U.S. Representative Peter King is holding another hearing in Washington today on “radicalization” in Muslim communities in America, with a focus on the Somali-Community. Now when Al-Shabaab tries to recruit our youth here to fight their battles there — and sadly, sometimes succeeds in doing so — we take it very seriously: indeed, Minneapolis’ large [...]
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Last week, Governor Dayton and the Legislature took a step that could have a big impact on property taxes in Minneapolis. They passed into law a merger of two closed pension funds — the Minneapolis Police Relief Association (MPRA) and the Minneapolis Fire Relief Association (MFRA) — with the State’s professionally-run Public Employees Retirement Association [...]
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I was feeling a little down today about the challenging budget I am working on this Summer, until I had a chance to talk with someone who has a tougher job than mine: President Obama. He took a few minutes from the non stop budget talks in Washington to have a phone conference with a [...]
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We learned today that FEMA did not grant our appeal for individual assistance from the May 22 tornado. We are in this together for the long haul: today’s decision is disappointing but will not hold North Minneapolis back. We have said all along that winning Individual Assistance would be tough, but we tried our hardest. [...]
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