Tag: Betsy Hodges
![By Tony Webster from Portland, Oregon, United States (Minneapolis Police Squad Car) [CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons, Minneapolis, Police,](https://alphanews.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Minneapolis_Police_Squad_Car_15188036214-324x160.jpg "Minneapolis Will Increase Police Force and Budget, Despite Opposition")
Minneapolis Will Increase Police Force and Budget, Despite Opposition
The Minneapolis City Council approved a budget Thursday that will set aside $1.3 million to hire 15 new police officers, despite the objections of...
BLM Activist To Run For Mayor of Minneapolis
Nekima Levy-Pounds, a prominent figure in Minneapolis' Black Lives Matter movement and vociferous critic of the recent police shootings of Jamar Clark and Philando...
Minneapolis Mayor Won’t Comply With Trump Policies
MINNEAPOLIS, MN -- Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges is taking a stand against president-elect Donald Trump.
According to The Hill, Trump, who will give his first...
Sanders Makes Promises to Students Clinton May Not Deliver
Bernie Sanders heaped praise on Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton as several thousand supporter streamed into Northrop Auditorium Tuesday afternoon.
Among the things Sanders promised in...
BLM Controversy Fails to Increase Lynx Attendance
The expected outpouring of support for the Minnesota Lynx was not forthcoming Friday in the team’s first home game since off duty police officers...