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Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara defended his department’s nearly $20 million budget overspending, “reiterating that it was costly to restore the department’s depleted ranks,” the Minnesota Star Tribune reports. “Speaking before the [city] council, O’Hara attributed the inflated costs to a rapid and successful hiring spree, paired with ballooning overtime, unbudgeted settlement agreement expenditures and contractual back pay.”
Some parts of the state could see blizzard conditions today and tomorrow, according to Bring Me The News. A “boom-or-bust” storm is forecast to drop heavy snow and whip up 50 mph winds, and travel could be difficult in some regions…