The Minnesota Star Tribune offers a sneak peek at Minneapolis’ upcoming city budget proposal, and it appears Mayor Frey might advocate for an end to “double-time” pay for MPD officers. The practice has been in effect since 2022 “rather than the traditional time-and-a-half — for certain shifts, or what it calls ‘critical staffing overtime,’ to cover staffing gaps.” But double-time has “pushed the city’s overtime costs sky-high: Last year, MPD spent a record $28 million on overtime — $12 million over-budget.”

Bryan Hooper Sr. has been imprisoned on a murder conviction for 27 years. In late July, a star witness in the case came forward to confess to the murder herself, the AP reports. “‘We have an opportunity to shed light and use my father’s story to shed light on the other people who are s

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