“We were so blown away, we didn’t interview anyone else,” said Ellison, addressing St. Paul City Council President Mitra ...

St. Paul City Council President Mitra Jalali (Ward 4) announced she will be stepping down from the City Council following ...

“We were so blown away, we didn’t interview anyone else,” said Ellison, addressing St. Paul ... women of color. At the time of the election, all of them were under the age of 40. Council ...

Mitra Jalali, president of the St. Paul City Council for ... Jalali was elected president by her council peers last January following the historic election of an all-women council in November ...

I don’t think another council could have gotten it done.” Credit: MinnPost photo by Craig Lassig A 7-0 St. Paul City Council ... president of the first all-female City Council last January.

Their swearing-in ceremony officially made St. Paul the first U.S. city of its size — with more 300,000 people living there — to have a city council made up of all women, according to the ...

Mitra Jalali, president of the St. Paul City Council for the past year and at one time considered its most progressive member, announced Friday she will take a leave of absence on Feb. 5 in ...

St. Paul City Council ... and thankful to council members Jost, [Anika] Bowie and [Nelsie] Yang, who will all also be stepping up into more responsibilities," Jalali added. Noecker was first elected ...