
Brandt Williams
Minneapolis Reporter at Minnesota Public Radio (St. Paul, MN)
Minneapolis reporter, Minnesota Public Radio - also internet cat video enthusiast and amateur whiskey taster [email protected] (profile photo by @efrostee)
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1 week ago |
sahanjournal.com | Brandt Williams |Alberto Gomez
This story comes to you from MPR News through a partnership with Sahan Journal. An immigration judge has dismissed the removal case against an international graduate student at the University of Minnesota who has been in ICE custody for more than a month. However, it appears he will remain in custody during an appeal.
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1 week ago |
sahanjournal.com | Brandt Williams
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2 weeks ago |
mprnews.org | Brandt Williams
An immigration judge has dismissed the removal case against an international graduate student at the University of Minnesota who has been in ICE custody for more than a month. However, it appears he will remain in custody during an appeal. Doğukan Günaydın, a citizen of Turkey, has been fighting in immigration court and in federal court to be released from Sherburne County Jail, where he's been since was arrested March 27 after his student status was terminated.
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Sep 14, 2024 |
mprnews.org | Regina Medina |Brandt Williams
Create an account or log in to save stories. Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories. Bernadette Anderson — a community leader, an outspoke advocate for African American civil rights in Minnesota, and a tough-love mother to many northside youth — was honored Friday afternoon with a renamed street in north Minneapolis. Bernadette Anderson Way now runs along Russell Avenue North between Plymouth Avenue North and 12th Avenue North.
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Aug 15, 2024 |
mprnews.org | Brandt Williams
Another Minneapolis civil rights icon will have their name on a commemorative street sign on the city’s north side. On Thursday, the city council approved an application to rename a portion of Russell Avenue North as Bernadette Anderson Way. An outspoken advocate for civil rights for African Americans, Anderson was a lifelong Minneapolis resident who served in leadership positions for several organizations, including the Minneapolis Urban League Guild and the KMOJ Board of Directors.
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The Minneapolis City Council voted 10-3 to override the mayor's veto of the ordinance on Uber/Lyft driver pay. The ordinance will go into effect May 1.

Congratulations @keremyucel !!!

Overjoyed to celebrate @keremyucel today as he became a naturalized U.S. citizen. He joined over 1000 new Minnesotans in taking the oath of allegiance at the RiverCentre in St. Paul. Congrats, Kerem! https://t.co/QmGOR8U3vF

I narrowly avoided driving over a pothole near 36th and Nicollet Ave the other day that was so deep, I could hear the distant roar of a Balrog coming from it.