George Floyd Square in May 2024. Photo: Jenn Ackerman & Tim Gruber/Washington Post via Getty Images
🗺️ Minneapolis city officials unveiled redesign plans for George Floyd Square. (Star Tribune)
Their proposal calls for a new traffic circle, a nonprofit partnership to redevelop the former gas station, and a permanent memorial on the spot Floyd died.
🚔 The man St. Paul officers shot and injured on Monday night is also a suspect in two recent shootings — including one that killed two people — at Minneapolis homeless encampments, according to MPD. (KSTP)
A new KSTP/SurveyUSA poll showedVice President Kamala Harris leading former President Donald Trump 51-44% among likely Minnesota voters. The poll had a 4% margin of error. (KSTP)
Harris has led Trump in each of these monthly polls, with leads ranging from five to 10 percentage points.
💰 Outside groups have spent more than $17 million in key state legislative districts that will determine control of the State Capitol, with eight races attracting at least $1 million so far. (Most expensive races via Minnesota Reformer)
Democrats, who are defending their narrow majorities, maintained a money edge as of the latest reports.
🎯 Target plans to hold a new three-day "Early Black Friday sale" next week, from Nov. 7-9, on top of its normal daily and weekly holiday deals. (Axios)
🛬 Sun Country is axing routes from MSP to Asheville, Billings, Cleveland, Colorado Springs and Omaha. (Kyle Potter on X)
🛥️ The owner of a beached, leaking yacht abandoned on an island in the St. Croix River is now racking up $1,400 per day in fines. (Star Tribune)
