U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on Tuesday announced three new measures aimed at reducing a massive 9.5 million case backlog that has choked the agency’s ability to process them.
In a statement, the agency said it is putting in motion a “trio of efforts to increase efficiency and reduce burdens to the overall legal immigration system.”
The backlog, which has...
There has been a substantial decrease in COVID-19 cases in Minnesota and the state on Monday announced a switch to rapid-result kits for at-home testing that households can order for free.
This will replace the Vault At-Home PCR Testing Program whereby Minnesotans had PCR tests shipped to their homes for free since October 2020 - it will end on March...
The Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party’s (DFL) endorsement of a candidate in the state senate race for District 38 will have to wait until August, after delegates failed to agree on a candidate Saturday.
The Organizing Unit Convention at Northview Middle School in Brooklyn Park was held to decide between Brooklyn Park City Councilmember Susan Pha, and Huldah Momanyi Hiltsley, a community...
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Years of service: 7
Lives: Burnsville
Garage: Nicollet
Family: Husband and three kids
After 10 years of waiting in a refugee camp, Sophia Ali finally arrived in the United States in 2001. “It wasn’t a welcoming time for Muslims like me. I was called many names,” Ali said. “But I never...
Huldah Momanyi Hiltsley led each round of balloting, but was unable to secure the 60 percent of delegate votes needed for party endorsement.
BROOKLYN PARK, Minn. - For over five hours Saturday (March 26), Democrats met in a middle school gym in Brooklyn Park to endorse a candidate to carry the party banner in Minnesota’s Senate District 38, an open...
GENEVA (AP) — The governing body of the U.N.’s labor agency has picked a Togo executive to be the agency’s new leader and the first director-general from Africa.
Members of the International Labor Organization’s body, which brings together governments, workers and employers, voted Friday to select Gilbert Houngbo as its next chief.
Houngbo, the president of the International Fund for Agricultural...
Growing up, Susan Pha never thought she’d be interested in politics.
“Initially, I never thought about politics for myself,” Pha said. “But as I got deeper into my career, I started to notice systemic barriers affecting those in our community, and so I decided I was going to make a change.”
She has been serving in the Brooklyn Park City Council...
Another candidate has joined the race for the Minnesota State Senate, therefore increasing chances of history that has been in the making.
Clare Oumou Verbeten, who announced her candidacy on Feb. 15, kicked off her campaign on Wednesday at Lexington Park, in the suburban Minneapolis city of Roseville. Verbeten is running for the District 66 seat in the upper chamber...
Saraswati Singh is tired of waiting for reforms in the justice system to happen. The thirty-seven-year-old is taking action by running for a seat in one of the system’s highest offices.
Singh, who is currently an Assistant Ramsey County Attorney, announced last year that she is running to replace Hennepin County Attorney Michael Freeman, who after a career that spans...
Without fanfare or prelude, a simple introduction by an off-stage voice introduced Ladysmith Black Mambazo, welcoming them to the stage on the Ides of March at The Dakota Jazz Club on Tuesday, their first appearance in Minnesota in over two years.
The eight-member group immediately filled the club with their iconic sounds recognizable as the music of South Africa. From...
Citizens of Ghana living in Minnesota have called for togetherness as they marked the day the west African country broke free from British rule 65 years ago.
The event, which was held Saturday in the city of Mounds View, was organized by the Ghana Council of Minnesota (Ghacom), a coalition of eight Ghanaian immigrant organizations based in the state.
“We are...
