Tag: Omar Fateh
Uber and Lyft to stay in Minnesota after deal struck on...
New minimum pay standards for Uber and Lyft drivers were passed in the final days of the 2024 legislative session. Starting on Dec. 1,...
Effort to prevent illegal immigrants from receiving free college voted down...
A Republican legislator in the Minnesota Senate put forward an amendment that would ensure illegal immigrants do not receive college aid from a state-funded...
Republicans introduce bill to save Uber and Lyft after Minneapolis vote
Minnesota Republicans have introduced a bill that would prohibit local governments from regulating rideshare companies after Uber and Lyft said they plan to leave...
Democrats urge Minnesotans to vote ‘uncommitted’ over Biden in Tuesday’s primary
Groups of Minnesota Democrats are voting "uncommitted" in Minnesota's Democratic presidential primary to send a message to President Joe Biden.
Currently, President Joe Biden is...
Sanctuary state proposal faces opposition from county board, DFL senator
County commissioners in McLeod County approved a resolution Saturday which denounced and opposed the pending "North Star Act." In a unanimous vote, the five commissioners...
Will all 34 Senate Democrats vote ‘yes’ on illegal immigration ‘sanctuary’...
A pair of Democrat legislators sponsoring a bill that would make Minnesota a “sanctuary state” for immigrants who enter the country illegally artfully sidestepped a...
Democrats want to ban parking minimums to curb ‘climate crisis,’ reduce...
An urbanization non-profit that advocates for policies to hasten the end of what it calls the “Suburban Experiment” as a method of curbing climate change will be...
Socialist group backing Minnesota Dems condemned for comments after Hamas attack
The Democratic Socialists of America, a political organization with a growing influence in Minnesota politics, was widely condemned over the weekend when it blamed...
Omar Fateh faces ethics complaint for suggesting GOP colleagues look like...
Democratic Sen. Omar Fateh is facing another ethics complaint, this time for making disparaging comments about his Republican colleagues and allegedly misrepresenting their views.
The...
Walz’s first veto divides DFL
Not long after the state House and Senate passed the “Uber” bill in the final days of the legislative session, Gov. Tim Walz told media — when asked —...