The report I read concludes that the explosion occurred because of a leak. Writer goes on to mention that the gas company has a good deal of aging infrastructure.
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Minnesota nonprofit with $35M bails out those accused of violent crimes
fox9.com ^ | 8/9/2020 | TOM LYDEN
Posted on 8/10/2020, 10:34:34 PM by bitt
A Minnesota nonprofit has bailed out defendants from Twin Cities jails charged with murder, violent felonies, and sex crimes, as it seeks to address a system that disproportionately incarcerates Black people and people of color.
And it has plenty of money to do it.
The Minnesota Freedom Fund (MFF) received $35 million in donations in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd, with many of those donations intended to help protesters who were jailed during the demonstrations and riots in May.
The group’s mission was celebrated on social media with praise from Hollywood celebrities, like Steve Carell, Cynthia Nixon, and Seth Rogen.
It was an unexpected windfall. Prior tax returns in 2017 and 2018 show MFF would pull in about $100,000 in donations.
“We initially got some raised eyebrows especially when we ramped up our activity from $1000 a day to now $100,000 a day, raised eyebrows from our bankers,” said Greg Lewin, the interim executive director of the fund.
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