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Minneapolis Sixth Ward Special Election: How Ranked Choice Voting works
Minneapolis first adopted ranked choice voting, a largely unfamiliar and controversial system, for the 2009 city election. It has been used to elect officials...
State starts taking applications for $56.6 million of COVID-19 funding for Minnesota child care...
Starting today, approximately 7,000 Minnesota child care providers are be eligible for $56.6 million in funds to help ensure children’s and staff’s health and...
Mshale to host Minneapolis City Council virtual candidates forum
Mshale will host a virtual candidate forum on Thursday, July 16 ahead of the special election for the Minneapolis City Council Ward 6 seat....
Minnesota state health officials warn against use of certain brands of hand sanitizers
There has been an increased use of hand sanitizers during the coronavirus pandemic and with it an increased number of companies that are taking...
Minneapolis city council candidate Mohamoud Hassan drops out of race
A large field of candidates for the vacant Minneapolis City Council Sixth Ward has shrank by one as Mohamoud Hassan, a Somali-American activist announced...
Rep. Ilhan Omar faces uphill task to keep her seat in Congress
In 2018, Ilhan Omar made history as the first person born in the African continent to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives,...
Meet the man who wants Rep. Ilhan Omar’s job
Antone Melton-Meaux, a local attorney and mediator, wants to leave his work in the courtroom to venture into the U.S. House of Representative. He...
What to do if you are waiting for your COVID-19 test results, advice from...
If you have recently taken a COVID-19 test at your provider clinic or the community testing sites, you might be wondering what to do...
Minnesota creates office for immigrant and refugee affairs led by Anisa Hajimumin
The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) has named Anisa Hajimumin as Assistant Commissioner of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs. Hajimumin will serve as the...
How an African-born student leader’s swift action triggered police reform in Minneapolis after George...
Jael Kerandi is only 21 years old, but she has made the kind of impact that takes many social justice advocates decades to achieve.
When...
Minnesota health and education officials give guidance on fall school start amid COVID-19
Minnesota health and education officials on Thursday gave guidance on how schools can reopen this fall by giving three possible scenarios and asked schools...