Rep Pérez Vega reflects on first term in office, looks to future
Minnesota Representative María Isa Pérez Vega is using her voice to fight for marginalized communities.
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Jasmine McBride
Jun 3
Family responds to dropped charges in death of Ricky Cobb
Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty is dropping charges against the Minnesota State Trooper who shot Ricky Cobb due to new evidence.
Jasmine McBride
Mar 12
Activists protest Smith Foundry lead exposure, call on MPCA to act
Community members are demanding the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency shut down a local iron foundry. A petition with 500 signatures has...
Jasmine McBride
Mar 6
Minnesota nursing home workers conduct historic strike
More than 1,000 Minnesota nursing home workers from 12 nursing homes conducted a one-day Unfair Labor Practice strike on Tuesday, the...
Myah Goff
Feb 12
Minnesota activists rally for Equal Rights Amendment at the Capitol
“When are we going to be able to experience equal rights for everybody?” asked Raj Sethuraju, a community activist and the Criminal...
Jasmine McBride
Feb 9
Immigrant advocates, DFL lawmakers campaign for North STAR Act
On Thursday morning a press conference at the Capitol overflowed with supporters of the North STAR Act, a bill that would make Minnesota...
CBJ Staff
Feb 8
Hennepin inmates can now seek reduced sentences
The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office (HCAO) is now taking applications for currently incarcerated individuals seeking reduced sentences....
Jasmine McBride
Jan 24
State Trooper charged with death of Ricky Cobb
Minnesota State Trooper Ryan Londregan was charged Wednesday with second-degree unintentional murder, first-degree assault and...
Jasmine McBride
Jan 23
Penumbra Theater’s Lou Bellamy files lawsuit for death of son
Lou Bellamy, founder of the nationally renowned Penumbra Theatre, has filed a federal lawsuit against Hennepin County jail for the death...
Jasmine McBride
Jan 23
Marvin Haynes celebrates new beginning
On Sunday, approximately 100 people came to the Aloft Hotel in Minneapolis to celebrate Marvin Haynes as a newly free man. Haynes was...
Jasmine McBride
Jan 13
Families meet with DOJ to demand justice, police reform
On January 11, five families who have lost a loved one to the hands of the police across Minnesota joined together to meet with the...
Jasmine McBride
Jan 10
Sun Country flight attendants demand fair wages, better contract
Sun Country Flight Attendants gathered outside of Terminal 2 of the Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport today, demanding fair...
Jasmine McBride
Jan 9
Philip Vance fights for his innocence from solitary confinement
Philp Vance, who maintains his innocence of a crime he was imprisoned for more than 20 years ago, has spent the last four months in...
Jasmine McBride
Dec 22, 2023
Commutation shaves more than six years off inmate’s sentence
Christopher Fausto Cabrera, who was sentenced in 2004 to 26 years in prison, is set to be released years early due to good behavior. At...
CBJ Staff
Dec 11, 2023
Marvin Haynes exonerated, released
After serving nearly 20 years for a crime he did not commit, Marvin Haynes has been exonerated and released from the Minnesota...
CBJ Staff
Dec 8, 2023
What to do if you’re worried about lead poisoning
Friday morning, a small group of people crowded the entrance to Care 4 All on Payne Avenue in East Saint Paul, filling out forms so that...
CBJ Staff
Dec 5, 2023
Southside health center receives $2.6M from MacKenzie Scott
Some of the best gifts are ones you don’t even have to ask for. Ann Cazaban, Executive Director of Southside Community Health Services,...
Elijah Todd-Walden
Nov 14, 2023
Mpls City Council shoots down mayor’s plan to recruit police
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey's proposal to spend $15 million to hire and retain Minneapolis Police Department staff was met with sharp...
Elijah Todd-Walden
Nov 8, 2023
Mpls Council race sees progressive gains, Jenkins holds on
Minneapolis voters elected two new progressive members to the city council, shifting its political leanings further to the left. Aurin...
Elijah Todd-Walden
Nov 7, 2023
Saint Paul residents cast their votes for city council, sales tax, and school board
Polling places for municipal elections in St. Paul opened Tuesday morning for a consequential local election that will decide how the...
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