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The Minneapolis City Council said it is working to create new legislation to coincide with the July 1, 2025, implementation date. The council also approved a legislative directive to complete a ...
Council chambers in 1900 Council meeting in 2015. The Minneapolis City Council represents the city's thirteen districts called wards. The city has never had more than 13 wards, but at one time there were three representatives from each area, for a total of 39 members of the city council. The city council assumed its current size in the 1950s.
Tempers at a Minneapolis City Council meeting on Thursday boiled over as a council member swore at an activist. Ward 4 Councilmember Jeremiah Ellison directed the curse word at longtime community ...
While three Muslim council members were away to observe the Eid al-Adha holiday, the Minneapolis City Council narrowly voted to kill a measure that would have put a rent control question on the ...
With a vote looming this week to reconsider Minneapolis' new rideshare minimum wage law, City Council President Elliott Payne and Council Members Katie Cashman and Aurin Chowdhury say they will ...
In 2021, Jones ran a campaign to represent Ward 10 (representing Whittier, South Uptown and the Wedge) in the Minneapolis City Council. [1] She was eliminated at third place in the third round of ranked-choice voting behind Aisha Chughtai and Alicia Gibson after receiving 19.57% of first-round votes. [8]
The Mayor of Minneapolis, currently a position held by a member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL), operates alongside the city council. The mayor's role was previously considered relatively weak compared to some other U.S. cities, but following a charter amendment in 2021, the mayor gained more power and the council was reduced to purely legislative duties.
Minneapolis police officers will gain historic pay raises after the City Council on Thursday approved a new contract with the police union. For nearly an hour, a key group of progressive council ...