Mpls. Educators Of Color Want Better Protections, Higher Retention Rates Solidified In Union Contract
Diversity and the hiring and retention of educators of color is a priority of the Minneapolis Teachers Federation and Minneapolis Public Schools.
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Diversity and the hiring and retention of educators of color is a priority of the Minneapolis Teachers Federation and Minneapolis Public Schools.
The Minnesota Senate on Thursday unanimously passed legislation to provide $20 million in grants for research against Lou Gehrig's disease, a tribute to Sen. David Tomassoni, of Chisholm, who was diagnosed with the disease last year.
"We can't allow a single cent of our state to line the pockets of oligarchs and despots who sanction the murder of innocent citizens," said Rep. Sydney Jordan, DFL-Minneapolis.
Minneapolis educators continued their strike with a march downtown to rally at the Hennepin County Government Center Thursday.
A week before it was set to expire, the federal government on Thursday extended the mask mandate for public transportation for another 30 days. This includes air travel.
Moderate flooding is expected along the Red River heading into the spring thaw and that would be a happy medium considering the major drought in 2021, weather service officials said Thursday.
A Minneapolis teenager is facing murder charges for allegedly shooting and killing a man at a north side gas station last summer.
Minnesota Board of Public Defense employees and members of Teamsters Local 320 announced they will file an intent to strike notice Thursday.
Fliers have again named Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport the best airport of its size in North America for 2021.
Minnesota legislative leaders remain so far apart on a deal to avert a looming increase in unemployment insurance taxes on businesses that they couldn't even agree Thursday on whether the deadline is next Tuesday, or April 30.
Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association reached a tentative agreement Thursday on a new collective bargaining agreement, according to ESPN's Jeff Passan.
Crews from several cities responded Thursday morning to battle a large fire at a downtown bar in a western Wisconsin town.
Food service workers at Minneapolis Public Schools, who overwhelmingly voted last week to authorize a strike, are slated to hold a mediation session Friday with the district.
Obata's firm also designed the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, Camden Yards baseball stadium in Baltimore, the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield, Illinois, and the Dallas-Fort Worth Airport.
As mask mandates at city-managed buildings in the Twin Cities come to an end, Minnesota health officials on Thursday reported 604 more COVID-19 cases and 17 more deaths.
