Possible strikes, missed recycling pickups add to city woes this winter A parking ban on the even-numbered sides of Saint Paul residential streets that went into effect on March 10 will continue to be in force through April 15. The…
Mayor Melvin Carter and Fire Chief Butch Inks announced on March 15 that the Saint Paul Fire Department is purchasing the state’s first fully electric fire truck. The Fire Department received demonstrations of the RTX electric fire truck from Austrian-based…
Historic building should either be renovated or repurposed with new library built nearby. The Hamline Midway Library has been a neighborhood treasure at 1558 Minnehaha Ave. for over 90 years. In early February, it received a last-minute reprieve from demolition…
The historic Justus Ramsey House was being dismantled this week on the patio at Burger Moe’s, 242 W. Seventh St. Removal of the roof on February 15 meant the limestone walls could start being removed piece by piece and packed…
Saint Paul Mayor Melvin Carter is working to ban firearms in city libraries and recreation centers, among other initiatives to curb youth violence, in the wake of the January 18 shooting that left a 16-year-old boy critically injured outside the…
The Saint Paul City Council approved $37,992 in Cultural Sales Tax Revitalization (STAR) awards on January 25 to the Saint Paul Festival Association. The money will be used to help compensate for increases in police costs for city organizations that…
The historic Justus Ramsey House will be dismantled and put into storage with the long-term goal of rebuilding the 1852 stone cottage on a vacant lot elsewhere on West Seventh Street.After much debate on January 25, the Saint Paul City…
The Saint Paul City Council voted 6-1 on January 4 to add an extra 1 percent sales tax to its 2023 legislative agenda. The tax is anticipated to generate about $984 million over 20 years. It is seen as a…
Saint Paul’s highest bonding priority on its 2023 legislative agenda is $26 million for the Kellogg Boulevard Bridge near RiverCentre. The project area is more than 1,000 feet long. Increasing its allotment of Local Government Aid (LGA) from the state…
Budget comes with 14.65% increase in city's tax levyWith a flurry of last-minute cuts and additions, the Saint Paul City Council on December 7 adopted a $781.5 million city budget for 2023. That is up $40.2 million or 5.4 percent…
Double-digit tax increases are further fueled by increases in home valuesSaint Paul property owners did not take kindly to the city’s plan to increase the property tax levy by as much as 15.34 percent in 2023. More than two dozen…
A total of 21 projects will share in Saint Paul’s 2022 Neighborhood Sales Tax Revitalization (STAR) funding, which was approved by the City Council on November 9. The vote ends a competitive process that began last spring.The highest-ranked local project…
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