What are fractional professionals, and why is the Twin Cities a leader in the industry? #startribunemustread startribune.com/how-fractional… Hundreds of fractional professionals are at work in the Twin Cities — an emerging term often used to describe experienced leaders offering high-level skills on a part-time basis for up to a year, typically. #startribunemustread
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In lawsuit, a metal shredder with a troubled environmental record says the MPCA goes easy on competitors. #startribunemustread
startribune.com/northern-metal… Northern Metal Recycling moved from Minneapolis to Becker under pressure from neighbors and increasing scrutiny from the state Pollution Control Agency. The suit argues that Crow Wing Recycling needs to be held to the same standard. #startribunemustread startribune.com/northern-metal…

JUST IN: Use of force by the FBI, possibly involving a shooting, occurred Thursday in a north Minneapolis neighborhood, officials said. startribune.com/fbi-involved-i… UPDATE: Man shot dead in FBI standoff in north Minneapolis. startribune.com/fbi-involved-i…

1/ Early voting begins Friday in Minnesota. Here's our 2022 voter's guide: Who's running in the election and where they stand on the issues. startribune.com/minnesota-2022… 2/ The governor's race will dominate Minnesota's midterm elections, but Minnesotans will also vote on the statewide offices of attorney general, secretary of state and state auditor, along with all eight congressional races and all 201 seats in the Minnesota Legislature.

1/ Lower income neighborhoods in Minneapolis are hotter than ever after the 2011 tornado wiped out much of the tree cover. These so-called heat islands can lead to hotter summers, higher bills and more health complications. startribune.com/tree-cover-ine… 2/ The north Minneapolis tornado, which destroyed 150 acres of trees, accounted for most of the city’s tree canopy decline between 2009 and 2015.

A giant scar stretching across north Minneapolis is still evident in satellite imagery.

1/ Gov. Tim Walz has a 7-point edge over Republican opponent Scott Jensen in the race for governor, according to a new Star Tribune/MPR News/KARE 11 Minnesota Poll.

Walz's lead comes as a slight majority of voters also approve of the job he's done. startribune.com/minnesota-poll… 2/ In the attorney general race, DFL incumbent Keith Ellison and GOP challenger Jim Schultz are nearly deadlocked, according to a Star Tribune/MPR News/KARE 11 Minnesota Poll. Ellison's narrow lead falls within the poll's margin of error. startribune.com/minnesota-poll…

BREAKING: DFL Attorney General Keith Ellison and Republican challenger Jim Schultz are nearly deadlocked in the battle for the state’s top legal office, according to a new Star Tribune/MPR News/KARE 11 Minnesota Poll.

startribune.com/minnesota-poll… A slim majority of Minnesota voters support legalizing marijuana for recreational use, according to the new Minnesota Poll.

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The Wednesday front page of the @startribune. Read the latest on the conviction of Derek Chauvin on all counts in George Floyd's death here: startribune.com/derek-chauvin-… George Floyd's family says push for policing change cannot end after guilty verdicts against Derek Chauvin. strib.mn/32wXsjB

UPDATE: Darnella Frazier, who shot video of Derek Chauvin on George Floyd, said on Facebook after the verdicts, "To know GUILTY ON ALL 3 CHARGES!!! THANK YOU GOD THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU. George Floyd we did it!!! Justice has been served.”
strib.mn/3x4klcp Speaking at the memorial for Daunte Wright before the jury returned its verdicts in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar said the community is stuck in a cycle of injustice she hopes a guilty verdict can break. strib.mn/3sH1Ya4

BREAKING: On the count of third-degree murder: GUILTY
#DerekChauvinTrial strib.mn/3grpxRG BREAKING: On the count of second-degree manslaughter: GUILTY #DerekChauvinTrial strib.mn/3grpxRG

#BREAKING: The jury has reached a verdict in the #DerekChauvinTrial. The verdict is expected to be announced between 3:30 and 4 p.m.. strib.mn/3xeTYk6 Chauvin is charged with second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the May 25, 2020, killing of #GeorgeFloyd. Here’s what you need to know about the charges: strib.mn/3gpE8gk

1/ Jurors are about to resume their deliberations this morning in the Derek Chauvin murder trial, one day after being given the case late Monday. strib.mn/3tBGcWf 2/ The Twin Cities and Minnesota entered a period of anxiety and uncertainty.

Facebook declared Minneapolis a "high-risk location" and said it would remove posts that incite violence.

Locally, students walked out of class to protest racial injustice.

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Walter F. Mondale died Monday at age 93. He was a preacher's son from southern Minnesota who climbed to the pinnacle of U.S. politics as an influential senator, vice president and Democratic nominee for president. strib.mn/3n409m9 Photos: From Elmore, Minnesota, to Washington, D.C., the life of Walter Mondale. strib.mn/3n409m9

#BREAKING: Walter Mondale, who rose from small-town Minnesota to become Democratic nominee for president, dies at 93. strib.mn/32rf3tn Mondale, best known as Jimmy Carter’s vice president and Ronald Reagan’s challenger in 1984, also served as Minnesota attorney general and U.S. senator. strib.mn/32rf3tn

1/ Rival attorneys in the Derek Chauvin murder trial will make their final arguments to jurors this morning in a downtown Minneapolis courtroom. strib.mn/2QwfMqm 2/ The closing arguments in the Derek Chauvin trial will be livestreamed starting about 9 this morning. Watch live: strib.mn/2OA8Ozu

Here's what happened today in the trial of Derek Chauvin:
• A veteran Minneapolis police lieutenant testified it was "totally unnecessary" for Chauvin to put his knee on a handcuffed #GeorgeFloyd's neck. strib.mn/2PRQ1Ai • "First of all," the lieutenant said, "pulling him down to the ground facedown and putting your knee on a neck for that amount of time is just uncalled for." See video of the testimony: strib.mn/3cIXlHG

BREAKING: Police locked down the U.S. Capitol this afternoon after a report of gunshots in the area. strib.mn/3rIRd6A UPDATE: A car rammed a barricade outside the U.S. Capitol, injuring two Capitol Police officers and leading to the driver being shot, officials said. strib.mn/2OjmnUo

1/ Witness testimony continues today in the murder case against Derek Chauvin, the fired police officer charged with killing George Floyd in south Minneapolis on May 25.

Here’s what you need to know. strib.mn/3fBk22o 2/ Chauvin didn't immediately tell his supervisor, David Pleoger, that he knelt on George Floyd's neck, or for how long.

"When Mr. Floyd was no longer offering up any resistance to the officers, they could have ended their restraint," Pleoger said.

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Here's what happened today in the trial of Derek Chauvin:
• Chauvin's supervisory sergeant said Chauvin did not immediately tell him he placed his knee on #GeorgeFloyd's neck.
• He said he was told by Chauvin that Floyd “became combative." strib.mn/3cI45Wj • One of the paramedics on the scene said he checked George Floyd's pulse while three officers were on the patient, and did not detect one.
• "I suspected this patient to be dead." See video: strib.mn/3cG3nso

Meatless meals aren't just for Mondays anymore. How to try plant-based eating in Minnesota. strib.mn/3sInE6p Interested in eating more plant-based meals? Here are 32 vegan and vegan-friendly restaurants in the Twin Cities. strib.mn/3ff1iFQ

1/ Witness testimony continues today in the murder case against Derek Chauvin, the fired police officer charged with killing George Floyd in south Minneapolis on May 25.

Here’s what you need to know. strib.mn/3wfkaue 2/ On Wednesday, a man who witnessed George Floyd's fatal arrest struggled to speak after seeing video of himself urging Floyd to get off the ground and go along with the officers. strib.mn/3doQwKu