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☆ Minneapolis housing program and Kentucky sheriff accused of killing judge: Morning Rundown
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-20 | by ( Elizabeth Robinson | Elizabeth Robinson Is A Newsletter Editor For Nbc News | Based In Los Angeles. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +9 min

A Minneapolis program might offer a solution to the housing shortage. A Kentucky sheriff is expected to be charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a district judge. One city’s secret to fixing housing: Build moreRoughly five years into a program in Minnesota aimed at adding to the housing supply, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey says "the results speak pretty clearly for themselves." 🏡 The housing stock in Minneapolis grew 12%, compared to 4% statewide between 2017 and 2022, according to a Pew Research report. Minneapolis’ program offers potential solutions to address housing supply and affordability.

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“If we’re going to put up affordable housing, we don’t just want to house one family. We want to house five or six or eight or 25 families,” said Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, who has overseen the Minneapolis 2040 plan. Trump campaign national press secretary Karoline Leavitt blamed the higher housing costs on the current administration’s policies, as well as an “unsustainable invasion of illegal aliens.” The campaign broadly said Trump’s housing plan involves freeing up federal land for housing and cutting regulations. Walz, whom Frey said was “committed to the mission” on affordable housing, signed the measure into law in May. We also need to have more active state, local and federal government policies that look to support the housing market.”

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☆ What's Minneapolis' secret to fixing housing? Build more
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-20 | by ( Brian Cheung | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The Currie Commons housing development under construction in the Harrison neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota, US, on Thursday, July 20, 2023. We want to house five or six or eight or 25 families," said Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, who has overseen the Minneapolis 2040 plan. Both former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris have broadly promised to provide some support for first-time homebuyers, with the Harris campaign offering more details. The campaign broadly said Trump's housing plan involves freeing up federal land for housing and cutting regulations. The Currie Commons housing development under construction in the Harrison neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota, US, on Thursday, July 20, 2023.

Persons: Ben Brewer, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Harris, Tim Walz, Karoline Leavitt Organizations: Currie, Bloomberg, Getty, National Association of Realtors, Minneapolis Mayor, Minnesota Gov, Trump, Ford Motor Co Locations: Harrison, Minneapolis , Minnesota, United States, Minnesota, Minneapolis, U.S, Saint Paul , Minnesota, The Minneapolis

☆ Jill Biden could convince Joe to drop out. So far, she's vowing to fight on.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-01 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewJoe Biden's debate performance last week was, by most accounts, a disaster. But First Lady Jill Biden — possibly the only person who could convince the president to call it quits — is standing beside him. "After last night's debate, he said, 'You know, Jill, I don't know what happened. I didn't feel that great,'" Jill Biden continued, according to the Post. AdvertisementUnless Jill Biden changes her tune or Joe Biden is offered a dignified way out, it doesn't seem likely that the president will back down.

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☆ The surprise election that could be a model for Democrats in 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-22 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

I talked to Samuel Freedman, a Columbia Journalism School professor, about his recent book about Humphrey and the 1948 Democratic convention in Philadelphia. The book’s title, “Into the Bright Sunshine,” is taken from a line in Humphrey’s rousing speech on civil rights. In 1968, the Democratic Party was operating under old rules in which primary voters actually had relatively little direct effect on delegates. When Strom Thurmond and the Dixiecrats bolted from the Democratic Party in 1948, that’s the beginning of the vast majority of the White South becoming Republicans, stepping away from the Democratic Party. Show me a major Republican politician in the MAGA movement who is a fervent supporter of civil rights legislation.

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☆ Uber and Lyft are threatening to leave Minneapolis over a ride-hailing proposal supporters say would guarantee drivers earn the city's minimum wage
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-13 | by ( Jacob Zinkula | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

The conversation around ride-hailing driver pay has been heating up across the country over the past year. AdvertisementLoren Balazs, a full-time driver in Minneapolis, told BI he's worried the city council's proposal would hurt his ride-hailing business. The study estimated that a minimum pay rate of $1.21 per mile and $0.49 per minute would guarantee drivers earned the city's minimum wage. AdvertisementThe debate over minimum pay for ride-hailing drivers has been building in Minneapolis for over a year. Tim Walz vetoed a bill that would have established minimum pay standards for Uber and Lyft drivers.

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☆ The mayor of Minneapolis joked that remote work turns you into a 'loser' with a 'nasty cat blanket'
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-08 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Minneapolis' mayor Jacob Frey took aim at remote workers during an address, saying WFHe turns you into a loser. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementMinneapolis mayor Jacob Frey made a jibe about remote workers being 'losers' while touting the benefits of visiting the city's business district. "When they stay home, sitting on their couch with their nasty cat blanket, diddling on their laptop. And as remote work continues to persist, the demand for traditional office spaces is also decreasing.

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☆ Michael Bloomberg implies remote employees are playing golf instead of working: 'It is funny, but it's tragic'
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Michael Bloomberg is an outspoken critic of remote work. He thinks employees are slacking off and hitting the golf course during the workday, he told CBS. A March study by Stanford University researchers found that remote work "powered a huge boom in golfing," with visits to golf courses surging on weekdays and mid-afternoons compared to pre-pandemic times. AdvertisementAdvertisementIn August, he wrote an opinion piece for The Washington Post, arguing that remote work for federal employees had "gone on too long." Just days after Bloomberg's article was published, Biden reportedly ramped up efforts to get federal employees back to the office.

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☆ Lyft threatens to leave Minneapolis if the city raises the minimum wage for drivers, because prices could double and 'only the most wealthy could still afford a ride'
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( Kai Xiang Teo | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The Minneapolis city council has advanced a bill that could raise the minimum wage for rideshare drivers. "Prices could double, and only the most wealthy could still afford a ride," said Lyft. The Minneapolis city council's move to hike the minimum wage for rideshare drivers has Lyft threatening to exit the city if the bill becomes law. Rival rideshare company Uber also lashed out against the law. To be sure, data from Rakuten Intelligence shows a 92% rise in Uber and Lyft ride costs between 2018 and 2021.

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☆ How Hubert Humphrey Tried to Make Minneapolis, and America, Less Racist
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-13 | by ( Khalil Gibran Muhammad | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

INTO THE BRIGHT SUNSHINE: Young Hubert Humphrey and the Fight for Civil Rights, by Samuel G. FreedmanMinneapolis may be the city most notorious for anti-Black police violence in the world. Out of the top 100 largest metropolitan areas, Minneapolis ranks 99th in the gap between Black and white earnings. In June, the Department of Justice cited this statistic in its investigation of the Minneapolis Police Department. From routine instances of excessive (and sometimes deadly) uses of force to everyday racist taunts, the Police Department disproportionately abused Blacks and Native Americans with little to no accountability. Reflecting on these patterns, the U.S. attorney general, Merrick Garland, said, “They made what happened to George Floyd possible.”And yet, eight decades ago, as the journalist Samuel G. Freedman writes in his riveting new biography, “Into the Bright Sunshine,” the Minneapolis mayor and future presidential candidate Hubert Humphrey made some progress in dismantling prejudice in the city’s Police Department.

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