Impersonating a police officer in Minnesota would become a felony under legislation proposed by the state senator who was almost killed by someone doing just that, reports WCCO-TV. DFL Sen. John Hoffman testified: “I was almost killed. My wife was almost killed. My daughter had a gun placed in her face by an individual who looked like a police officer, had a vehicle that looked like a police vehicle, yelled ‘this is police,’ license plate said ‘police’ on it. I was hearing everything that you think a police officer is. … He was not a police officer.”
There appears to be bipartisan support to eliminate Minnesota’s annual César Chavez Day after a New York Times investigation revealed sexual assault and abuse allegations, reports MPR News.
The Minnesota Star Tribune put together a fun read after interviewing students and others about the University of Minnesota’s new slogan “Leave a Future.” The retirement date for “Driven to Discover” is set for August.
Twin Cities residents are up for a major award for their actions during Operation Metro Surge: the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award, which is given by the former president’s library, reports Bring Me The News.
School support staff in Hibbing have voted to strike unless an agreement can be approved by the school board on Monday, KAXE reports. The Hibbing superintendent says there was a misunderstanding during mediation, while the union says the district changed its position.
KARE 11 has the latest one-on-one interview with Gov. Tim Walz, who announced earlier this year he won’t run for a third term. He says the decision happened around Thanksgiving and that he’s looking forward to implementing fraud prevention during his remaining time in office: “I think what’s really important now is, I will be able say when I leave office, that Minnesota’s programs are more secure than any other state.”
And in case you missed the Steve Sack buzz at MinnPost yesterday, you can read the lovely piece about his comeback by Eric Ringham, see Sack’s debut cartoon for MinnPost and read more from Axios, Bring Me The News and the Daily Cartoonist.
