Minneapolis Park Board Votes 7-2 In Favor Of Renaming Roads Around Bde Maka Ska
The Minneapolis Park Board voted early Wednesday evening in favor of changing parkway name signs around a popular Minneapolis Lake Thursday morning.
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The Minneapolis Park Board voted early Wednesday evening in favor of changing parkway name signs around a popular Minneapolis Lake Thursday morning.
Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar is the face of the controversial BDS movement: Boycott, Divest, and Sanction. It seeks to pressure Israel to end its occupation of the Palestinian West Bank.
While construction has resulted in the reassigning of security checkpoints at the airport, Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith, as well as the Metropolitan Airports Commission, say the real problem is the lack of TSA screeners.
Presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders is coming to the Great Minnesota Get-Together this weekend.
Showing a fresh willingness to play politics along religious and racial lines, President Donald Trump said Tuesday that American Jewish people who vote for Democrats show "either a total lack of knowledge or great disloyalty."
Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren is campaigning for a second day in Minnesota, the home turf of fellow candidate Amy Klobuchar and a state that President Donald Trump hopes to flip into the GOP column next year.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren held a town hall at Macalester College in St. Paul. The event was supposed to be indoors, but organizers say the crowd size forced them outside.
Tlaib and Omar are known as supporters of "boycott, divestment and sanctions," or BDS, a Palestinian-led global movement.
According to Mayor Jacob Frey, about 15,000 patients are served by Title X-funded Planned Parenthood in Minneapolis, and roughly half of them rely on the funding.
U.S. Democratic Senator Amy Klobuchar has sent two letters since last fall to the TSA administrator, calling on the agency to increase staffing at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, Klobuchar's office said. She said it's "unacceptable" that TSA staffing has decreased but passenger traffic has increased.
Attorneys for a liberal group will be paid $200,000 by taxpayers because Republican lawmakers blocked the group on Twitter.
While Israel said Friday that Rep. Rashida Tlaib will be allowed to visit relatives on the West Bank, she has since backed off plans for a visit, calling the conditions of the Israeli government "oppressive." Meanwhile, Rep. Ilhan Omar remains barred from the country.
The protestors were asking for police accountability in officer-involved shootings and became upset when Mayor Jacob Frey proposed the hiring of additional police officers.
Israel's deputy foreign minister says the government has decided to bar two U.S. Democratic congresswomen who support the international boycott movement from entering the country.
Iowa is the only Midwestern state with legalized sports betting. Indiana is set to start next month, and Illinois has approved it but could be several months away from startup because rules are still being drafted.
