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Walz opposes Minneapolis ballot question to replace Police Department
August 26, 2021
TakeAction Minnesota, a statewide progressive group, issued a statement Thursday that Yes 4 Minneapolis wants to create “a new Department of Public Safety that includes licensed police officers, similar to
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Yes 4 Minneapolis coalition launches new phase of campaign to reform public safety
Claudia Zavala, a member of Take Action and resident of the Loring Park neighborhood, spoke at the event. Yes 4 Minneapolis volunteers and staff have been holding a series of
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National Night Out returns with fewer police, communities divided over their future
Organizers with half a dozen activist organizations, including Black Visions Collective, TakeAction Minnesota and ISAIAH, encouraged attendees to disperse across the city and promote the Yes 4 Minneapolis ballot initiative
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National Night Out block parties return to the Twin Cities
“Just having a one-off day in the middle of summer in the hope that will smooth over decades of harm between police entities and communities isn’t useful,” Bates said. “But
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True safety discards an oppressive police system
“Building real community safety asks us to play the long game. Join me in that beautiful, transformative work. We have a chance to make change through our ballots this November.
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With citizen-led charter change, Minneapolis City Council withdraws its version
In April, the Yes 4 Minneapolis coalition dropped off more than 20,000 signatures to the Minneapolis City Hall to get a measure on the ballot that would strike a section
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With 9,000 signatures in hand, St. Paul housing advocates campaign for rent control
Bahieh Hartshorn, a 27-year-old resident of St. Paul’s West Side, said she moved within the city three times in three years after graduating college because she couldn’t afford annual rent
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Rent stabilization petition headed to Ramsey County elections, and St. Paul voters
Led by housing advocates such as the Alliance, TakeAction Minnesota and the West Side Community Organization, the Housing Equity Now St. Paul (HENS) coalition plans to submit upwards of 5,000
