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As Minnesota Legislative session nears, lawmakers ready response to ICE
3+ hour, 20+ min ago (1414+ words) State Rep. Jamie Long understands the sense of hopelessness some constituents feel as concerns mount about illegal conduct by the masked federal immigration agents who have roved his southwest Minneapolis district, and elsewhere in the Twin Cities, for weeks. As…...
St. Peter police chief intervenes to prevent ICE detention
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (630+ words) The police chief in St. Peter intervened Thursday to prevent federal immigration agents from taking a local resident into detention. "MPR News has learned that the police chief in the small southern Minnesota city of St. Peter intervened Thursday to…...
In St. Paul, potholes offer Kaohly Her a reprieve from the spotlight
5+ day, 13+ hour ago (469+ words) In an empty lot just north of the Frogtown Curling Club on Wednesday morning, St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her finally got to feel like a normal mayor. Amid the acrid odor of heated asphalt, Her showcased a new tool in…...
Federal officers shoot and kill man in Minneapolis
1+ week, 3+ day ago (148+ words) The 51-year-old was shot less than a mile from where Renee Good was shot and killed two weeks ago. MinnPost is always free " but our independent journalism isn't free to produce. Help us keep it this way with a tax-deductible…...
Medical residents: ICE in Minnesota causing public health crisis
1+ week, 3+ day ago (492+ words) The Center for Racial and Health Equity'generously supports MinnPost's Race & Health Equity coverage;'learn why. For a few minutes in subzero temperatures on Friday, medical residents gathered outside the Hennepin County Medical Center for a "unity break" alongside other statewide…...
Minneapolis gears up for mass protest against federal enforcement
1+ week, 3+ day ago (899+ words) A network of labor unions, progressive organizations and clergy had urged Minnesotans to stay away from work, school and even shops Friday to protest the immigration enforcement surge in Minneapolis and St. Paul. "Roughly 100 clergy" were arrested, according to Trevor…...
Minneapolis City Council members push limits of power vs. ICE
1+ week, 4+ day ago (1181+ words) At a Minneapolis City Council meeting on Jan. 15, council members in the throes of Operation Metro Surge discussed a resolution calling on Gov. Tim Walz to sign an eviction moratorium. Without power to do it on their own, demanding state…...
Occupy Minneapolis to create real and lasting change
1+ week, 4+ day ago (847+ words) After graduating from the University of Minnesota with debt and a degree, I moved to New York City in early 2011. That fall, news began trickling out of an occupation of a small park in the Financial District. Wondering how I'd…...
Vance defends ICE actions in Minnesota
1+ week, 4+ day ago (230+ words) At a press conference in Minneapolis, Vice President JD Vance defended the federal government's immigration enforcement surge in the Twin Cities. MinnPost is always free " but our independent journalism isn't free to produce. Help us keep it this way with…...
From Portland: A love letter to Minnesota
1+ week, 6+ day ago (544+ words) " but our independent journalism isn't free to produce. Help us keep it this way with a tax-deductible donation today. This is a love letter to my beloveds in Minnesota. To my friends and family, to the community who raised me,…...