Qorsho Hassan, a fourth-grade teacher in the Rosemount-Apple-Valley-Eagan school district (ISD 196) was named by her peers in the state as the 2020 Minnesota Teacher of the Year during a ceremony in Saint Paul Thursday, becoming the 56th recipient since the inception of the award. She is the second person from her school district to receive the award.
The Rosemount-Apple-Valley-Eagan...
Liberian born Alexander Deputie has put his name in the running as a state senator for Minnesota Senate District 67 as the endorsed candidate by the state’s Republican Party. Deputie, a small business owner and longtime resident of the district is running on a platform advocating for limited government and greater personal liberties.
“I live on the east side of...
20 years ago, I fled my birth country of Liberia during a civil war. I left my loved ones to provide for them in America because I knew there was hope and opportunity here. Since then, I have been able to build a life for myself in the country I now call home. I have worked as a caregiver...
The Fifth Congressional District and Minnesota are blessed with some of the largest African communities outside of the continent. Everyday, we see the value that immigrant families add to our community.
Nearly 40 percent of African immigrant workers in Minnesota work in healthcare or public service. Many in our district, especially women, work in high-need healthcare roles, including in long-term...
As a classroom teacher for more than 20 years, I know firsthand how resilient, strong, and flexible our students and educators are. There’s nobody better suited for a challenge. But COVID-19 has posed unprecedented questions about the balance of public health and education that simply have no easy answers.
We know Minnesotans have conflicting feelings about the upcoming school year....
The number of African immigrant elected officials in Minnesota — which has more than doubled in the past four years — could soon grow further, thanks to a record field of African immigrant candidates this year, according to internal Mshale tracking of the 2020 election cycle.
Internal tracking that Mshale has done of African immigrant candidates for over 20 years...
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz issued an executive order yesterday that effective Saturday, July 25, Minnesotans will be required to wear masks indoors at businesses and public spaces as the state and nation continues to battle the coronavirus pandemic. The order will remain in effect until the peacetime emergency the state is under ends and affects everyone aged 5 years...
Ten of the remaining eleven candidates in the upcoming August 11 Minneapolis City Council Sixth Ward special election participated in a candidates forum that was hosted virtually by Mshale last evening and live streamed on Facebook.
Video of the forum can be viewed on YouTube at this link or on Facebook at this link.
Brooklyn Park voters will go to the polls August 11 during the state primary, to cast their ballots for the most diverse pool of candidates to run for City Council since Mshale started tracking the city's politics two decades ago. Mail-in absentee voting is already underway and will continue until August 10, while in-person absentee voting will begin on...
Minneapolis first adopted ranked choice voting, a largely unfamiliar and controversial system, for the 2009 city election. It has been used to elect officials in 22 city offices including park board, mayor, and city council positions.
Despite being over a decade old, RCV has created a cascade of confusion among voters and candidates alike. Advocates of RCV argue that it...
Starting today, approximately 7,000 Minnesota child care providers are be eligible for $56.6 million in funds to help ensure children’s and staff’s health and safety in their child care settings during COVID-19. The new COVID-19 Public Health Support Funds for Child Care program is specifically designed to provide support to all child care providers who qualify.
Governor Tim Walz visited...
