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Have you ever wondered what the inside of a sewer tunnel looks like? Or how the local newspaper is made? Or where a dollar bill goes when it’s too damaged to be used? Discover all this and more at Doors Open Minneapolis, happening May 18 and 19, 10am – 5pm.
Doors Open Minneapolis returns for its third...
On Monday April 15, Brooklyn Park Mayor Hollies J. Winston and four of my colleagues at the City Council passed a resolution to censure me. By doing so, they hope that I will go away.
I won’t.
The mayor, some members of the City Council, and the city manager have tried to paint me as an out-of-control, condescending, and disrespectful council...
Since being elected to Congress in 2018 as the first African-born Member to serve, I have worked to reshape engagement with the continent within the United States. As you might expect, my deep personal connection to Africa fuels my passion for advancing more just and mutually empowering partnerships between the U.S. and Africa. So do the many constituents of...
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% -...