Minneapolis has hit the pause button on any new, restarted, or expanded facilities designed for massive data storage and processing, buying the city breathing room to review how these operations mesh with local neighborhoods and infrastructure before allowing them to proceed.

The city is requesting federal support to refresh its specialized equipment that helps investigators connect spent bullet casings and firearms recovered from separate incidents, allowing local police to more quickly spot patterns in gun-related crimes and build stronger cases against repeat offenders.

The city is teaming up with a tech firm to test flying cameras that zip ahead to emergencies, giving responders a live aerial view right away so they can spot dangers, guide help faster, and keep neighborhoods safer without waiting for people to arrive on the ground.

This major rebuild, led by Hennepin County with city partners, will fully upgrade the road, sidewalks, curbs, utilities, and safety features between Franklin Avenue and 31st Street—adding protected bike lanes, better pedestrian crossings, green space, and transit improvements while aiming to make the busy commercial corridor safer and more accessible for all users, with construction slated for around 2028.

The Minneapolis city council is refreshing its public health guidelines to tackle the spread of certain sexually transmitted infections more effectively, by updating how local rules address specific diseases and behaviors that increase transmission risks in everyday community settings.

City leaders opted not to approve a unique contract that would have let a nonprofit group have sole use of a property on Chicago Avenue.