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The Echo

The student news site of St. Louis Park High School

The Echo

The student news site of St. Louis Park High School

The Echo

Minneapolis protest: an encouraging moment

Minneapolis protest: an encouraging moment

Nicholas Garrett February 23, 2025

On Feb. 5, hundreds of people showed up for a protest that surrounded the Minnesota Capitol building, wearing coats to combat the freezing weather. Many of the protesters carried signs that denounced President...

Minnesota legislative boycotts should be ended

Minnesota legislative boycotts should be ended

Nicholas Garrett February 21, 2025

On Feb. 5, MN Governor Tim Walz issued a writ of special election, which sets the date for the House District 40B special election on Jan. 25. House District 40B is historically a district aligned with...

Good news reminds us of an ugly truth

Good news reminds us of an ugly truth

Jaiden Leary January 23, 2024

St. Paul's historical voting of an all-female city council sets a positive precedent that future Minnesota cities can follow. But, it also highlights a truth one too many Americans already knew to be true:...

Don Samuels runs against Ilhan Omar

Don Samuels runs against Ilhan Omar

Jaiden Leary December 3, 2023

As the election season comes in full swing around the country for representatives, there is no exception for Minnesota. Progressive candidate Ilhan Omar, who has been Minnesota's congressman since 2019,...

Photo used with permission from Kevin Martinez Herrera.

Kevin Martinez Herrera presents testimony at MN capital

Anna Williams April 11, 2023

During your testimony, you spoke on your personal life and all that has influenced you to be where you are today. Based on those experiences and mentors, what led you to this path of advocacy? My passion...

Why Biden should block the Willow Project

Why Biden should block the Willow Project

Johanna Kaplan March 10, 2023

The Biden Admission is currently in the process of making a monumental choice. They will imminently decide whether or not to approve the Willow project, a $6 billion decades-long drilling project on Alaska’s...

City Council member Larry Kraft speaks to Park students Jan. 13. Youth and Government focuses on teaching the inner workings of government

Youth in Government offers unique learning experience

Roberto Alvarez January 18, 2023

As a way for students to get more of an insight into government and how it works, Park students received the opportunity to experience what it's like dealing with everyday politics at a local conference...

Senior leaders Issac Israel, Amira Abdirahman and Sebastian Tangleson speak to club members Dec. 7. Youth in Government is preparing for a conference at the Minnesota capitol Jan. 5.

New youth and government club takes on the year

Jesse Belen January 5, 2023

Youth and government is a club that simulates different government actions — such as mock legislatures and mock trials. Each meeting prepares the club members for a conference Jan. 5-8 where students...

Vice President choosing Kamala Harris proves promising

Vice President choosing Kamala Harris proves promising

Aisha Hersi October 14, 2020

Previously, not knowing anything about Senator Kamala Harris, at the start my attention was focused on how the news outlets portrayed her. However, the 55-year-old major party national ticket withstands...

Protestors lead chants from the stage. At the beginning of the rally, the group flooded onto the stage and didn't leave until the event was cancelled.

Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar rally derailed by protestors

Talia Lissauer and Marta Hill March 1, 2020

This story was updated 1 p.m. March 2.  The day after Sen. Amy Klobuchar was set to speak at Park, she suspended her presidential bid March 2.  Expecting to attend a peaceful Amy Klobuchar...

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