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.
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First defendant sentenced in Feeding Our Future gets 12 years in …
Oct 15, 2024 · Mohamed, the co-owner of Empire Cuisine & Market, received the prison term along with three years of supervised release for his crimes. The Shakopee restaurant was at the center of the first Feeding Our Future trial held this past spring.
Senator Omar Fateh announces run for Minneapolis mayor
Dec 2, 2024 · “Minneapolis residents are working hard for the city that they love, and they deserve a mayor that works as hard as they do,” Omar said. Frey, who is nearing the end of his second term as mayor, told the Star Tribune last month that he plans to run for reelection. In a prepared statement, Frey campaign spokesperson Sam Schulenberg said Frey welcomes Omar to the race and looks forward to ...
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 ...
Minneapolis nears approval to expand broadcast of Islamic call to …
Apr 7, 2023 · Minneapolis mosques would be able to broadcast the adhan—the Islamic call to prayer—five times a day under a proposed ordinance unanimously approved March 29 by the City Council’s Public Health and Safety Committee.. The resolution would expand the number of times a mosque could issue the call to prayer from three or four to five, meaning that morning and sometimes evening prayers no ...
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 ...
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.
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.