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DFL lawmakers threaten to hold up budget to tighten police restrictions
After the deadly police shooting of Daunte Wright, Minnesota lawmakers are demanding stricter police accountability measures.
BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (FOX 9) - Minnesota Democratic state lawmakers are threatening to bring state government to the brink of shutdown unless the Legislature passes tougher restrictions on police after the killing of a Black man in a Twin Cities suburb.
A dozen state lawmakers, speaking from outside the heavily guarded Brooklyn Center Police Department building Wednesday morning, pressed Republicans who control the Senate to take up the legislation before budget negotiations continue. Lawmakers must pass a budget by July 1, or government shuts down.
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Hennepin County officials are looking to spend more than $200 million over the next five years to tackle homelessness and affordable housing, one of its most aggressive plans yet to tackle persistent housing problems in the state s largest county.
Commissioners plan to look at raising property taxes, borrowing money, and using state and federal COVID relief aid to pay for the initiatives. The county is considering asking the Legislature to approve a countywide sales tax to pay the debt for new affordable housing.
This would be the first time county officials have considered selling bonds to pay for affordable housing.
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