Join us live on our Instagram @sahanjournal at 4 p.m. July 23, with panelists Ryan Pérez, organizing director of COPAL MN, and Dr. Nathan Chomilo, the medical director for the State of Minnesota’s Medicaid & MinnesotaCare programs.

So, what should Minnesotans know about these changes to Medicaid and MinnesotaCare? And how will it impact immigrants’ health care? We’ll discuss these topics on Wednesday.

In early June, the Minnesota Legislature voted to eliminate MinnesotaCare for undocumented adults, beginning next year. More than 15,000 undocumented Minnesotans will lose their health coverage.

Earlier this month, President Donald Trump signed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” into law, cutting $1 trillion to Medicaid and affecting up to 253,000 Minnesotans.

The play “Hope 612,” which will have a staged reading this weekend, grew out of a theater collaboration between young adults in the Cedar-Riverside area and formerly homeless youth. By Ava Grace.

Muhiyadin Aden’s years as an interpreter at HCMC showed him the need for more Somali health care professionals, so he went back to school to become a physician assistant. By @Mohamed1brah1m .

The candidates running for mayor include a pastor, a hotel cook, a civil rights attorney, a state senator, the owner of a respite care facility and Mayor Jacob Frey. By @JoeyPeters .

Who’s running for Minneapolis mayor? Six candidates address immigration, homelessness and police reform. By @JoeyPeters .

HCMC staffer’s switch from interpreter to physician assistant bridges gap with Somali patients. By @Mohamed1brah1m .

Activistas de derechos de inmigrantes en Minnesota están protestando por los arrestos en los tribunales de inmigración dirigidos contra solicitantes de asilo después de sus audiencias.

The St. George Middle Eastern Festival draws thousands each year to the West St. Paul church for a weekend of Lebanese food, Arabic music, dance and camel rides.

Minnesota activists rallied Monday outside Fort Snelling Immigration Court against arrests targeting immigrants after their scheduled court hearings. Read more:

When plunged into the pool, it can be dribbled like any other regular basketball, slightly heavier, so athletes have resistance to improve their dribbling speed.

A wave of federal funding cuts to food assistance programs across the country has strained food shelves nationwide, pushing many to rethink how they operate in order to meet rising demand with fewer resources.

Minnesota activists protest rapid dismissal of asylum cases, immigration court arrests. By @katelyn_vue with @Report4America . Read more:

Jazz was 12 when he reported his basketball coach, Aaron Hjermstad, for sexual abuse in 2015, but charges weren't filed at the time. Hjermstad continued coaching and abusing boys for years. Written by Katrina Pross and Becky Dernbach.

The bald eagle is now the official bird of the United States, nearly 250 years after it was first used as a symbol of the newly founded nation that's deeply polarized politically today.

A 12-year-old boy reported Excell Academy basketball coach Aaron Hjermstad for sexual abuse in 2015, but he kept teaching and abusing kids. Written by Katrina Pross and Becky Dernbach.

Things to do in Minneapolis this weekend: Minnesota Salsa Fest at the Mill City Museum; Ethiopian jazz at The Cedar; We Outside Film Fest premieres in Minneapolis; and a block party envisions Heritage Park’s future. By @myahgoff.

New provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill add several new fees for immigration paperwork, including an asylum application fee that caused confusion at Fort Snelling Immigration Court this week.