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.
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 ...
Mpls. City Council wants charges against UMN protesters dropped
Dec 3, 2024 · Minneapolis City Council members backed a resolution on Tuesday demanding all criminal charges and academic discipline be dropped against the student protesters who occupied Morrill Hall in October. About 50 activists packed the room to show support for the resolution. Members of the Committee of the Whole voted 7 to 5 in favor of the resolution, which also called for the university to work ...
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.
Minnesota communities are done waiting on the FDA, taking the ...
Dec 2, 2024 · Sponsored Content Learn More Advertiser content: This content was commissioned and paid for by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota. The news and editorial staff of Sahan Journal had no role in the creation or production of this story. Minnesota communities are done waiting on the FDA, taking the commercial tobacco fight to the local level
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.
Minnesota Muslims torn between Harris, Trump in 2024 election
Oct 31, 2024 · Months after Muslim voters helped give Minnesota one of the highest “Uncommitted” rates in the Democratic primary, the state’s Muslim community remains sharply split over whom to support in the presidential race.. The fractures have played out in recent weeks with a conflicting series of endorsements by key groups, a heavy-handed effort to get local imams to endorse Vice President Kamala ...
Justices question Minneapolis resident’s right to sue over teacher …
Oct 1, 2024 · Minnesota Supreme Court justices questioned a conservative group’s claim on Tuesday that a Minneapolis policy protecting teachers of color harms taxpayers.
Sizing up Minnesota’s red shift in the 2024 presidential election
Nov 13, 2024 · Vice President Kamala Harris won Minnesota with 51.1% of the popular vote in last Tuesday’s presidential election, leading President-elect Donald Trump by 4.2 percentage points.
Minneapolis nonprofit builds energy-efficient homes on North Side
Dec 3, 2024 · “Theoretically, you should have no energy bill,” Lassiter said of how the environmentally friendly features save homeowners money. The Queen Avenue house is one of five passive homes that Urban Homeworks is building in north Minneapolis.