State’s new health exchange weighs how best to enroll the uninsured

Apr. 17 |          Outreach and education essential to success   Open enrollment for the new MNsure health exchange program is slated to start this October. “This process of creating a Minnesota [health] exchange was a lengthy one,”...

2013 W draft: a ‘huge buzz’ and no surprises

Apr. 17 |       The Big 3 draft” was no surprise. Through the days and weeks, if not the last few years, leading up to Monday’s WNBA draft, top picks Britney Griner, Skylar Diggins and Elena Delle Donne were a three-headed Carly Simon anticipation...

Minneapolis’ Tayler Hill is Mystics’ first pick

Apr. 17 |         By Charles Hallman Staff Writer   Tayler Hill, the first Minneapolis City Conference player to be a WNBA first-round pick since Tamara Moore in 2002, was among 12 invited prospects to attend Monday’s draft at ESPN...

Mpls civil rights director to ‘ride herd’ on hiring goals

Apr. 10 |     But reporting specifically on hiring of Blacks still won’t happen     By Charles Hallman  Staff Writer   Minneapolis Civil Rights Director Velma Korbel pledged recently that her department will have a “distinct presence”...

City confirms ballpark ‘minority’ hiring goals met

Apr. 10 |       But participation by Black workers remains unverified    By Charles Hallman Staff Writer   This story was originally printed in the June 10, 2010 edition of the MSR regarding the Minneapolis Civil Rights Department’s...

Some Black women crack media’s glass ceiling

Apr. 10 |     Josie Thomas optimistic based on her CBS experience     By Charles Hallman Staff Writer   The number of women in leadership positions virtually has not changed since 2009, says a Women’s Media Center study on females in...

Givens Foundation selects 2013 featured author

Apr. 10 |     By Charles Hallman Staff Writer   Black historical fiction writer Dr. Jewell Parker Rhodes is this year’s featured author for Givens Black Books 2013. Givens Black Books is a community reading campaign sponsored by the Givens...

Affordable Care Act Updates — ‘Navigators’ to help spread the word on the state’s MNsure health exchange

Apr. 10 |     By Charles Hallman Staff Writer   “Under the Affordable Care Act, every plan in the marketplace has to cover a set of 10 essential benefits [such as] prescription drugs, lab services, hospitalization, emergency care, mental health...

Twins’ diversity talk seems mostly for show

Apr. 10 |       A new movie on the life of Jackie Robinson premieres Friday. It has support from people in high places. “We think that everybody in this country needs to watch this movie,” advises First Lady Michelle Obama on the movie 42...

ESPN extends deal with WNBA; financial details kept $ecret

Apr. 10 |     Two big changes were recently announced by the WNBA: an extension of its current deal with ESPN for six years, and a new logo was unveiled. “This new extension,” proclaimed ESPN President John Skipper at the March 28 press conference...