Susan Du at the Star Tribune reports restaurant owners and labor unions are squaring off as the city of Minneapolis moves closer to establishing an advisory committee with the power to recommend business regulations. A panel of chefs held in June and featuring Andrew Zimmernamong others, stated establishing a Labor Standards Board may push them out of business.
Via the Associated Press: Former Minnesota Twins player Sean Burroughsa two-time Little League World Series champion who won an Olympic gold medal and went on to a major league career that was interrupted by substance abuse, died of fentanyl intoxicationaccording to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s office.
Stephen Swanson at WCCO News is reporting a Twin Cities woman faces dozens of felony charges after authorities say a raid of her residence yielded thousands of illegal pull tabs, scratch-offs and other games.
Via FOX 9: U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar is cancer-free again after undergoing a procedure, the Minnesota Democrat announced on social media on Friday.
Heidi Wigdahl at KARE 11 reports the family of James “Jimmy” Quigley is pleading for answers after their brother was assaulted in downtown Minneapolis and died 10 days later. It happened in May and, according to the Minneapolis Police Department, no arrests have been made.
Josie Albertson-Grove at the Star Tribune uncovers a serious issue regarding Minnesota’s struggling nursing homes: Nursing home care is funded largely by Medicaid, the health insurance program jointly funded by federal and state governments and administered by states. Minnesota’s Medicaid system has a complicated system of anti-fraud checks for nursing homes, which means it often takes a year and a half to two years for homes to get paid back by the state.
Jessie Opoien and Molly Beck at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel report Civic Mediaa Wisconsin-based progressive talk-radio network, said Thursday it had agreed to make two edits to an interview with President Joe Biden at the request of his campaign before the broadcast aired, a decision the station said fell short of “journalistic interview standards.”
