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Artwork inside the Brian Coyle Community Center in Cedar-Riverside.

Cedar-Riverside community wants more youth program funding after gang shooting

by Claudia Garcia
Published April 17, 2025

Cedar-Riverside community members said they were left with mixed feelings on the neighborhood’s current state of safety and funding for the youth following a January shooting between two rival gangs.Feysal...

Earth Day was first nationally celebrated in 1970 to teach Americans about the environment.

Earth Day is every day for Minneapolis’ environmental justice activists

by Grace Aigner
Published April 17, 2025

While Earth Day is just one day in the year, Minneapolis’s environmental justice activists say it is still worth celebrating.The first national Earth Day celebration on April 22, 1970 was introduced...

López Franzen was the DFL minority leader for the Minnesota State Senate from 2021 to 2023. Courtesy of Melisa López Franzen's campaign.

Q&A with Senate-hopeful Melisa López Franzen

by Alexandra DeYoe
Published April 16, 2025

Former Minnesota State Sen. Melisa López Franzen said she is running U.S. Senate in March to support students and working-class Minnesotans by making education and healthcare access more affordable.Lòpez...

The city council approved money for designing a democracy center, while some people are still worried.

Minneapolis City Council approves next steps for the democracy center

by Maya Bell
Published April 15, 2025

The Minneapolis City Council approved money for designing a democracy center on the old site of the burned-down Third Precinct building on Monday. Since burning down during the 2020 protests after...

The art is funded through Minneapolis’s capital program, which designates money toward funding art around the city.

Minneapolis calls on artists to honor Indigenous history at Water Works Park

by Katrina Bailey
Published April 15, 2025

Minneapolis is calling on artists to apply to design artwork at Water Works, part of Mill Ruins Park.Artists and artist teams are invited to apply to design and create artwork to honor Owámniyomni,...

From left to right: Tom Olsen, Meg Forney and Michael Wilson. Courtesy of candidates' campaign websites.

Meet the candidates for the Minneapolis Park Board

by Alexandra DeYoe
Published April 14, 2025

The three DFL candidates running for the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board’s three open at-large positions target improving accessibility to parks, creating more youth programs and addressing funding...

Koski joined the Minneapolis City Council in 2021 to represent parts of south Minneapolis. Photo courtesy of Minneapolismn.gov.

Emily Koski drops out of Minneapolis Mayoral race

by Katrina Bailey
Published April 14, 2025

City Council Member Emily Koski (Ward 11) announced Monday morning that she is dropping out of the race for Minneapolis mayor. Koski said in a press release that her decision comes after “deep reflection...

April was officially designated as Sexual Assault Awareness Month nationally in 2001.

UMN, city advocates honor Sexual Assault Awareness Month

by Grace Aigner
Published April 13, 2025

Sexual violence prevention and advocacy organizations are honoring Sexual Assault Awareness Month at the campus, city and state levels.Allison Pauna, a direct care provider for sexual violence survivors...

Emma Watts, executive director of the Minnesota LGBTQIA2S+ Council, speaking at the state Capitol for Transgender Day of Remembrance in 2024. Courtest of Angelica Gentile.

State Council to survey LGBTQ+ community to better understand queer Minnesotans

by Alexandra DeYoe
Published April 10, 2025

A state agency advocating for the queer community is surveying alongside local LGBTQ+ organizations to better understand queer people across the state. Created in 2023, the 16-member Council on LGBTQIA2S+...

Overdose deaths declined by about 24% nationally in 2024, a drop nearly mirrored by Minnesota.

Free naloxone could be helping the overdose deaths decline in Minnesota, nationally

by Grace Aigner
Published April 10, 2025

As overdose deaths in Minnesota decline, Minneapolis and the University of Minnesota install free emergency naloxone.Overdose deaths dropped by about 24% in the U.S. in 2024, a decline nearly mirrored...

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