COVID-19 fund fraud + Vintage 'base ball'
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| Coming up on Morning Edition |
💵 Cannabis dispensaries are one step closer to reality in Minnesota after the legislature approved a bill speeding up the process for licensing. Rep. Nolan West — the only Republican on the cannabis conference committee — joins us to talk about what that means and share the concerns of his caucus.
🌼And we're on Horace watch. Our Arts Team talked with some visitors at Como Zoo and Conservatory Tuesday as they gave the "Little Shop of Horrors"-worthy corpse plant a sniff. |
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| Coming up at 9 a.m. |
✊🏾 A new book traces how Minneapolis arrived at the brink of police abolition and why true reform is so hard to come by. The book is called “The Minneapolis Reckoning: Race, Violence and the Politics of Policing in America,” and MPR News host Angela Davis talks with the book’s author, sociologist Michelle Phelps.
And we want to hear from you, too. What do you remember about May 2020 and the civil unrest that followed? What are your reflections on the four years since? Are you satisfied with what has changed and what has not? Call 651-227-6000 or 800-242-2828 during the 9 a.m. hour. |
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| | Feds charge 2 Minneapolis consultants in $1M COVID-19 fraud |
A grand jury has indicted two Minneapolis business consultants on charges of defrauding government pandemic aid programs out of more than a million dollars.
According to court documents, two 27-year-old men used their company, Futuristic Management Group, to fraudulently submit applications for PPP loans and other pandemic relief on behalf of their clients as well as entities that they created. | |
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| | Like it’s 1865: The Rochester Roosters are bringing back vintage ‘base ball’ |
With a thwack of a bat, the Rochester Roosters came out swinging at the team’s first practice of the season.
“I tell people I play for The Roosters and they’re like, ‘So, you must be really good at baseball,’” said team manager Mike Olson. “And I was like, ‘Well, we play barehanded.’ There’s confusion between the Honkers and The Roosters, for sure.”
Confusion because the Honkers are the minor league baseball team in town, and barehanded because this is vintage ball: no mitts allowed.
The Roosters are among a handful of teams in southern Minnesota and Wisconsin who play every summer following rules and customs more than 150 years old. The roots of vintage “base ball” go back to around the time of the Civil War. | |
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| What else we're watching: |
Tornado devastates Iowa town, killing multiple people as powerful storms rip through Midwest. Multiple people have died and at least a dozen were injured after a powerful tornado tore through a small Iowa town, carving a bleak landscape of destroyed homes and businesses, shredded trees, smashed cars, and widely strewn debris.
Report: Mississippi River’s St. Cloud watershed sees progress, ongoing threats. The Mississippi River-St. Cloud watershed northwest of the Twin Cities includes fast-growing counties such as Wright and Sherburne. The latest data show some improvement in water quality, but also challenges including the loss of shoreline buffers to development.
Jaques scores twice and Hensley posts a shutout as Minnesota tops Boston 3-0 to even PWHL finals. Michela Cava and Sophie Jaques scored less than two minutes apart late in the first period and Minnesota beat Boston 3-0 to even the PWHL championship series at a game apiece.
Investment firms named in U of M disclosure, divestment supporters request increased transparency. The University of Minnesota shared additional investment fund information in response to student coalition demands. The list of investment funds totals more than $518 million. Some students have concerns.
DOJ lawsuit: City of Anoka discriminated against residents with mental health disabilities. The city of Anoka discriminated against individuals with mental health disabilities, discouraging tenants from making emergency service calls for fear of eviction, according to a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Justice Tuesday.
Watch: Lee Hawkins unpacks intergenerational trauma on new podcast. MPR News host Angela Davis interviewed journalist Lee Hawkins about his new podcast, What Happened in Alabama?
Towns treasures Timberwolves' trip to West finals. For all the setbacks and struggles over nine NBA seasons that largely overshadowed the success, Karl-Anthony Towns has seen the payoff this spring for his commitment to — and sacrifice for — a franchise long stuck as the league's most frequent losers.
Twins end 7-game skid by beating Nationals. Byron Buxton hit two homers and drove in three runs, Joe Ryan pitched seven scoreless innings and the Minnesota Twins halted a seven-game losing streak with a 10-0 victory over the Washington Nationals on Tuesday night.
— Nicole Johnson, MPR News
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