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The first Black city council member was Van White, elected in 1979 to represent Ward 5. [5] The first openly gay member, Brian Coyle, was elected in 1983 to represent Ward 6, and died of AIDS while in office as council vice president. [6] [7] In 2017, Phillipe Cunningham from Ward 4 and Andrea Jenkins from Ward 8 were elected to the City ...
Resolutions are generally modeled after the Ceasefire Now resolution, introduced in the US Congress by Cori Bush, which also called for release of the hostages. At least 20 cities condemned the 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel. [1] Seventy cities had passed resolutions by the end of January 2024.
Mitra Jalali (born 1986) is the City Council President and the Council Member for Ward 4 in Saint Paul, Minnesota. [2] [3] She became the first Iranian-American elected official in Minnesota when she was elected to the Saint Paul City Council in 2018.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey on Wednesday vetoed a City Council resolution calling for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war and an end to U.S. military funding for Israel, the latest in a skirmish ...
Johnson has been working as a business owner for over two decades, running two HVAC companies in Minnesota. [2] began his political career at a local level.In 2016, he was elected to the Cottage Grove City Council, where he served for two years; he then ran for Washington County Commissioner and won the seat in 2018. [3]
In 2004, Debbie Montgomery made history as the first woman of color on the council, representing Ward 1. [4] Before her political career, she been the city's first female police officer. She served one term on the council. [5] Dai Thao, elected in 2013, was the first Hmong American council member, representing Ward 1 until he moved to Florida ...
The Duluth City Council is the legislative branch of the government of Duluth, Minnesota. It is responsible for passing ordinances , resolutions, and regulations governing the city. The council also oversees the city's financial operations, including the annual budget, and serves as a check against the Mayor of Duluth in a mayor-council ...
All 13 seats on the Minneapolis City Council were up for election. Each resident of Minneapolis could elect one city councilor in a single-member district. Because of re-districting, members were only elected for a two-year term instead of the usual four-year term. The DFL retained their supermajority, winning 12 of the 13 wards and over 85% of ...