A Minnesota House Commerce Committee hearing put a spotlight on how rising home insurance premiums could be traced to severe weather events that some experts link to climate change.
Palladium, rhodium and platinum prices spiked during the pandemic, making the devices lucrative targets. As those prices have cooled, so have catalytic converter thefts.
CoreLogic’s map for North Minneapolis shows an enormous swath of red from Golden Valley Road to the south, spanning the length of seven neighborhoods: Near North, Willard-Hay, Jordan, Hawthorne, Folwell, McKinley, and Camden.