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Hennepin County sending deputies to presidential inauguration event
For the fourth presidential inauguration in a row, the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office sent deputies to provide security in Washington, D.C., a move that involved 40 deputies and carried a $100,000 budget. ... Continue Reading
EPA documents reveal agency, Nolan discussions about PolyMet
As controversy swirled around a proposal to begin copper-nickel mining in northeastern Minnesota, records show that Congressman Rick Nolan privately pushed state and federal regulators to move more quickly on the project. ... Continue Reading
Inside the Vikings’ move to Eagan
Documents show the Twin Cities suburb was as impatient as the Minnesota Vikings to move quickly. And – like team representatives – city officials privately complained when other public agencies had questions that threatened to slow the project. ... Continue Reading
Hennepin County Sheriff adopts drone use as legal landscape evolves
An early drone policy for Minnesota's most populous county restricts operations to search and rescue missions, and prohibits use for surveillance activities, or for targeting a person based solely on characteristics such as “race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, disability, gender or sexual orientation.” ... Continue Reading
FBI to mount antenna system in US Bank Stadium
On the day after the Minnesota Vikings played the team’s inaugural game in the new US Bank Stadium, a top stadium official signed an agreement to have the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) place its own transmitting antennas inside the $1.1 billion structure. ... Continue Reading
St. Paul produces additional documents on 2014 military training
In the newly released documents, Mayor Chris Coleman’s deputy mayor, Kristin Beckmann, described one City Council member as “pissed” and another as being “in a tizzy” over what had happened. Even St. Paul’s then-public school superintendent joined in. “We got helicopters flying around downtown buildings. What is going on? We are so freak[ed] out,” Valeria Silva wrote in an e-mail. ... Continue Reading