Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) is a public radio network for the state of Minnesota. With its three services,News &Information,YourClassical MPR and The Current,MPR operates a 46-station regional radio network in the upper Midwest.
The Minneapolis City Council is the legislative branch of the city of Minneapolis in Minnesota,United States. Comprising 13 members,the council holds the authority to create and modify laws,policies,and ordinances that govern the city. Each member represents one of the 13 wards in Minneapolis,elected for a four-year term. The current council structure has been in place since the 1950s.
Saint Paul,Minnesota is the capital of Minnesota. The city is also the largest city and county seat of Ramsey County. Saint Paul has a strong mayor-council government. Seven city council members elected in wards and one mayor elected at large serve the city.
Peter Fischer is an American politician serving in the Minnesota House of Representatives since 2013. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL),Fischer represents District 44A in the central Twin Cities metropolitan area,which includes the cities of Maplewood,Little Canada,and North St. Paul,and parts of Ramsey County.
The Saint Paul City Council is the governing body of Saint Paul,Minnesota,United States,as part of a strong mayor–council government. It has seven members from seven wards,each elected to four-year terms. As of 2024,all seven are members of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party,although city elected official positions are nonpartisan according to state law,and political party identifications are not included on election ballots.
The Hmong people are a major ethnic group in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul area. As of 2000,there were 40,707 ethnic Hmong in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area. The 2010 U.S. Census stated there were 66,000 ethnic Hmong in Minneapolis-St. Paul,giving it the largest urban Hmong population in the world. Grit Grigoleit,author of "Coming Home? The Integration of Hmong Refugees from Wat Tham Krabok,Thailand,into American Society",wrote that the Minneapolis-St. Paul area "acted as the cultural and socio-political center of Hmong life in the U.S."
Peggy Flanagan is an American politician and Native American activist serving as the 50th lieutenant governor of Minnesota since 2019. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL),Flanagan served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 2015 to 2019.
Jacob Lawrence Frey is an American politician and attorney who has served as the mayor of Minneapolis,Minnesota since 2018. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party,he served on the Minneapolis City Council from 2014 to 2018.
Anne E. Neu Brindley is an American politician who served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 2017 to 2024. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota,Neu Brindley represented District 28B in east-central Minnesota,including the cities of Wyoming,Lindström,Chisago,and North Branch,and parts of Chisago County.
Melvin Whitfield Carter III is an American politician who is the mayor of Saint Paul,Minnesota. Elected to his first term in 2017 and reelected in 2021,Carter is the 55th mayor of St. Paul and its first African American mayor. His current term of office ends on January 1,2026. Carter has supported raising the city's minimum wage to $15 per hour. He is one of 11 U.S. mayors who co-founded Mayors Organized for Reparations and Equity,a coalition of municipal leaders dedicated to starting pilot reparations programs in their cities.
Lisa Demuth is an American politician serving since 2019 in the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota,Demuth represents District 13A in central Minnesota,which includes the cities of St. Joseph and Cold Spring and parts of Stearns County. She has served since 2023 as leader of the House Republican caucus and from 2023 to 2025 as the minority leader of the House of Representatives.
Hodan Hassan is an American politician serving in the Minnesota House of Representatives since 2019. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL),Hassan represents District 62B,which includes parts of Minneapolis in Hennepin County,Minnesota. Hassan served as an assistant majority leader of the House DFL caucus from 2019 to 2020. She announced that she will not seek reelection in 2024.
Kaohly Her is a Hmong-American politician serving in the Minnesota House of Representatives since 2019. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL),Her represents District 64A,which includes parts of Saint Paul in Ramsey County,Minnesota.
Bo Thao-Urabe is a social entrepreneur who has founded numerous organizations and efforts to advance social justice. A sought after leader,Thao-Urabe has served the community in local,state and national settings. She was appointed as a Regent to the University of Minnesota by Governor Walz in 2021. President Obama appointed Thao-Urabe as a Commissioner to the President’s White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. She has also served as Senior Director at Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy (AAPIP). She has received numerous awards and recognitions,including the prestigious Bush Fellowship from the Bush Foundation in 2019.
Athena Hollins is an American politician serving in the Minnesota House of Representatives since 2021. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL),Hollins represents District 66B,which includes parts of Saint Paul in Ramsey County,Minnesota.
Robin Wonsley is an American activist and politician who has been a member of the Minneapolis City Council from the 2nd Ward since 2021.
Aisha Siddida Chughtai is an American community organizer and politician serving as the vice president of the Minneapolis City Council,representing the 10th Ward. A member of the DFL,she was elected in 2021 to succeed retiring Council President Lisa Bender. She is the youngest person and first Muslim woman elected to the Council.
Black Garnet Books is a bookstore in Minnesota. The only Black-owned,brick and mortar bookstore in the state,it operated as a pop-up for a year before receiving a grant from the city of Saint Paul,Minnesota,to open a physical location.
Leigh Finke is an American politician serving in the Minnesota House of Representatives since 2023. A member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL),Finke represents District 66A in the Twin Cities metropolitan area,which includes the cities of Falcon Heights,Lauderdale,Roseville and Saint Paul,and parts of Ramsey County in Minnesota. She is the first openly transgender member of the Minnesota Legislature.
Samakab Hussein is an American politician serving in the Minnesota House of Representatives since 2023. A member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL),Hussein represents District 65A in the Twin Cities,which includes parts of the city of Saint Paul in Ramsey County.
