Minneapolis, MN
Ward 1’s Elliott Payne voted Minneapolis City Council president
MINNEAPOLIS — The Minneapolis City Council has a new leader.
On Monday, council members chose Ward 1 representative Elliott Payne as president by a 10-3 vote.
Payne says he hopes the council can become a successful check and balance system to Mayor Jacob Frey’s administration. Voters granted the mayor more executive authority two years ago.
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Payne has also said he does not plan to hold state or federal office and he plans to hold more public comment sessions.
The new term for the council began last week.
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A recent FOX 9 investigation found that Medicaid fraudsters owe millions but pay back little with several other defendants discharged from probation after making either minimal or no payments towards their court-imposed debts.
A homicide investigation is underway after a person was found shot to death inside a car parked along the Mississippi River, the Minneapolis Park Police Department said.
Around 6:40 a.m. Sunday, officers from Minneapolis Park police and the city’s police department responded to a report of a body in a car at Mill Ruins Park. They found an adult with a fatal gunshot wound at the scene, as well as a firearm.
The Minneapolis Police Department’s Homicide Unit is investigating.
Police said the Hennepin County medical examiner will determine the manner and cause of death, as well as the person’s identity.
A teacher at Prairie Seeds Academy in Brooklyn Park is canoeing 1,000 miles down the Mississippi River to help students reconnect with nature, while raising $20,000 for students affected by the federal immigration crackdown in the process. FOX 9’s Maury Glover has the story.
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