-clark-indiana-fever-minnesota-lynx-tickets/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tickets for Caitlin Clark&#8217;s first game against Minnesota Lynx starting above $200</a> [WCCO]</strong></p>
  1191.  
  1192.  
  1193.  
  1194. <p><a href="https://www.mprnews.org/story/2024/04/16/ramsey-county-adopts-comprehensive-climate-action-plan-focused-on-health-equity" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Nicole Ki at MPR News is reporting</a> <strong>Ramsey County has officially launched a county-wide effort to tackle climate change.</strong> The plan will focus on reducing greenhouse gasses and help communities adapt to changing climate conditions like extreme heat, poor air quality and more severe storms.</p>
  1195.  
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  1197.  
  1198. <p><a href="https://www.kare11.com/article/sports/olympics/olympic-champion-suni-lee-back-for-paris-games/507-7ab73e43-53f6-4a7b-8155-e3284e1ccf3d" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Via the Associated Press:</a> <strong>Olympic gymnastics all-around champion Suni Lee revealed that at the height of dealing with a kidney disease last year, she retained 45 pounds in water weight</strong> that made her question whether a return to top form was even possible. <strong>Lee is now back to form and working on a new bars move</strong> that, if she pulls it off in an international competition, could be named after her in the sport’s Code of Points.</p>
  1199.  
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  1202. <p><a href="https://www.mprnews.org/story/2024/04/17/uber-and-lyft-are-agreeable-to-one-piece-of-legislatures-rideshare-solve" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Clay Masters at MPR News reports</a> <strong>lawmakers at the Minnesota State Capitol advanced a proposal Tuesday that addresses one item rideshare drivers and companies want settled</strong> — insurance coverage — as the Legislature seeks a solution to a rideshare standoff.</p>
  1203. <p>The post <a href="http://www.minnpost.com/glean/2024/04/three-historical-african-american-locations-in-minneapolis-named-to-national-registry/">Three historical African American locations in Minneapolis named to National Registry</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.minnpost.com">MinnPost</a>.</p>
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