While everyone fell in love with Jordan in the 90s, I fell in love with the NY Knicks. Maybe it’s bc I was at Syracuse. Maybe it was the underdog, blue-collar ethos. I’m a Twolves fan now but I’m excited to go back in time by reading this book by @Herring_NBA.

My first dog had no desire to be on the my furniture. My second dog has different ideas. (Photo taken yesterday)

Taking down the champs!

The two private testing providers who run Minnesota’s community testing sites and at-home testing program, Vault Health and IBX, have earned or stand to earn $270 million in public contracts alone. More than a third of that comes from Minnesota.

^ McCallum has always been "The Closer" ^

We also learned that there is a major issue for at-risk youth especially children with severe mental health problems. The pandemic has prompted a dramatic need for mental health services for children. And the wait times for residential treatment in MN can be up to 6 months.

The pandemic has also accelerated a decline in the number of children being sent to juvenile correctional facilities, according to the Annie E. Casey Foundation. BUT - the number of black youth sent to facilities has seen a pandemic high. aecf.org/blog/survey-a-pande…

The good news is that the number of MN children being sent to other states has declined 46 percent since 2017. Most of that has been driven by Hennepin County, which stopped sending kids to the controversial treatment centers run by Sequel Youth and Family Services.

This isn’t easy work. We first learned about a proposed settlement of $1.5 million in the summer of 2019 but it was difficult to confirm. We learned through court documents that the attorneys knocked $5,000 off the settlement to mislead us. That’s why it’s $1.495 million.