The mayor will chair a working group of the governmental and private entities that all must work together if the public housing authority is going to meet its goal to open 150 new units each year.
Warsame won the endorsement, but some are taking issues with the words Noor used to announce his decision to drop out of the convention, which he called a “potential safety risk for participants.”
We’re pleased to announce Minneapolis City Council Member Abdi Warsame will be taking to the MinnRoast stage for the very first time this year.
Twin Cities officials have a plan to curb terror recruitment in Minnesota, but some in the Muslim community are still uneasy about it.
The meeting was marked by highly emotional exchanges between council members, and between officials and protesters. Here’s how the council members explained their positions.
Though the Minneapolis mayor’s priorities for the police predated Ferguson, they are attempts to address many of the same issues, to alter a “legacy of brutal oppression.”
The seven newest members of Minneapolis City Council have now been in office for six months. How are they doing?
Incident stemmed from violence at February’s Kahn-Noor DFL caucus; data privacy prevents public from knowing resolution.
Abdi tells of the importance of the transfer system serving Somali-Americans who send money to loved ones in war-ravaged Somalia.
City Council member Abdi Warsame’s role in a state House race also swept up City Hall and has fractured the city’s East African political community.
Political activists and ordinary voters alike see hope in the face and promises of Somali-born Abdi Warsame.
