Why UMN Extension laid off SNAP-Ed educators

The University of Minnesota Extension declared this week it was laying off all nutrition and medical educators in its SNAP-Ed scheme KTTC reports The cuts are a end of President Donald Trump s One Big Beautiful Bill Act which eliminated federal funding for SNAP learning programs across the country A large housing developer and tenants have agreed to a multi-million dollar settlement in a class action event that accused Dominium Apartments of improperly charging for parking KARE writes Thousands of Minnesota renters including various lower-income senior citizens could be getting paid back for parking in the million agreement The Minneapolis City Council approved a four-year contract on Thursday with NovoaGlobal Inc for its speed and red-light camera enforcement system and citation issuance and management pilot campaign according to WCCO-TV The cameras could go online as early as next month in at least five locations A motorist caught on camera speeding mph or more over the speed limit will first be issued a warning but the second offense comes with a fine The ticket increases to for motorists traveling more than mph over the limit As Minneapolis cracks down on drivers going over the limit commuters will also have to pay attention to three freeway closures planned this weekend in the metro area That s according to MPR News which says closures will affect stretches of Interstates and E in St Paul as well as I- in the north metro All of the freeway closures start at p m Friday and run through a m Monday The post Why UMN Extension laid off SNAP-Ed educators appeared first on MinnPost