MPR News PM Update

March 24, 2022

The teachers strike in Minneapolis may be nearing an end. 

Both teachers' and education support professionals 'chapters of the union, on strike since March 8, reported progress Thursday in talks with the district. 

The Minneapolis Federation of Teachers President Greta Callahan and the ESP chapter President Shawn Layden both said they were very close to getting to a deal. Layden called the talks the most hopeful he's seen since the strike began. 

The teacher deal could come today. The biggest sticking point now is salaries for teachers — they're asking for a 3 percent raise.

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Minneapolis City Council approves police contract
Council members who opposed the deal say it failed to include provisions designed to better discipline officers or encourage more accountability.
Mpls. council member Jeremiah Ellison On new police contract
What's in the new contract? Raises, incentive payments to MPD officers
 
Lawmakers push to redesign Minnesota state flag and seal
Minnesota lawmakers are resurrecting an effort to redesign the state's flag and seal, which proponents say are indistinct compared with other U.S. states and feature imagery that is offensive to Native Americans.
 
Takeaways: Civil rights, Trump close out Jackson hearing
The fourth and final day of the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings wrapped up with outside experts testifying. The American Bar Association’s standing committee on the federal judiciary has afforded Jackson its highest rating, “well qualified.” Skeptics say Jackson's views on crime and policing are “outside the mainstream.”
 
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Minnesota House Democrats beef up plan to fight rising crime
The Minnesota House Democratic majority beefed up its public safety package with $50 million more. The extra money, on top of the Democrats’ earlier $100 million proposal, would go mostly toward grants to the 20 cities and 20 counties with the highest crime rates, or the fastest-growing rates. They could use it to finance “innovative public safety solutions.”
 
One chick hatched, one more on the way on Minnesota DNR EagleCam
Another sure sign of spring in Minnesota: Eaglets are hatching in the bald eagle nest in front of the DNR’s EagleCam. 
 
Biden promises Western allies would respond if Russia uses chemical weapons
Western allies would respond if Russia uses chemical weapons against Ukraine, President Biden said after an emergency meeting with NATO allies. "It would trigger a response in-kind," he said.
 
Minnesota Zoo tiger dies unexpectedly during medical exam
The Minnesota Zoo says its 12-year-old male Amur tiger named Putin died Wednesday, after going into cardiac failure as veterinary staff were conducting what they called a routine preventative health exam.
 

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