Minneapolis, MN
Minneapolis Board of Education approves budget despite concerns over cuts
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MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – Minneapolis Board of Schooling members authorised its 2022-23 price range on Tuesday, as members heard considerations from academics, college students, and fogeys in regards to the influence of price range cuts on college packages.
The brand new price range brings a 5 p.c lower for departments however will increase funding for colleges by one p.c.
However, members of the general public who spoke on the assembly, together with some board members, raised considerations about what the lower would possibly imply for some packages, like arts and music. Superintendent Ed Graff mentioned that the district is aware of college students would profit from extra packages, however the district’s palms are tied by an absence of funding on the state and federal ranges.
“Till [lawmakers increase funding], college boards will probably be compelled to make decisions between issues everyone knows our college students want and what we are able to afford to run as a company,” mentioned Superintendent Graff.
One other concern was how a lot the present price range is determined by one-time funding grants, like ESSER which expires in 2024 whereas the district is grappling with falling enrollment.
“On the finish of the day, from my perspective, the legislature and the state doesn’t care about public training. In the event that they did, they’d have totally funded it 20 years in the past,” mentioned Board Treasurer Kimberly Caprini. “It’s simply my opinion that they don’t take care of us… particularly Minneapolis and St. Paul. I don’t see that taking place and, on the finish of the day, this price range is sound that it will get us by a time frame when there would be the finish of ESSER {dollars}. And the place we’re at that time, I don’t know.”
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Minneapolis, MN
Fireworks proceed in Minneapolis after daytime rain showers clear out
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Fireworks proceed in Minneapolis after daytime rain showers clear out
Call it a Fourth of July miracle.
After a day of heavy rains, the sun peeked out early Thursday evening and the Red, White, and Boom event in Minneapolis was back on track.
“I kept checking Facebook, trying to see if they are going to be on, and they said they’re going,” laughed Jenai Brazell of Richfield. “And I said, ‘Let’s go, it’s time to go.’”
There was dancing and live music at Mill Ruins Park after the city’s announcement that the fireworks show would go on.
Fourth of July forecast causing some cities to reschedule or cancel fireworks
“When it cleared up, we decided to come down, get some food, listen to some music,” says Brittany Bennett, who lives nearby.
Bennett and her toddler son, Aiden, looked ready to celebrate the nation’s birthday.
“Hopefully, it stays clear and people get to enjoy the fireworks,” she said. “It’d be a big letdown if it didn’t happen.”
But earlier in the day the prospects for a successful fireworks show didn’t look so good.
Vendors busied themselves getting their food trucks ready in case the weather cleared.
Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board workers on the riverfront tried to stay positive.
“The weather, you can’t control Mother Nature,” declared Sammy Vazquez, a lemonade vendor.
There was water, water everywhere, it seemed — a super-soaker that put a damper on the holiday mood.
“Disappointing. You know, it’s Independence Day, everybody wants to see — hopefully, we see some fireworks tonight,” said Andy Long, an equipment operator with Minneapolis parks.
But remember the poem on the Statue of Liberty?
“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses …”
A day we celebrate our independence and freedom is perhaps also a day of miracles.
“I heard the fireworks are amazing. I’m excited to see what happens tonight,” said Meredith Jolin, visiting from Charlotte, North Carolina.
Fireworks mirrored over the Mississippi — an evening of patriotism and joy replacing a day of gloomy weather.
“Seeing all the food trucks, seeing everybody out, it’s a good sense of community here,” said Jolin’s husband, Kevin.
Minneapolis, MN
New north Minneapolis trail construction set to begin next week
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Summit Ave repair and bike trail stirs debate in St. Paul
Summit Ave in St. Paul is one of the most iconic stretches of road in Minnesota — and as the city prepares to repair aging infrastructure under the street, a proposal to add a raised bike lane is stirring a passionate debate among residents.
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – Construction is set to begin next week on a mixed-use riverfront trail in north Minneapolis that will extend a popular regional trail.
The new riverfront trail segment will connect Ole Olson Park and the 26th Avenue North Overlook, creating a new 1,000-foot trail in the process that officials hope will add “new riverside experiences” to the area for pedestrians and cyclists. The trail also connects the 26th Avenue North Overlook to the downtown riverfront and the Grand Rounds National Scenic Byway – a 51-mile continuous bike/walk trail that circles most of Minneapolis.
The addition will connect to an off-street trail on 26th Avenue North, which travels across north Minneapolis between the Mississippi River and Theodore Wirth Regional Park.
Contractors are scheduled to begin work on July 8, with hopes of completion by late-fall this year.
Construction will begin with strategic tree clearing over portions of the site – an act that officials say is unavoidable due to grading that will ensure the trail has a safe incline and sightlines.
Once completed, the new trail will take people down the riverbank, under the BNSF railway bridge, and back up to street level on either side of the connection, according to project documents.
The trail will also be constructed to withstand emergency and maintenance vehicles, up to a pickup truck, when needed.
Minneapolis, MN
Minneapolis shooting leaves man with life-threatening injuries
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MINNEAPOLIS — A shooting in Minneapolis has left a man hurt and police say he might not make it.
The Minneapolis Police Department said it responded to reports of shootings on Elliot Avenue south of Franklin Avenue around 10:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Officers found a man shot in the chest, unconcious and fighting for his life.
The suspected shooter took off on foot. Police have not arrested them.
Authorities are investigating.
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