Minnesota apples vs.Georgia peaches at stake as Minnesota Lynx meet Atlanta Dream to decide national championship September 30, 2011 (MINNEAPOLIS) — Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak and Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed today placed a friendly wager on the outcome of the WNBA championship series between the Minneapolis-based Minnesota Lynx and the Atlanta Dream. The best-of-five series [...]
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I know that I join all of Minneapolis in mourning the terrible losses of three young people our city in the past weeks. Quantell Braxton (age 14), Ray’Jon Gomez (age 13) and Juwon Osborne (age 16) were murdered by people wielding guns. Our deepest sympathies go out to their family, friends and communities. With their [...]
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I’m excited to announce One Minneapolis, One Read, in which all of Minneapolis will read the same book — “The Grace of Silence” by National Public Radio host and Minneapolis native Michele Norris — and to invite you to a conversation with author Michele Norris on October 3 at the Guthrie Theater. In “The Grace [...]
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Minnesota apples vs. Arizona hot sauce at stake as Minnesota Lynx meet Phoenix Mercury in second round of WNBA playoffs September 22, 2011 (MINNEAPOLIS) — Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak and Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon today placed a friendly wager on the outcome of the WNBA Western Conference finals between the Minneapolis-based Minnesota Lynx and the [...]
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Today, I proposed a City budget for 2012 with no property-tax increase. That’s right: no property-tax increase. We will raise the same amount of property-tax dollars that we raised last year. No more. My budget also meets two urgent needs: improving our streets and closing the racial jobs gap. And it continues to fund the [...]
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Action taken today raises to 35 the number of firefighter jobs saved from State LGA cuts, while maintaining budget integrity September 2, 2011 (MINNEAPOLIS) — Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak and the City Council today unanimously approved a package of permanent budget cuts to keep on the job four of the 10 firefighters who recently received [...]
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