🌱 City Council Plans Police Vote + Guthrie Celebrates 60 Years

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First, today's weather: Mostly sunny and milder. High: 47 Low: 37.

Here are the top 5 stories in Minneapolis today:

1. The Minneapolis City Council is expected to vote today on a tentative contract agreement with the police union. Local activists argue the agreement lacks reforms and disciplinary changes. (Paid source: Star Tribune)

2. Gov. Tim Walz has increased the amount of his "Walz Checks" proposal to $500 per person. The governor proposed sending checks to Minnesotans using the state’s $9.25 billion surplus. (Patch)

3. A St. Paul man has been charged with shooting a person in the leg at the Mall of America on New Year's Eve. Khalil Wiley, 18, pleaded guilty to second-degree assault. (Patch)

4. Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott donated $13.5 million to Twin Cities Habitat For Humanity. Overall, she gave $436 million to Habitat International branches. (KARE11)

5. The Guthrie Theater announced plans to celebrate its 60th season with 10 “ambitious” shows this year. Upcoming productions include “Hamlet,” “A Christmas Carol” and “Murder on the Orient Express.” (BMTN)

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Today in Minneapolis:

• Celebrate the “Women of Pop” at a Granada Theater concert. (6:30 p.m.)
• The Children’s Theatre Company opens its production of “Something Happened in Our Town.” (7 p.m.)
• See “The Tempest” at the Guthrie Theater. (7 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• New Twins infielder Carlos Correa shared his love for Juicy Lucys upon his arrival at Spring Training this week. (BMTN)
• Tomorrow is the last day to order an art kit from the Minneapolis Institute of Art. (MIA)
• Spots are still open for spring broomball leagues in Minneapolis parks. (Park and Recreation Board)

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Events:

• Wartburg St Elizabeth Choral Spring Concert (March 26)
• Derby Party — Rush Creek Elementary PTO's Spring Fundraiser- open to the public (April 16)
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— Georgi Presecky

About me: Georgi is a newsletter writer and partner content curator from Chicago. She spent five years on the entertainment beat for FF2 Media covering film festivals across the U.S. Her feature articles have been recognized with awards from the Illinois Women's Press Association and National Federation of Press Women. As editor-in-chief of the Lewis University newspaper, she and her staff earned honors from the Associated Collegiate Press and American Scholastic Press Associations. She began working for Patch in 2019.