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Barack Obama in Cannon Falls. Photo: Kathy Easthagen for the Minnesota Independent

Obama to open campaign office in Minneapolis Monday

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By Jon Collins | 11.02.11 | 12:48 pm

An invitation sent to supporters invites them to meet fellow activists and learn about the campaign’s “grassroots strategy for re-electing the president.”

(VIDEO) Ellison: Many see American Dream slipping from their grasp

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By Jon Collins | 10.11.11 | 1:17 pm

Ellison said officials should respect the autonomy of the Occupy Wall Street movement, and not try to “inject” themselves into it.

(PHOTO ESSAY) Occupy Minnesota’s Morning in America

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By Jon Collins | 10.07.11 | 2:58 pm

The demonstrators were the outgrowth of an Occupy Wall Street movement that started in New York more than three weeks ago.

Occupy Wall Street protest livestream

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By Jon Collins | 10.05.11 | 2:28 pm

The UpTake are in New York City providing a livestream of the Wall Street occupation.

AFL-CIO youth summit in Minneapolis backs Occupy Wall Street protests

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By Jon Collins | 10.03.11 | 11:52 am

Protests inspired by the Wall Street occupation have broken out in Minnesota. One group, OccupyMN, plans to occupy a site in downtown Minneapolis Friday.

Minnesotans inspired by Wall St. protests plan to occupy Minneapolis site Friday

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By Jon Collins | 10.03.11 | 10:09 am

Protesters are planning to rename Minneapolis’ Hennepin County Government Plaza as “The People’s Plaza,” according to the group’s website.

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Outside Obama’s speech, dissenters not disillusioned

By Jon Collins | 08.30.11 | 2:24 pm

Protesters sought to influence the president on a range of issues, from climate change to the nation’s economy.

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Minneapolis 4th highest for number of same-sex couples

By Andy Birkey | 08.30.11 | 11:24 am

According to a study of 2010 U.S. Census data by UCLA’s Williams Institute, among large U.S. cities, Minneapolis has the fourth highest rate of same-sex couples living within its borders. Neighboring St. Paul ranked 24th and Minnesota ranked 33rd…

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Audits force illegal immigrants to find underground work

By Luke Johnson | 08.15.11 | 10:51 am

Miriam Jordan of The Wall Street Journal reports on a pseudonymous couple who illegally entered the U.S. from Mexico to settle in Minneapolis. They held jobs paying well over the minimum wage, plus benefits, before the Obama Administration began cracking down on employers. Both of them now work lower-paid jobs, and worked for less than the minimum wage.

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Video: Rybak joins New Ulm mayor in fight to retain Local Government Aid for cities

By Sally Jo Sorensen | 06.09.11 | 11:00 am

NEW ULM — Flanked by New Ulm Mayor Bob Beussman, Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak joined local city officials from south central Minnesota Wednesday to warn local residents about the crippling effects of potential cut to Local Government Aid (LGA) under the tax bill that Gov. Mark Dayton vetoed.