On May 3rd, Minnesota-based open government organization Public Record Media (PRM) filed suit in federal court, seeking access to U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) records requested under a 2017 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. PRM’s FOIA request seeks a variety of records about legal tools and techniques used to obtain information from members of the […]
By Mike Kaszuba In the late 1960s, Twin Cities peace activist Marv Davidov was on the radar of legendary FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, who told the Secret Service that Davidov may have tendencies indicating a “propensity for violence and antipathy toward good order and government.” Hoover would later update his assessment of Davidov, and […]
By Matt Ehling and Mike Kaszuba The National Football League took wide-ranging control of U.S. Bank Stadium for Super Bowl LII – including being given 75 percent of the luxury suites at the facility, and having local officials pay to add temporary seating for the game, according to newly released documents. But a spokesperson for […]
By Mike Kaszuba State officials allowed Greater MSP – a business development non-profit with ties to Minnesota’s top companies – to assume a uniquely dominant role in the unsuccessful bid to land Amazon’s second corporate headquarters, according to new documents reviewed by Public Record Media (PRM). Records released by the Minnesota Department of Employment and […]
By Mike Kaszuba A Scott County group has released details on two sites that were submitted in the national competition to land Amazon’s second corporate headquarters – a move that comes as officials in Minnesota continue to keep the state’s overall bid private. The sites included a parcel of more than 200 acres in Shakopee […]
By Mike Kaszuba Due to concerns raised by women’s advocates, the St. Paul City Council is no longer requiring people who testify at public hearings to verbally give their home address. City Council President Amy Brendmoen said she made the decision after she and other City Council members were approached by “a group of advocates […]
By Mike Kaszuba After having committed $498 million in taxpayer money to help build a new stadium for the Minnesota Vikings, state and local officials faced a new issue as U.S. Bank Stadium neared completion two years ago: How could people be convinced that a multi-million-dollar bridge was now needed outside the stadium to ensure […]
By Mike Kaszuba For several years, Minnesota’s top economic development agency has had a financial partnership with Greater MSP, the business non-profit that recently submitted – but along with state officials has declined to make public — the state’s bid to land an Amazon corporate headquarters. Invoices obtained by St. Paul-based non-profit Public Record Media […]
By Mike Kaszuba In August of last year – as Minnesota prepared to host its first Super Bowl in a quarter century – law enforcement officials were arranging for both the celebratory aspects of the event, as well as the potential for disaster. An early directive from a Super Bowl panel on public safety advised […]
By Matt Ehling and Mike Kaszuba Four months after Amazon announced plans to build a second corporate headquarters – setting off a nationwide competition – Minnesota has concealed its Amazon bid through the use of a nonprofit whose board includes representatives of many of the state’s top companies. The state’s Department of Employment and Economic […]
