Minnesota Delegation Brings Hotdish to D.C.
Pete Stauber (R-Minn.). The winning hotdish came from Rep. Betty McCollum (D-Minn.), who called hers “Hotdish A-Hmong Friends.” It included ingredients from Minnesota’s Hmong community like egg roll …
MN Congressional Hotdish Competition Displays The Diversity of the State’s Delicious Dish
Congresswoman Betty McCollum from the state’s fifth district takes home the gold with her Hotdish A-Hmong Friends. Other dishes showing off Minnesota’s diversity include Congresswoman Ilhan Omar’s …
Minnesota lawmakers gather for 9th annual Hotdish Competition
Amy Klobuchar. This year’s winner was Congresswoman Betty McCollum’s “Hotdish A-Hmong Friends,” featuring ground beef, tater tots, egg roll wraps and Thai chilis among other ingredients. Senator Tina …
Rep. McCollum’s ‘Hotdish A-Hmong Friends’ wins annual competition
WASHINGTON, D.C. (FOX 9) – One of Minnesota’s tastiest traditions continues in Washington, D.C., with the ninth annual Hotdish Competition. Members of Minnesota’s congressional delegation gathered …
Minnesota delegation hot dish competition shows international flair
McCollum won top honors for “Hotdish A-Hmong Friends,” an homage to her St. Paul-area district’s large Hmong population. Omar served up “Little Moga-hot-dishu,” a play on the informal …
MN congressional delegation Hotdish competition won by Betty McCollum
Betty McCollum, a Democrat whose district includes St. Paul. Those ingredients played a big part in her dish, dubbed Hotdish A-Hmong Friends. “Our state’s favorite comfort food unites Minnesotans from …
Thilee Yost: Outstanding Graduating Student
Her honors thesis is “Asian American Political Incorporation: A Case Study of Hmong Americans in St. Paul.” At a National Collegiate Honors Council conference, Yost presented, “Dialogues and Diatribes …
Ethnic groups split over MN plans to collect detailed data on students’ origins
Under the new state law, Minnesota has added 25 more specific designations, including Puerto Rican, Dakota/Lakota, Hmong and Liberian. Unlike with the seven federal categories, the more detailed …
Winners of the third annual St. Paul Business Awards announced
Hmong Elders Center • Kari Tierney, Highland Business Association Also, read about past award winners and learn more about the categories and criteria for submitting a nomination at …
Minnesota House backs driver’s licenses for immigrants
To drive safely on the road to their jobs, to their school,” said Rep. Samantha Vang, of Brooklyn Center, the daughter of Hmong refugees. “Immigrant rights are human rights, and it time we started …
New law breaking down student ethnic data triggers battle among parents
When analyzing student performance by race, Minnesota combines a widely diverse group — children of new Karen refugees from Myanmar, sons and daughters of Chinese graduate students, and descendants of …
Minnesota House backs driver’s licenses for immigrants
To drive safely on the road to their jobs, to their school,” said Rep. Samantha Vang, of Brooklyn Center, the daughter of Hmong refugees. “Immigrant rights are human rights, and it time we started …
Minnesota House approves driver’s licenses for immigrants
To drive safely on the road to their jobs, to their school,” said Rep. Samantha Vang, of Brooklyn Center, the daughter of Hmong refugees. “Immigrant rights are human rights, and it time we started …
Appetites: Where to find good barbecue in Minnesota
And within the greater umbrella of “barbecue,” you have dozens of traditions — North Carolina barbecue, Texas pit barbecue, Kansas City barbecue, Korean barbecue, Alabama barbecue, Hmong or Vietnamese …
Hmong saga will come to stage as Minnesota Opera adapts St. Paul writer’s ‘The Song Poet’
Author Kao Kalia Yang grew up poor in a St. Paul housing project. But her father used poetry to shield her, she wrote, “from the poverty of our lives.” His words brightened dark days. They kept close …
Minnesota Opera has a new work for youth based on St. Paul writer Yang’s ‘Song Poet’
St. Paul Hmong-American author Kao Kalia Yang’s award-winning book “The Song Poet” is going to be an opera. Minnesota Opera announced Monday that it has commissioned “The Song Poet” for Project Opera, …
Billions of dollars, house seat on the line for Minnesota in 2020 Census
“No matter what the decision is, the fear, the hesitation is already there,” said Xiongpao Lee with the Hmong American Census Network. “That’s what we’re dealing with” President Donald Trump …
War and refuge: Minnesota Opera to set Hmong story to music
“The Song Poet” by Kao Kalia Yang Courtesy of publisher The Minnesota Opera on Monday announced the commissioning of a new work based on the award-winning memoir “The Song Poet” by St. Paul writer Kao …
