Hennepin County approves Southwest light rail; project moves one step closer to final approval
As part of its approval, the Hennepin Count Board also agreed to fund its portion of the project: $165 million.
Karen Boros reports on Minneapolis City Hall.
As part of its approval, the Hennepin Count Board also agreed to fund its portion of the project: $165 million.
The mayor also proposed more money to address racial equity, along with investments in public safety.
In one of Minneapolis’ toniest neighborhoods, height is at the heart of opposition to a proposed condo project.
If approved by voters the amendment would raise fees paid to run for mayor, council member, and park commissioner or to become a member of the Board of Estimate and Taxation.
Council members acknowledged that a resolution, as opposed to an ordinance, carries little authority.
The seven newest members of Minneapolis City Council have now been in office for six months. How are they doing?
Craig Taylor, Mayor Betsy Hodges nominee for CPED director, is approved by city council committee.
Sharing and Caring hands expands its facilities in the North Loop.
The City Council approves new regulations to govern taxis as well as the popular app-based ride-sharing services.
The initiative is part of a plan that will overhaul how both taxis and ride-sharing services like Lyft and Uber will be regulated in the city.
Following the deal struck between Minneapolis and the Met Council, Mayor Betsy Hodges defends the new LRT plan as “the most responsible way to move forward.”
New plan eliminates one tunnel and adds one station along the route.
Four months after it’s month-long moratorium, Minneapolis gets serious about dealing with teardowns and “granny flats”
More than 400 prople cast ballots on first day of voting for the Aug. 14 primary.
$300,000 will also come from the Convention Center and $95,000 from the office of the City Coordinator for the Peavey Plaza attraction.
A DEIS on the proposed Southwest Light Rail Line was completed in 2012 but that was before the plan included shallow tunnels in the Kenilworth Corridor.
The ban will go into effect on April 22, 2015 and applies to all food and beverage vendors.
The photos — showing every house, building and street from 1938 until 1983 — are moving from the City Hall clock tower to University of Minnesota digitizers.
The public will have no or limited access to ‘The Yard’ up to two months a year, and now an unknown entity might run it.
Can a council veteran and her ally, the Park Board’s president, reverse approval of a “one-story, no-pizzazz” building?
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By Karen Boros
May 21, 2014