Minnesota’s public transportation systems need to reevaluate and reinvent themselves if they are going to survive. Data from the U.S. Department of Transportation reveal that the Twin Cities’ light-rail system sees more crimes per billion passenger miles than any other…
Got ice dams?We see the impacts of climate change all around us: more extreme droughts, floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, wildfires and rainfall. These events not only impact people’s lives directly, but also cost us more for disaster assistance and insurance rates.…
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.…
Federal, state and local offices are on the line. Voters across the area served by MyVillager will head to the polls on Tuesday, November 8, to choose among candidates for U.S. representative, governor and lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of…
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…
With the August 9 primary election less than eight weeks away, political campaigns in Minnesota have begun in earnest. Voters will be choosing among candidates for governor and lieutenant governor, secretary of state, state auditor, attorney general, U.S. representative, state…
Flooding of the Minnesota and Mississippi rivers this spring is expected to leave weeks of cleanup work in its wake. Users of boat launches and riverfront parks and trails should be alert to changing conditions.Flood waters were expected to crest…
The Wright Call By Dave WrightBy the time you read this, you’ll probably know if the Minnesota Timberwolves succeeded in their first-round NBA playoff series against Memphis. The armchair analysts were in rare form, praising the Wolves after Game 1…
International Institute of Minnesota executive director Jane Graupman feels as though she is carrying on a legacy that is unquestionably and in some ways uniquely part of state history. Now, as the organization begins resettling refugees of the war in…
The Great Lakes, Everglades, Chesapeake Bay, Puget Sound. What do these national treasures have that the Mississippi River does not? A dedicated federal restoration program. However, U.S. Representatives Betty McCollum (D-Minnesota), Cori Bush (D-Missouri), John Yarmuth (D-Kentucky), Steve Cohen (D-Tennessee)…
The Wright Call By Dave WrightThe signs had been there for a while. All one had to do was watch the news on television or glance at the newspaper or the internet. With COVID-19 cases and deaths on the rise,…
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…
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