Tag: driver
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Driver with 172 pounds of pot gets probation
He was assisted in Jackson County Circuit Court by a Hmong-language interpreter. Xiong had been lodged at the Jackson County Jail since Nov. 9, when Oregon State Police caught him driving a 2017 Mitsubishi SUV rented out of Medford with 172.2 pounds of … Read Full Article
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church could become 4-story senior housing plus church St. Paul Mayor-elect unveils webpage for community hiring panels Routine stop finds driver with scared runaway girl, 2nd found later, police say St. Paul lawyer is state’s first judge of Hmong … Read Full Article
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Under pressure and against a deadline, Alaska Legislature acts on Real ID
The House version was amended Saturday to include some extra provisions — like the creation of special driver’s licenses for Hmong and Lao veterans — that would have to be approved by the Senate before taking effect. “How it will end up is up in the … Read Full Article
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Affordable solar power is coming to low-income minority neighborhoods
In the affordable Latino and Hmong home-owner development of Little Long Cheng in Fresno, California, 35 of 42 homes have solar. Construction truck driver Jose Rodriguez, 52, and homemaker wife Arcelei, 50, said their $1,000 a year in savings from their … Read Full Article
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Ann Bancroft’s foundation celebrates 20 years of helping girls achieve their dreams
Bancroft likes to tell the story of a Hmong girl from the Frogtown neighborhood in St. Paul who was among the first group applying for grants. The girl wrote in her application that her dream was to take driver’s education. “It’s, like, where did you come … Read Full Article
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Ann Bancroft’s foundation celebrates 20 years of helping girls achieve their dreams
Ann Bancroft (file photo by Scott Takushi) Bancroft likes to tell the story of a Hmong girl from the Frogtown neighborhood in St. Paul who was among the first group applying for grants. The girl wrote in her application that her dream was to take driver … Read Full Article
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It’s time to put that St. Paul arts idea into 150 words and go for some funding
Inside St. Paul’s 5-year alley recycling contract with Eureka Chris Coleman decries state and federal interference, in final State of City Teen driver who struck state building also crashed at high school, police believe Hmong Village and an unlicensed … Read Full Article
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Teen driver who struck government building also involved in crash at high school, police believe
Tags: arrested, driver, government, Hmong Village, Milwaukee, police, school, soccer, St. Paul, villagePolice know his identity, though he had not been arrested as of Wednesday morning. Hmong Village and an unlicensed tree trimmer are in hot water after 104 trees cut down in St. Paul Deal with Milwaukee developer could move Midway soccer stadium ahead … Read Full Article
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Chris Coleman decries state and federal interference, in final State of City
It’s time to put that St. Paul arts idea into 150 words and go for some funding Teen driver who struck government building also involved in crash at high school, police believe Hmong Village and an unlicensed tree trimmer are in hot water after 104 trees … Read Full Article
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‘Possibly … erratic driver’ strikes government building in St. Paul, police say
Officers found minor damage to the building, Ernster said. A light pole was also damaged. Hmong Village and an unlicensed tree trimmer are in hot water after 104 trees cut down in St. Paul Deal with Milwaukee developer could move Midway soccer stadium … Read Full Article
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Semi tips on Highway 45, driver injured
STEVENS POINT (WAOW) – An 80-year-old man arrested following a three-hour standoff where four shots were fired, forcing the evacuation of a neighborhood in Junction City, made racial and disparaging comments about Hmong people, Portage County District … Read Full Article
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Capitol Decode: Pace of new legislation is much faster than it was in 2015
HB 125 (Rep. Geran Tarr, D-Anchorage) — Lao and Hmong who served for the U.S. during the Vietnam War can get a veteran designation on their state-issued driver’s license or ID. HB 126 (House Special Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs … Read Full Article
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St. Paul driver gets jail for drunken plow into police squad
Burglars nab $97K in sneakers, more from West St. Paul Foot Locker 3 charged in Minnesota gun shop heist; many guns still missing Guilty of fraud: Maplewood man sold fictitious dream of Hmong homeland Eagan woman’s throat cut by the father of her unborn … Read Full Article
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Myanmar Refugees Hopeful for Driver’s Test in Their Language in 2017
The state already offers the test in Hmong, Spanish, and other languages. The Karen Organization of Minnesota said, many Karen people were taking the test 50, 60 even 100 times and failing. Some were desperate to work and needed to drive, so they drove … Read Full Article
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Myanmar Refugees Hopeful Driver’s Test in Their Language in 2017
The state already offers the test in Hmong, Spanish, and other languages. The Karen Organization of Minnesota said, many Karen people were taking the test 50, 60 even 100 times and failing. Some were desperate to work and needed to drive so they drove … Read Full Article
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Safe Streets Still a Social Justice Issue in Saint Paul
The driver of the car that killed him was named Choua Tong Yang, a Hmong-American and part of an earlier wave of refugees from Southeast Asia. Here’s their description of the incident: “I was driving along, I got close to the high school (Washington … Read Full Article
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Karen People in Twin Cities Seek to Take Driver’s License Test in Their Own Language
“You can create for Vietnamese, Somali or Hmong, why not Karen?” We first talked to DPS spokesman Bruce Gordon by phone in July. He told us the DPS didn’t offer the driver’s permit in Karen. We continued to ask for an interview to find out why not. Read Full Article