Ilhan Omar wins reelection: Live Minnesota election results 2024
Nov 4, 2024 · “Thank you, CD5,” she wrote. “Our hard work was worth it. We knocked on 117,716 doors. We made 108,226 calls. And we sent 147,323 texts. This is a victory for ALL of us who believe that a better future is possible.
How will Trump’s win impact Minneapolis police reform plans?
Nov 13, 2024 · The city entered a separate state consent decree with the Minnesota Department of Human Rights (MDHR), which a judge approved in July 2023. The agency began investigating Minneapolis and its police department after George Floyd was murdered by police in 2020, and found that the city and police department had a pattern of violating the state’s civil rights law.
Palestinian poets, writers to discuss Gaza war at Minneapolis event
Dec 6, 2024 · When she accepted the National Book Award for poetry last month, Palestinian American writer Lena Khalaf Tuffaha called on her peers to speak out against Israel’s genocide in Gaza.. Khalaf Tuffaha is one of six writers who will be in Minneapolis next week for “Palestine, Minneapolis and the Urgent Word,” a night of poetry and discussion exploring the role of writers in the U.S. as Israel ...
Election results 2024: Minnesota House tied, DFL holds Senate
Nov 4, 2024 · Minnesota last had a tied House of Representatives in 1979, according to House archives.. Ahead of Tuesday’s vote, members of the DFL People of Color and Indigenous (POCI) Caucus campaigned across the state to turn out votes for Democrats, according to Rep. Jay Xiong, DFL-St. Paul, who won a fourth term.
An Innovative Approach to Addressing Food Insecurity on Campus
Nov 25, 2024 · For college students, nutrition plays a critical role in determining health outcomes, wellbeing and academic performance. All students deserve the right to healthy, affordable and culturally relevant foods, but in Minnesota many students are struggling with consistent access to food on college campuses.
Minnesota Hmong New Year celebration to be held in St. Paul
Nov 29, 2024 · When Mee Vang, president of The United Hmong Family Inc., asked executive director Khou Yang if anyone had ever actually found love through the Hmong New Year ball-tossing game, Yang’s response surprised her. “She was like, ‘I did,” Vang said with a laugh. “She actually met her husband ball tossing.” The traditional courtship game, where young men and women face each other in two ...
A guide to Twin Cities cultural holiday markets
Dec 2, 2024 · Several cultural holiday markets are back, buzzing with local vendors and shoppers, and growing in popularity. Arts and craft fairs are popping up to offer special handcrafted gifts as the holiday season rolls around.
Language, cultural stigma add to barriers for unhoused Hmong
Nov 1, 2024 · A year ago, Tou Chang set up his tent with about 30 others at an encampment behind the abandoned Kmart on St. Paul’s East Side. It’s one of at least two St. Paul encampments with Hmong and Karen residents.
UMN students call for release of pro-Palestinian protesters
Oct 22, 2024 · University of Minnesota police and the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Department arrested the protesters around 5 p.m. at Morrill Hall. SDS said the demonstrators are facing riot, trespassing and damage to property charges; one arrestee is …
Minneapolis City Council calls on Hennepin County to close HERC.
Oct 31, 2024 · Trombones and trumpets guided residents to the Minneapolis City Council meeting through the freezing rain Thursday morning, where they cheered on a resolution urging Hennepin County to shut its controversial trash incinerator.