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Dozens of Brooklyn Park residents last evening crammed into city council chambers to witness history being made in Minnesota’s sixth largest city, the swearing in of the city's first black council member, Wynfred Russell, who was born and raised in Liberia. Russell, a former instructor at the University of Minnesota, defeated former council member Bob Mata by garnering a convincing...

New enrollments of international students fell by 6.6 percent at American universities in academic year 2017-18 compared to the year before, marking the second straight year in declines in new enrollments, according to new data from the annual Open Doors survey. New enrollments fell 6.3 percent at the undergraduate level, 5.5 percent at the graduate level and 9.7 percent at the nondegree level from...

National Small Business Week is a presidential proclamation that dates back to 1963 and this year it falls during the week of April 29 through May 3rd. In a news release on Tuesday, the U.S. Small Business Administration said it will recognize 11 Minnesota-based small businesses and small business champions, including Minnesota’s Small Business Person of the Year, Micah Eveland...

Brooklyn Park City Council member Boyd Morson on Monday was censured a second time by his colleagues, this time for violating the terms of his first censure in March 2022, and for social media posts that criticized the city manager and staff. Council members voted 5-1 to censure Mr. Morson for violating two city policies: Respectful Workplace Policy and the...

Former Minneapolis City Council member Don Samuels, a Democratic candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives, raised $400,034 in the first quarter of 2024, according to required filings with the Federal Election Commission (FEC). Mr. Samuels is the main challenger to incumbent Rep. Ilhan Omar in Minnesota's Fifth Congressional District. He ran against the congresswoman in 2022 and lost by...

For close to three hours on Saturday, DFL delegates in District 38A met in a Brooklyn Park Middle School gym to endorse a candidate to carry the party’s banner in the seat being vacated by Rep. Michael Nelson (DFL) in the Minnesota House of Representatives. The district includes a portion of Brooklyn Park and all of Osseo. After two rounds...

Democrats in Senate District 38 are set to hold their convention on Saturday, April 13 at North View Middle School in Brooklyn Park. In addition to conducting the business of nominating candidates and delegates for the state convention, there also will be opportunities to hear from prospective office-holders – most notably party endorsement of candidates for the Minnesota House Representatives...

Education Minnesota, the statewide teacher’s union, has named 11 finalists for the 2024 Teacher of the Year award which will be presented on May 5 during a banquet at the St. Paul RiverCentre in St. Paul. In a news release Monday, Education Minnesota said that Mr. Michael Houston of Harding High School, the 2023 Teacher of the Year, will announce...

Former Brooklyn Park City Council member Wynfred Russell, formally launched his campaign for the Minnesota House of Representatives Saturday evening during an event in Osseo featuring former Brooklyn Park Mayor Lisa Jacobson. Mr. Russell, a nonprofit executive, is running to represent District 38A currently held by Rep. Michael Nelson (DFL). Rep. Nelson, who has held the seat for 22 years,...

The cost of applying for a green card or work visa and a host of other immigration related fees are going up effective today, April 1. It is the most significant increase by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in seven years which unlike other federal agencies only gets 4% of its funding from Congress, the rest – 96% -...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal’s little-known, 44-year-old opposition leader Bassirou Diomaye Faye was named the country’s next president on Monday, less than two weeks after being released from prison to run in the election. While official results of Sunday’s vote were not yet available, the former prime minister who was the other frontrunner, and who was backed by incumbent President...

St. Catherine University in St. Paul, commonly known as St. Kate’s announced Wednesday that its 12th president will be Dr. Marcheta Evans, currently the chancellor of Bloomfield College of Montclair State University in New Jersey. Evans, who will be the university’s first Black president, will step into the position July 15, about a month before current president Koenig Roloff retires...

Rep. Hodan Hassan (DFL-Mpls) says Uber and Lyft drivers can work between 50 and 60 hours a week transporting passengers and still have trouble supporting their families. She sponsors HF4746, which would potentially change that. A similar Hassan-sponsored bill was passed by the House and Senate in 2023 but vetoed by Gov. Tim Walz. This year’s bill incorporates recommendations from the task...