Kaohly Vang Her will be the first woman and first member of the city’s Hmong community to lead St. Paul. “Her announced a challenge to her former boss in August, citing safe streets, economic development and strong schools as key issues in the city,” Sahan Journal reports. Her told Sahan over the summer that “the assassination of her colleague and friend, House Speaker Melissa Hortman in June moved her to join the race.”
Minneapolis voters may have broken turn-out records during Tuesday’s election. “According to the unofficial results, 147,702 voters cast their ballots in the election, which is 55% of registered voters. That’s compared to the previous record of 145,337 voters, or 54% turnout, in the 2021 election,” CBS News reports.
More than 600 Allina Health doctors and primary care practitioners went on a one-day strike Wednesday. The move is the first such labor action of its kind in the state, and “[i]t follows 20 months of negotiations that failed to produce a contract for Allina’s primary care practitioners or address one of their key concerns: the rising amount of time they spend, at home and off the clock, completing paperwork and responding to patients’ online messages,” the Minnesota Star Tribune reports.
Bemidji area residents, some dressed as fairy tale characters and others armed with their favorite books, took to the streets Tuesday to protest proposed budget cuts to Bemidji and Blackduck libraries. Cuts would affect the number of staff positions at the libraries and shutter libraries three days a week (they currently operate six days a week), MPR News reports. A final decision won’t be made until next month.
Did you know St. Paul hosts the largest puzzle competition in the country? Racket dives into Minnesota’s “stellar speed-puzzling scene.” “The weather may be a factor … but much of the credit goes to a robust lineup of puzzling competitions, local puzzle companies, and a supportive community of local puzzlers who put all those pieces together.”
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