Renée Cooper
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Reporter @KSTP | Former Investigative Lead @WCIA3, @KXMB | 2x Eric Sevareid Award-winning journalist | @uofsc grad l Choose kindness & the truth.
Minneapolis, MN
Joined June 2015
The weekend snowfall put the St. Paul 'Snow Operations Pilot' to the test for the first time. The Public Works Director hopes the new parking rules modeled after Duluth will make for faster plowing and less ticketing. @KSTP
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JUST IN from MN House spokespersons: “House DFL and GOP leadership announced Wednesday that an agreement has been reached to organize the Minnesota House effective Thursday.” @KSTP
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The first of several biannual progress reports on state-mandated MPD reforms dropped today.
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@joshkimber @KSTP Site visits are involved at least in licensing, including follow ups. Details of the active investigations are sparse at the moment. Stay tuned. Thanks for the question.
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Twin Cities Pride leadership says they're grassroots fundraising to make up for $50,000 lost by dropping Minneapolis-based Target as a longstanding sponsor this year due to the retailer's DEI rollbacks.
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The MN House has yet to convene any official business as we near week 3 of the Legislative Session. Party leaders are still negotiating an end to the DFL boycott tonight after the MN Supreme Court ruled there are too few GOP members to operate without them.
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Hundreds of business owners planning to attend the annual ‘Black Entrepreneurs Day’ at the MN Capitol may not have access to their representatives as DFL House members continue to boycott the Legislative Session.
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The lengthy list of federally mandated police reforms filed in court on Monday will further limit use-of-force by Minneapolis Police Department officers in a few notable ways. @KSTP
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A historic day -- as the U.S. Department of Justice and Minneapolis officials signed off on 167 pages of federally mandated police reforms. The federal consent decree was filed in court this evening, making it public for the first time.
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The City of Minneapolis officially approves consent decree with US DOJ. The lengthy outline of mandated police reforms should be filed in federal court any moment now — at which point the lengthy document will be publicly available for the first time. @KSTP
City Council voted (12-0) to approve the settlement of all claims in United States Department of Justice v. City of Minneapolis and Minneapolis Police Department, as set forth in the consent decree between the U.S. DOJ and the City. The Mayor has already approved that action.
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RT @ChrisEgertKSTP: Woman killed in suspected drunken driving crash was a self-made ‘wonder woman,’ daughter says v…
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Oh, here you go…
Catch my one-on-one interview with Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey on @KSTP after Monday NightFootball, as he summarizes progress and challenges in 2024 and outlines goals for the city in 2025.
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Catch my one-on-one interview with Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey on @KSTP after Monday NightFootball, as he summarizes progress and challenges in 2024 and outlines goals for the city in 2025.
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The 2025 Minnesota Legislative session is "headed for gridlock" with split control of the chambers and multiple special elections on the horizon, a leading expert says.
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Minnesota Sen. Kari Dziedzic has died following a fight with ovarian cancer.
Sen. Kari Dziedzic, DFL-Minneapolis, had stepped down as the Minnesota Senate majority leader during the 2024 session when she said her cancer had returned.
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RT @DarrickMoe: Thanks @ReneeEliCooper for covering this important story. MISO, the organization responsible for reliable power transmiss…
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@DarrickMoe Thanks for taking the time to share MREA's perspective on the expected impacts on Minnesotans.
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A recently released report says a regionwide electric grid, including Minnesota, is at “high risk” of power shortages over the next decade.
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It’s been 45 years since a teenage girl was at the center of a mass school shooting investigation involving multiple dead.
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