The streets included in the city of Saint Paul's request before the Minnesota Legislature for an increase in the city's sales tax. Saint Paul officials have been lobbying the Minnesota Legislature this session to approve a new 1 percent sales…
New DFL majorities in House and Senate may open way to much legislationThe red wave of 2022 ran up against a blue tsunami in Minnesota on November 8 as DFL incumbents turned back challenge after challenge from their Republican opponents.…
Erin Murphy Robert Bushard The party in control of the Minnesota Legislature hangs in the balance this fall as voters head to the polls to elect their state senators and representatives. All 67 Senate and 134 House seats are on…
Ramsey County’s effort to obtain new funding for its emergency homeless shelter network continues on several fronts at the state Capitol. Without additional support, local officials fear that people who are homeless will have no place to shelter when the…
Property tax relief, more affordable housing also being sought. A new Mississippi Riverfront park, various street improvement projects, property tax relief and a stepped-up COVID-19 response are among the requests that Ramsey County will be making to the Minnesota Legislature…
Funds are extended to businesses affected by the fallout of pandemic. Nineteen months after civil unrest and the COVID-19 pandemic laid waste to a portion of the commercial landscape in Saint Paul—and one year after the city approved $1 million…
A new Third Street-Kellogg Boulevard Bridge, the restoration of the old Victoria Theater at 825 University Ave. and a new location for the Playwrights Center near University and Raymond avenues are among the projects included in the $1.9 billion bonding…
By Dale MischkeClose to one quarter of registered voters turned out for the August 11 primary election in Minnesota, choosing their preferred candidates for federal, state and local offices and winnowing the field for the November 3 general election. Here…
City Council is divided over the best approach in St. PaulBy Jane McClurePolice reform will be taken up by the St. Paul City Council in a policy session beginning at 10 a.m. Thursday, June 25. While a majority of Minneapolis…
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