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.
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.
Minnesota election results 2024: Huldah Hiltsley beats Brad Olson
Nov 4, 2024 · Campaign volunteer Aaliyah Murray, 19, said Hiltsley is one of the first candidates she felt she could advocate for. “She focuses on public safety and also the youth but without incriminating the youth, which I love,” Murray said.
Native women from White Earth are reinventing opioid treatment
Nov 19, 2024 · The single-story, wide-planked building on the White Earth Reservation in northern Minnesota was the first home for a one-of-a-kind addiction treatment program for Native parents.
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.
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.
Lucie Skjefte fills vacant Minneapolis school board seat
Nov 20, 2024 · The Minneapolis school board swore in its newest member last week. Lucie Skjefte, chair of the Minneapolis Public Schools’ American Indian Parent Advisory Committee represents District 3, which includes much of south Minneapolis.
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 ...
First-ever oral histories of Indian boarding school survivors
Oct 11, 2024 · This story is being co-published with The Imprint, a national nonprofit news outlet covering child welfare and youth justice.. They’ve come from the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa. From the Ojibwe and Inupiaq. Smoke rises from bundles of sweetgrass, cedar and sage as they tell their stories of surviving Indian boarding schools.
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.