Minneapolis Review

Affordable housing complex destroyed during police brutality protests

By Mary Lou Lang | May 29, 2020

An apartment complex that was under construction to be a site of affordable housing for the area in Minneapolis was burned down Wednesday, May 27.

Looters, rioters and arsonists in Minneapolis not from the city

By Mary Lou Lang | May 28, 2020

Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo told Fox 9 that many of the people who looted businesses and set fires on Wednesday over George Floyd's death were believed to be from outside the city.

Minneapolis business owners witness destruction after riots break out over George Floyd's death

By Mary Lou Lang | May 28, 2020

Local business owners in Minneapolis witnessed riots and destruction to their businesses on Wednesday in response to the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died while being arrested by city police officers on Monday.

From Minnesota State Wire

Minnesota's budget shortfall will require tough decisions, Gazelka says

By Mary Lou Lang | 5 years ago

Minnesota will have $4 billion less in its budget as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka (R-East Gull Lake) said salary freezes, no new spending and renegotiating state employee contracts are responsible solutions.