Uptown Back From the Dead, ICE Updates, and 'Thirsty' Colleges
It's our FIRST EPISODE! Are you excited for Hennepin Ave to FINALLY reopen in Uptown? Host Sean McPherson is joined by MPR Newsroom Coordinator Denzel Belin and City Cast Twin Cities Executive Producer Anna Weggel to chat about Uptown's revival, ramifications from Kristi Noem's press conference in Minneapolis last week, and how Minnesota high school students are being admitted to colleges they haven't even applied to. The team also dips into the mailbag to share some of the kind words you all have shared in response to our newsletter so far!
Learn more about the stories discussed in this episode:
- After 18 months of closures, Hennepin Avenue to reopen in Uptown this week [Bring Me The News [Bring Me The News]
- Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem assails lack of ICE cooperation during Twin Cities visit [Sahan Journal]
- Minneapolis council members taking on update of city’s separation ordinance [MinnPost]
- Three Minneapolis mayoral challengers back a stronger separation ordinance. Frey says they go too far. [Star Tribune]
- Minnesota high school seniors are getting college acceptance letters, without ever applying [MPR News]
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