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MPD investigating officers for alleged overtime misuse; OT costs on pace to hit record-breaking $30 million in 2025

EYEWITNESS NEWS started asking questions after obtaining MPD overtime expenditure data through a public records request that ...

Social Security has existed for 90 years. Why it may be more threatened than ever

When President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law 90 years ago this week, he vowed it would ...
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Minneapolis budget: Police double-time pay eliminated, 7.8% tax increase expected

Double-pay overtime for Minneapolis cops could be cut as part of the city's budget moving forward that would also propose a ...

MPD officers lose post-shift earning power in budget proposals

Minneapolis police seem likely to lose some earning power as the mayor and city council set about trimming the city budget.

Long Island civil rights and police reform advocates say ending federal oversight of Suffolk police will hurt transparency

"I think it is a mistake," said Cheryl Keshner, founder and coordinator of the Long Island Language Advocates Coalition, ...

Minneapolis residents question pace of police reform, training

A packed room of activists and residents questioned the pace of Minneapolis police use-of-force training during an outreach ...

Mayor Frey to suggest ending double OT pay for officers

MINNEAPOLIS — Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey is expected to suggest ending double overtime pay shifts for officers in an ...

To combat gun violence, Minnesota law enforcement turns to ‘red flag’ law

Minnesota Judicial Branch data shows that more emergency petitions to take someone's guns away were filed throughout the state in the first seven months of this year than all of 2024, when the law ...