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Posts tagged with "Kevin Lindsay"
So much for 32 percent Black participation in stadium construction — When will the State deposit its $50M statutory requirement?
Feb. 6 | Vikings People’s-no-new-taxes stadium is unraveling for the African American community. “It’s ours” ballyhoo regarding Minnesota has become “it’s mine” for NFL, the Wizard of Oz behind the Vikings’ curtain. • 32 percent...
Second Chance advocates ‘make some noise’ on the Hill
Jan. 23 | By Charles Hallman Staff Writer When Sarah Walker first lobbied the Minnesota Legislature on behalf of former offenders, she didn’t see it going over very well. “The first time I organized this, I was concerned that this would...
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...
Stadium equity plan not yet a reality
Jan. 16 | Is a 32 percent people-of-color workforce goal overly optimistic? News Analysis By Mel Reeves Contributing Writer The plans are in full swing for the new $975 million Vikings stadium. And yet again many in the Black community hold...
MN’s sales tax highest of five-state Upper Midwest
Jan. 2 | Revenue commissioner talks tax reform with Twin Cities’ business owners of color By Charles Hallman Staff Writer On December 21, Revenue Commissioner Myron Frans held the second of two minority business tax forums at African...
Lindsay defends higher hiring goals
Jun. 20 | By Charles Hallman Staff Writer There is nothing new about complaints from construction contractors and subcontractors that they are unable to find enough qualified, skilled Black workers to meet the hiring expectations that...
