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Posts tagged with "City of Minneapolis"
Mayoral forum focused on Mpls communities of color — Candidates acknowledged inequities but lacked solutions
Jun. 12 | By Jamal Denman Online Editor On Thursday, June 6, the Sabathani Community Center in South Minneapolis hosted the One MPLS Mayoral Forum, giving candidate hopefuls the opportunity to address the questions and concerns of members...
Penn Gas Stop joins healthy eating project in N. Mpls
May. 29 | By Makula Dunbar Contributing Writer If you look closely between the two “No Trespassing” signs on the outside of Penn Gas Stop, an improved addition is advertised on another sign: fresh produce. As a part of the Healthy...
Mpls to build 100 green homes on city’s North Side
May. 29 | Welcome, MSR readers, to a new section you will see appear regularly in these pages, something we call Green2Green. Most of you by now have heard of the green movement to clean up our planet, stop the waste of precious natural resources, and...
People’s Stadium in trouble! — Can the funding really be found?
May. 1 | How does “the People’s Stadium” stand at this hour? Answer: wobbly, as we see from the fierce and personal debates within the Minnesota legislature regarding how to pay for the “People’s Stadium.” Why the silence from the...
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...
Mpls survey shows many Blacks still face the digital divide
Mar. 27 | By Charles Hallman Staff Writer A City of Minneapolis survey found that 82 percent of residents have computers with Internet access at home. However, only 65 percent of Near North residents have such access, and 25 percent of...
The legacy of Marvin “Corky” Taylor — Rest in peace, Black Warrior, one of the Honest Five who refused to lie
Feb. 27 | Marvin “Corky” Taylor was recognized by NERA (National Economic Research Associates) for his contributions to the completion of NERA’s October 21, 2010 report to the City of Minneapolis on the City’s purposeful failure to meet its diversity,...
Sports Authority Legislative Report, with Unequal Equity Plan, sent to legislature
Jan. 23 | It is an unintended but very real sad irony of history that on the birth date of Martin Luther King, Jr., January 15, the Vikings, the NFL, and the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority (MSFA) sent its first annual report to the state legislature...
Election judges keep polling places operating smoothly
Oct. 31 | Be sure your vote counts by coming to the polls prepared By Vickie Evans-Nash Editor-In-Chief Serving as an election judge and helping voters navigate through the voting process is an invaluable contribution to our democratic process. Stephani...
