Signups for Obamacare on Minnesota’s official health insurance marketplace, MNsure, hit another record this year with 167,163 people signing up for private health insurance plans by the Wednesday, Jan. 15 open enrollment deadline, according to a Friday news release from MNsure.
This is a 14 percent increase from last year.
Coverage for those who enrolled by Wednesday will begin on February...
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is observed annually on the third Monday in January to mark the Jan. 15 birthday of King who was assassinated in April 1968 in Memphis, Tenn.
The holiday, commonly referred to as MLK Day, was first observed as a federal holiday in 1986 and around the country is celebrated by a variety of events that include breakfasts,...
Wednesday, January 15 at midnight is the last day to sign up for MNsure for 2025 health insurance with coverage that will begin on February 1.
MNsure is Minnesota’s Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace. Enrolment has been ongoing since November 1 and those who signed up by December 18 had their coverage begin on January 1.
As of December 18, 2024,...
Brooklyn Park City Council swore-in its youngest city council member on Monday, January 6.
Amanda Cheng Xiong, 22, was born and raised in the city by her Hmong refugee parents. She beat incumbent Boyd Morson in a landslide in November to represent the East District. Boyd who represented the Central District in the previous council was redistricted to the East.
She...
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Jimmy Carter was the first U.S. president to make a state visit to sub-Saharan Africa. He once called helping with Zimbabwe’s transition from white rule to independence “our greatest single success.” And when he died at 100, his foundation’s work in rural Africa had nearly fulfilled his quest to eliminate a disease that afflicted millions,...
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A growing number of U.S. colleges and universities are advising international students to return to campus before President-elect Donald Trump is inaugurated, over concerns that he might impose travel bans like he did during his first administration.
More than a dozen schools have issued advisories, even though Trump’s plans remain uncertain. At some schools, the spring...
Metro transit fares went down as the new year kicked in yesterday with a cheaper and simpler fare structure. For local bus rides and light rail adults will pay just $2 while seniors and youth and those on Medicare will pay $1. The fare applies to any time of the day and there will be no different fares for...
The Minnesota Department of Commerce is asking the public to consider a new year resolution: to be a scam spotter in 2025 and help to identify and prevent scams that harm Minnesota consumers, organizations and communities.
In a news release on Monday, Jacqueline Olson, the assistant commissioner of enforcement in the Department of Commerce said the department is seeing an...
Award-winning journalist and author Michele Norris will deliver the keynote speech at the 35th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast in Minneapolis on Jan. 20, 2025. It will start at 7:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.
Minnesota’s Grammy-winning Sounds of Blackness will provide the musical entertainment and Threads Dance Project will deliver a special performance. A choral reading will be done...
State Sen. Omar Fateh hosted his mayoral campaign kick-off event at the Brian Coyle community center on Saturday, less than two weeks after he announced he is running. Enthusiastic local residents packed the center’s gym along with community elders and local politicians to show their support for Fateh’s run to challenge incumbent mayor Jacob Frey.
If elected in November, he...
Brooklyn Center is seeking community members to serve on the Cultural and Public Arts Commission and the Sister Cities Commission.
Cultural and Public Arts commissioners get to advise the city on beautification and public art initiatives. The Commission guides planning and decision-making to “promote civic pride, diversity, equity, and inclusion through public art.”
Its commissioners serve a three-year term and it...