Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) launched the first advertisement campaign of her re-election bid over the weekend with a 30-second spot that focuses on her accomplishments.
The ad, titled “The 5th,” is airing in the Minneapolis/St. Paul media market, along with new upcoming advertisements in Somali and Spanish. It’s part of her campaign’s initial six-figure investment in broadcast and cable TV...
The Bush Foundation on Tuesday announced 24 recipients of its Bush Fellowships for 2024. The fellowship provides up to $100,000 to recipients to help them “build their skills and their networks and expand their thinking in ways that can help them drive transformational change in and across communities.”
Recipients are from Minnesota, North Dakota and the 23 Native nations in...
Juneteenth has been observed for more than 150 years in remembrance of June 19, 1865 when Union soldiers told slaves in Galveston, Texas that they had been freed. Slave owners had kept the news from the slaves that President Abraham Lincoln had issued the Emancipation Proclamation two years earlier.
Following years of activism by 95-year-old Ms. Opal Lee, President Biden...
The business dealings of Congresswoman Ilhan Omar’s husband are the latest flashpoint in the contest between Rep. Omar and her challenger former Minneapolis City Council member Don Samuels.
Mr. Samuels is running against Rep. Omar in the August 13 Democratic primary in Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District. On Thursday, he held a press conference to draw attention to a Minnesota Reformer...
Former Brooklyn Park City Council member Wynfred Russell on Monday formally filed to run in the August 13 Democratic primary for State Representative in Minnesota’s 38A House District. Mr. Russell hopes to replace Rep. Michael Nelson (DFL) who announced his retirement in January. The heavily Democratic district encompasses the southern half of Brooklyn Park and the entire city of...
Thousands of low-income Minnesota families with school-aged children will get assistance from the state to purchase food during the summer when school is out.
Gov. Walz on Thursday announced the Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) program aimed at combating food insecurity. Under the program families will receive $120 per eligible school-aged child in funds loaded on EBT cards.
"The end of the...
First-generation Kenyan immigrant and data privacy manager, Ms. Huldah Hiltsley, on Friday officially filed paperwork to run in the August 13 Democratic primary in the 38A Minnesota House District.
The heavily Democratic District 38A is an open seat after Rep. Michael Nelson (DFL) announced his retirement in January. The district encompasses the southern half of Brooklyn Park and the entire...
Kenyans from across Minnesota will gather in Brooklyn Center on Saturday for a festival to celebrate Madaraka Day, the day in 1963 when Kenya attained self-rule and ceased to be a British colony.
Madaraka, which in Kiswahili means “self-governance,” is a Kenyan national holiday celebrated every year on June 1.
The first half of the new festival known as Kenya Fest...
St. Paul, Minn. - U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar, D-Minnesota, filed for re-election Monday morning accompanied by supporters and DFL state chair Ken Martin.
This will be Rep. Omar’s fourth time running for Minnesota’s fifth congressional district.
" I am excited to file for reelection to continue building on the progress and to continue to deliver for the Fifth," said Rep. Omar.
The...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday expressed deep appreciation to Kenyan President William Ruto for the coming deployment of Kenyan police forces to help quell gang violence in Haiti and he defended his decision to withhold American forces from the mission in the beleaguered Caribbean nation.
The United States has agreed to contribute $300 million to a multinational...
For children caught in the middle of the 1994 Rwanda genocide that killed over 800,000 people, a book in their hands made a world of difference. For the Rwandan ambassador to the United States, Mathilde Mukantabana, there were instances in her life during the genocide that the few books she could get hold of as she moved between countries...