Disability Pride brought friends, families, advocates and community members to the Minnesota State Capitol on Thursday, where the fourth annual festival centered on connection, inclusion and advocacy. Among those attending was Samrica Zogar, a Liberian immigrant and disability advocate who shares her experiences with more than 100,000 followers on TikTok and Instagram.

The investigation into St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her is complete. City HR found that Her engaged in offensive and inappropriate behavior with city employees, created and shared offensive material, and contributed to an uncomfortable work environment. The investigation did not substantiate allegations of sexual harassment or retaliation.

ICE agent Christian Castro has been arrested in Minneapolis and made his first court appearance in connection with a January shooting that wounded Julio Sosa-Celis inside a north Minneapolis home.

Professor Mahmoud El-Kati is honored at the recent Selby Jazz Fest in St. Paul. El-Kati, a longtime educator, historian and community elder, will soon be recognized with an honorary street co-naming in St. Paul’s Rondo neighborhood. Photo: Anika Bowie St. Paul to honor Professor Mahmoud El-Kati with street co-naming in Rondo neighborhood Nearly a decade later, the St. Paul City Council is restoring honorary street co-naming, with community elder, activist, historian and long

Saint Paul’s proposed 2027 budget would close Dayton’s Bluff Library and Duluth & Case Recreation Center and end regular indoor recreation at Highwood Hills Recreation Center. The proposals are drawing pushback from Councilmember Cheniqua Johnson, who says the cuts amount to “concentrated disinvestment” in the East Side, while Mayor Her says the city must confront aging facilities, deferred maintenance and rising costs.