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Elliot Hughes

Minneapolis

General Assignment Reporter at The Minnesota Star Tribune

General assignment reporter for the @StarTribune. Gimme a shout: [email protected] 📰✊🏼

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  • 17 hours ago | startribune.com | Elliot Hughes

    Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said the U.S. Supreme Court made a "mistake of monumental proportions" when it limited the federal judiciary's ability to issue nationwide injunctions. But in a statement released Friday afternoon, Ellison said he remains confident that he and other attorneys general can stop President Donald Trump's attempt to end birthright citizenship.

  • 1 day ago | startribune.com | Elliot Hughes

    A Hennepin County judge last week dismissed a lawsuit filed by several business owners who argued the city of Minneapolis was at fault for the declining revenue and real estate value of their businesses in the aftermath of George Floyd's murder. In November, five businesses located at the intersection of 38th Street and Chicago Avenue near where Floyd was killed by police in 2020, demanded the city begin eminent domain proceedings to take over their properties and pay $30 million in damages.

  • 2 days ago | startribune.com | Elliot Hughes

    By Elliot Hughes Police are investigating 16 reports of damaged Pride flags outside homes in two St. Paul neighborhoods, along with another report of vandalism at a nearby bookstore. The incidents appear to have happened in the overnight hours, and St. Paul police are asking residents in the Highland Park and Macalester-Groveland neighborhoods to review their surveillance camera footage.

  • 2 days ago | startribune.com | Elliot Hughes

    SexWorld, Minneapolis' adult entertainment store that was once three floors tall, featured a live peepshow and became a rite of passage to visit in the Twin Cities, will close its doors permanently June 29. The closure was confirmed by Hailey Buchanan of D.B. Graphics, which owns the store and the THC Joint, a downtown Minneapolis smoke shop also slated to close. Buchanan indicated the closures were the result of economic stress and regulations over the sale of THC.

  • 1 week ago | gazettextra.com | Ryan Faircloth |Deena Winter |Elliot Hughes

    In an age of social media tirades and escalating polarization, Vance Boelter did not strike people who knew him or worked with him as someone motivated by political rage. Boelter was apprehended by police Sunday night, officials said, and is alleged by law enforcement to have carried out a political assassination. He's been charged with two counts of first-degree murder for the fatal shootings of state Rep.

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Here’s how the community around George Floyd Square is reacting to Minneapolis’ latest redesign plan: https://t.co/ZikskuWste via @StarTribune

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1 Nov 24

Before shooting, John Sawchak terrorized south Minneapolis neighbors for more than 15 years: https://t.co/69YumxtnLD by @ByLizSawyer + @walshpj