Against a backdrop of rising gun violence, Saint Paul officials are deliberating how to reshape the city’s 2022 public safety budget. Crime and public safety are likely to dominate Mayor Melvin Carter’s upcoming series of city budget roundtables open to…
The Saint Paul City Council on December 9 approved a $633 million city budget for 2021. However, the 5-2 vote does not end the debate over such contentious issues as police reform and the city’s response to the fiscal challenges…
Saint Paul Police Department funding was a flash point during the city’s 2021 truth-in-taxation hearing on December 2. While only six citizens testified during the virtual program, the City Council received more than 130 public comments via email and voice…
Saint Paul City Council members voted unanimously on November 18 to establish a 40-person Community First Public Safety Commission and provide it with a $71,200 budget. Plans for the commission had been announced the previous day by Mayor Melvin Carter.…
Hampered by the COVID-19 pandemic, Saint Paul’s new Community First Public Safety program is being rolled out more slowly than city leaders would like. With gunshots, homicides and other criminal violence on the rise, the City Council is anxious to…
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