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Canada refusing entry to more foreigners, giving fewer visas
Canada is closing its doors to more visitors and temporary residents by approving fewer visas and turning away more people who reach its borders...
Watch: NABJ Conversation with Vice President Kamala Harris
Vice President Kamala Harris was interviewed by a three-member panel of National Association of Black Journalists in Philadelphia on Tuesday, September 17, 2024. The...
Early voting in Minnesota starts in one week
Early voting in Minnesota, both in-person and via mail, starts one week from today on September 20. This is a presidential election year but...
Flash poll: Debate watchers say Harris won debate
About 6 in 10 debate-watchers said Harris outperformed Trump in Tuesday’s presidential debate, while about 4 in 10 said Trump did a better job,...
Minnesota’s Legislative Task Force on Aging considers a new state department
"'My kids asked me to move to a little house with no steps. I am in my 90s. I moved to a place with...
Cameroon’s Richard Bona will make Minnesota debut at the Dakota
Puddingstone, a conglomerate rock in which dark-colored rounded pebbles contrast with a paler, fine-grained matrix. Even more, the nature of puddingstone symbolizes unity, bringing...
Today, August 28, is the 61st anniversary of MLK’s “I Have a Dream” speech
On Aug. 28, 1963, during the March on Washington, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech before an...
‘I am because we are’: Jonathan Butler and band fully sates audience at the...
Jonathan Butler is a man of character and he showed us that at the Dakota last week when he opened the evening, not with...
Dakota County commission primary narrows Burnsville seat to Haji and Workman
The race for District 5 on the Dakota County Board of Commissioners was narrowed to two during the state primary on Tuesday with the...
Hiltsley narrowly defeats Russell to clinch Democratic nomination for Minnesota state seat
Huldah Momanyi Hiltsley defeated Wynfred Russell in a hotly contested primary election that pitted two African immigrants fighting for the right be the Democratic...
Minnesota Primary Election in the Brooklyns: Its Wako, Page, Lawrence-Anderson and Enger moving on...
The 2024 Minnesota primary elections brought significant attention to the City Council races in Brooklyn Park’s Central Ward and Brooklyn Center. The outcomes of...