Several Minneapolis City Council members called for Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to issue an order that would prohibit evictions of residents amid the ICE surge.

As ICE raids ramp up across the Twin Cities, local observers are taking to the streets. One of them, Minneapolis City Council President Elliot Payne, says he was assaulted by immigration officials.

Minneapolis City Council member Robin Wonsley condemned Mayor Jacob Frey and Gov. Tim Walz over their handling of ICE in Minneapolis and demanded they do more to protect residents.

Minneapolis anticipates a protest against Muslims, with Quran burning planned, prompting community and leadership opposition.

Elliott Payne remains the council president, but there's a different member serving as vice president for the next four years.

Sign up here to follow this column by email. Did you hear the news? The Minneapolis City Council now has a minority leader and a majority leader. And both of them are democratic socialists. The council’s progressive majority began the first meeting of the new term this week by amassing power under invented titles,

For the first time in the city's history, Democratic Socialists have gained a leadership role on the Minneapolis City Council.

Former Minneapolis City Councilmember Alondra Cano Espejel was sentenced shortly after she pleaded guilty to third-degree DWI earlier this month, according to Hennepin County court records.

The council elected a leadership slate of four progressives, echoing an old structure that voters eliminated in 2021.