Politics & Policy
Navigation center begins welcoming people from Hiawatha Ave. tent encampment
The new site, on Cedar Avenue near the Franklin Avenue light-rail station, aims to temporarily house up to 120 people from the Hiawatha Avenue encampment.
Jessica Lee
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Politics & Policy
Momentum building to fill in Grand Rounds’ missing link
It’s an idea more than a century in the making: Minneapolis could one day have a massive trail system for bicyclists and pedestrians that encircles the whole city.
Metro
The debate around policing is similar in Minneapolis and St. Paul. How the cities are responding is not.
The mayors of both Minneapolis and St. Paul are looking at budgets that essentially reverse their original proposals for law enforcement spending.
Metro
As Minneapolis council moves toward finalizing 2019 budget, members focus on housing, public safety issues
The public will have one last chance to chime in on the budget, at a hearing Wednesday evening, before the council votes on last-minute changes and makes it final.
Metro
All the ways the City Council changed the Minneapolis 2040 plan
Here are main takeaways from the council’s latest work on the plan, and how the massive document will guide future policies on development, infrastructure, transportation and more.
Metro
Why this week was so important for the future of Southwest LRT — and where things go from here
Here’s what the latest developments mean for the $2 billion project — and what has to happen in the next weeks, months and years for the line between Minneapolis and Eden Prairie to actually start serving passengers.
Metro
‘We won this with hard work and some luck’: a Q&A with newly elected Hennepin County Sheriff Dave Hutchinson
Hutchinson talks about his plans for taking over the office, why he thinks he won and what he’s heard from his opponent Rich Stanek.
Metro
Looking for ‘a fresh start,’ Minneapolis parks board interviews two superintendent finalists
A contentious 2017 election has continued to shape how the board works — or doesn’t.
Metro
Election leads to historic shake-up in Hennepin County
The push for fresh faces extended to Ramsey County, where voters elected Trista MatasCastillo over current Commissioner Janice Rettman for the county’s board of commissioners.
Metro
As Stanek waits for official results, Hutchinson makes plans to take over Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office
Stanek’s campaign said it wouldn’t comment on Tuesday’s election until the group in charge of certifying county results, the Hennepin County Canvassing Board, reviews the vote totals at a meeting next Tuesday morning.