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Nearly 3½ months later, officials ID Anoka County man shot dead near Lake Street
Officials on Wednesday released the identity of an Anoka County man who died from gunfire late last summer that also wounded two other men.
Travion Jacoa Jones, 35, of Ramsey, was shot in the chest on Aug. 30 on Park Avenue S. just north of E. Lake Street and died shortly afterward at HCMC, the Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office said.
The Medical Examiner’s Office has been asked why Jones’ identity was released nearly 3½ months after his death.
Police records released Wednesday confirmed that Jones was the person who died from gunfire that police reported on a news release on Aug. 31.
Police said then that the two other men, ages 20 and 35, who were shot went to separate Minneapolis hospitals that night, Abbott Northwestern and HCMC, for treatment of noncritical wounds.
Police said they believe the shooting erupted moments after a group of people had gathered and began arguing.
No arrests have been announced.
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North Dakota regulators consider underground carbon dioxide storage permits for Midwest pipeline
Carbon capture projects such as Summit’s are eligible for lucrative federal tax credits intended to encourage cleaner-burning ethanol and potentially result in corn-based ethanol being refined into jet fuel.
Some opponents argue the amount of greenhouse gases sequestered through the process would make little difference and could lead farmers to grow more corn despite environmental concerns about the crop.
In Minnesota, utility regulators were expected to decide Thursday whether to grant a route permit for a small part of the overall project, a 28-mile (45-kilometer) segment that would connect an ethanol plant in Fergus Falls to Summit’s broader network.
An administrative law judge who conducted hearings recommended in November that the Public Utilities Commission grant the permit, saying the panel lacks the legal authority to reject it. The judge concluded that the environmental impacts from the Minnesota segment would be minimal, that the environmental review met the legal requirements, and noted that Summit has secured agreements from landowners along most of the recommended route. Commission staff, the state Department of Commerce and Summit largely concurred with those findings.
Environmental groups that oppose the project dispute the judge’s finding that the project would have a net benefit for the environment.
In addition to North Dakota, Summit has a permit from Iowa for its route, but regulators for that state required the company to obtain approvals for routes in the Dakotas and underground storage in North Dakota before it can begin construction. The Iowa Utilities Commission’s approval sparked lawsuits related to the project.
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“You’ve got to be able to say, ‘Here’s how much we want to spend, and here’s what we want the impact to be,’” Carter said.
During the council meeting, Johnson, the Ward 7 council member, alluded to those statements, saying people have used such language to try to discredit women in leadership, especially young women. This is the first budget from St. Paul’s new all-women council.
Staff writer James Walsh contributed to this report.
