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Feb 2, 2025 |
fox9.com | Joe Augustine
MINNEAPOLIS - City and court records obtained by FOX 9 are shedding more light on violence prevention programs that received hundreds of thousands of dollars in funding. Lea Lakes, deputy director of the Neighborhood Safety Department, is scheduled to deliver an update on the status of violence prevention efforts in Minneapolis during a city council committee hearing Monday afternoon.
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Feb 2, 2025 |
yahoo.com | Joe Augustine
The BriefThe city has been accused of awarding violence prevention contracts worth hundreds of thousands of dollars without verifying how the funding was actually used. The Neighborhood Safety Department will provide another update on those programs on Monday afternoon. As part of a recent legal settlement, the city will also start auditing violence interrupter groups in February.
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Jan 14, 2025 |
fox9.com | Joe Augustine |Kelcey Carlson
Inflated drug costs creating 'Pharmacy deserts' Pharmacy benefit managers are being blamed for "pharmacy deserts" being left across Minnesota as inflating drug costs squeeze out small-town pharmacies. FOX 9's Kelcey Carlson has the full story. Prescription benefit managers have been under growing scrutiny from state and federal regulators who have accused them of creating pharmacy deserts by steering consumers to their own pharmacies and driving independent pharmacists out of business.
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Dec 11, 2024 |
fox9.com | Joe Augustine
article Marvin Haynes when he was 16 (left) and when he was released from prison (right). MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - Be sure to watch "'I am Innocent': The Marvin Haynes Story" this Sunday, Dec. 15, at 9:30 p.m. on FOX 9, FOX LOCAL and YouTube. The documentary details Haynes’ arrest and exoneration through video evidence, expert testimony and interviews. Marvin Haynes timeline The arrest Marvin Haynes when he was 16 years old.
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Dec 6, 2024 |
fox9.com | Joe Augustine
article File photo of a Minneapolis police squad car. (FOX 9) MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - A Hennepin County judge ruled this week that the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) does not have to release records about certain officers who have received "coaching" because it is not considered formal discipline.
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