2026.03.12

[lsanderson]

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey has vetoed a measure passed by the City Council that would have temporarily required landlords to wait 60 days — instead of 30 days — to file an eviction notice “outlining an effort to instead focus on rental assistance for residents,” Fox 9 reports. Via MinnPost
https://www.fox9.com/news/minneapolis-eviction-notice-extension-vetoed-march-2026

The Minnesota Senate approved $40 million in state funding for emergency rental assistance for those impacted by the federal immigration surge on Wednesday, Minnesota Reformer reports, although it is unlikely to get out of the deadlocked House. Via MinnPost
https://minnesotareformer.com/2026/03/11/minnesota-senate-approves-rental-assistance-for-people-impacted-by-immigration-surge/

Lyft has agreed to add a service animal feature to its app following a lawsuit from a Minnesota woman who said a driver cancelled her ride after noticing her service dog. She will also receive a $63,000 settlement from the ride share company, reports the Minnesota Star Tribune. Via MinnPost
https://www.startribune.com/lyft-minnesota-service-animal-settlement/601596463?utm_source=gift

A bill that would legalize psychedelic (psilocybin) therapy is one step closer to passing through the Minnesota Legislature, MPR News reports. Via MinnPost
http://psilocybin/

Minnesota communities requested about $1 billion in state funding for water infrastructure this year.
by Brian Arola
https://www.minnpost.com/greater-minnesota/2026/03/confluence-of-factors-make-water-a-dominant-theme-in-bonding-bill-process/

Asylum seekers face daunting 173-year wait for work authorization under proposed federal rule
Immigration experts say that if enacted, the rule would harm local economies and perpetuate human trafficking.
by Shubhanjana Das
https://sahanjournal.com/immigration/homeland-security-asylum-seekers-work-authorization-application-rule/

‘America’s mortal enemy’: Pete Hegseth expressed extreme antipathy toward Iran for years
Comments in books, speeches and videos shed new light on defense secretary’s personal commitment to war on Iran
Jason Wilson
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/12/pete-hegseth-antipathy-iran

Colon cancer now leading cause of cancer deaths under 50 in US
Experts warn younger people not to dismiss symptoms such as rectal bleeding as diagnoses rise for those under 50
Hannah Harris Green
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/12/colon-cancer-leading-deaths

EPA chief met with Bayer CEO over supreme court fight, agency records show
Top US regulators met with Bill Anderson to discuss ‘supreme court action’ over glyphosate weed killer
Carey Gillam
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/12/epa-chief-bayer-ceo-supreme-court

Panel awards $3.8m to ‘mom and pop’ investors whose risky investments tanked
Florida investors featured in Guardian investigation claimed they lost most of their life savings after a financial adviser put their money into ‘alternative’ assets
Susan Antilla
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/12/mom-pop-investors-risky-investments

‘Unbelievably unequal’: report shows how 1% of Mexicans own 40% of country’s wealth
Fortunes of the country’s 22 billionaires doubled in last five years, reaching unprecedented collective wealth of $219bn
Oscar Lopez in Mexico City
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/12/mexico-city-neighborhoods-inequality

Noma chef resigns amid allegations of physical abuse of staff
René Redzepi also steps down from non-profit board after accusations of physical and psychological abuse
Sam Levin in Los Angeles and Isaaq Tomkins
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2026/mar/11/noma-chef-resigns-rene-redzepi

Woman kept in ‘Dickensian’ servitude for 25 years speaks out as abuser jailed
Amanda Wixon, 56, sentenced to 13 years for keeping victim imprisoned at home in Gloucestershire since 1990s
‘She didn’t want me to hug her’: carer of enslaved woman describes her recovery
Steven Morris
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/mar/12/amanda-wixon-jailed-woman-victim-imprisoned-25-years-speaks-out

Comments

[minnehaha]

Frey could have voted for the moratorium AND focussed on rental assistance. It's not either/or.

K.

[lsanderson]

Hasn't he always had a thing for landlords? Their pain counts, the poors? Not so much.