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Who votes, who doesn’t and why

This is part of a series about the 2022 municipal elections by the League of Women Voters Minneapolis. Recent Supreme Court rulings have exposed the reality that government representatives often …

DAWANNA WITT

wittforsheriff.comWitt is a wife, a mother, and a grandmother. She has 22 years of experience in law enforcement and currently serves as a major at the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office, where she …

JOSEPH BANKS

banks4sheriff.com Banks started his law enforcement career in south suburban Robbins, Ill. as Police Explorer. After serving in the United States Marine Reserves, he started his first law enforcement …

MARY MORIARTY

www.MaryforHennepin.comMoriary began her career as a public defender in Hennepin County in 1990 and worked her way up to serve as the county’s first female Chief Public Defender for six years. …

MARTHA HOLTON DIMICK

marthaforhennepin.comMartha Holton Dimick is a retired judge and is running for Hennepin County Attorney to rebuild trust and restore effectiveness into the county attorney’s office. She served …

Minneapolis school board District 5

Vying for this position are Laurelle Myhra ( laurellemyhra4schoolboard.com )  and Lori Norvell ( norvell4schoolboard.com ).

SONYA EMERICK

www.Sonyaformps.comEmerick is a lifelong Minneapolis resident, an MPS grad, and a parent of an MPS student. "Our educational system holds a standardized idea of how every student should learn and …

Minnesota Nurses Association strike

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NOKOMIS NEIGHBORHOOD TRADITION

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THE PRISON DOULA PROJECT:

Giving birth to a child can be both a wonderful and challenging experience. But when you are incarcerated, the challenges can be even greater.Acknowledging this fact and trying to provide a more …

Breathing new life into 27th and Lake

The 27th Avenue block between Lake and 31st Street bustled with community life. The block included a Latino night club, a popular Indian-Bangladeshi restaurant, and a community organization serving …

Alternative to police

It has been a little more than four months since Minneapolis Office of Performance and Innovation launched the Behavioral Crisis Response (BCR) team’s pilot project, Canopy Roots. It is the …

Downtown Longfellow two years later

REMEMBERING GEORGE FLOYD

People gathered May 25-28, 2022 to commemorate the 2nd angelversary of George Floyd’s death. Others lost to police violence were remembered, and their families, who continue to push for change, …

By TESHA M. CHRISTENSEN Two years after the protests following the death of George Floyd, the 3rd Precinct building at E. Lake St. and Minnehaha Ave. is still surrounded by barbed wire and …

Damon Jenkins and his team at First Independence Bank know they face special challenges. “We are the new guys on the block, a new bank in town, so we have to work extra hard to gain the trust …

Questions about community input, justice and preservation of the George Floyd memorial dominated feedback at a public works virtual meeting on future reconstruction of 38th and Chicago on April 26, …

HE VIEWS IT AS CO-STRUGGLING

The past year has been less challenging for Dr. Jason Sole and his abolitionist work, in spite of the ongoing pandemic and the social unrest across much of the country.The Hamline adjunct professor, …

Home renovations to age in place

At age 69, I was a “silver sneaker” poster child – fit and healthy, living on my own, fiercely independent and proud of it. Ironically, my main fitness exercise, avid fast walking …

FAILED BY FAMILY COURT

Helpless and hopeless.That’s how Kelsey Kruse felt for years as she tried to co-parent with her ex and his wife, Brett and Sarah Hallow.And then one day, she got the call she was scared …

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