Metro
Navigation centers have become a popular way for cities to address homelessness: giving people a place to sleep with few restrictions, where they can also get advice on housing, employment, addiction and other health issues.
Metro
An updated version of the proposed comprehensive plan is set to released sometime next week.
Metro
A $15 hourly minimum wage for St. Paul is almost certain to pass, based on the Council and mayor’s position. But we don’t yet know the specifics or how fast it’s going to happen.
Politics & Policy
Today, it’s not just cranes hovering over longtime Northeast residents — but increased costs. Between 2000 and 2015, the median home value in the area increased an average of 45 percent, while rents rose an average of 13 percent.
Politics & Policy
Right now, a growing number of Minneapolis renter households are spending more than half their incomes on housing.
Politics & Policy
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey wants to move eight police officers currently in desk jobs to beat work next year, backfilling their office positions with civilians. St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter, meanwhile, wants to shift money around to give all officers pay raises, among other plans.
Politics & Policy
Minneapolis officials want to clear the homeless encampment by the end of September. But that is probably just the beginning of an effort to connect the camp’s residents with shelter and other services before winter.
To save you the trouble of having to read every bit of fair food coverage, we created a meta-review based on critics’ takes from the Star Tribune, City Pages, Mpls.St. Paul Magazine and KARE 11.
Politics & Policy
City planners, housing experts and elected officials all pretty much agree that Minneapolis needs to build a lot more affordable places to live. What’s less clear is whether city officials understand how hard that’s going to be.
Politics & Policy
The mayor presented his 2019 budget in a 45-minute speech to about 50 people inside City Council chambers Wednesday morning.
