Solomon Gustavo covers local and regional government for MinnPost. Email him at sgustavo@minnpost.com.
Ward 6, home to one of Minneapolis’ largest immigrant communities, ranks among the top wards for turnout during city election years — and among the bottom during presidential years.
As thefts of catalytic converters surge, Council Member Andrew Johnson is proposing to prohibit sales of used catalytic converters by anyone other than “bona fide” auto shops.
Minnesota also reported 94 COVID-19 deaths in the last week.
Campaign mailers distributed by All of Mpls, a political committee that is opposing the amendment, have said that approval of the measure “would remove the police department 30 days after the election with no timeline or plan for its replacement.”
Last month, the city extended the terms of the U.S. Postal Service’s lease of the site.
Unlike his colleague across the river, St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter has faced little serious competition in his bid for re-election. Why?
Carter, up for re-election this year, discusses his 2022 budget, policing — and what he wants to do with second term
Minnesota had 59 new COVID-19 deaths in the last week, up from 45 the week prior.
As the St. Paul City Council prepares to consider the city’s property tax levy this week, here’s what to know about its 2022 budget — and the millions of dollars coming the city’s way under the federal American Rescue Plan.
What the amendment says, and what it would mean for the city if approved.
Even though city officials contend their policy has made no-knock warrants safer — and not all of those warrants were necessarily carried out — critics of the practice have expressed surprise at the figures.
While more than 90 percent of residents in far southwest Minneapolis are fully vaccinated, less than 50 percent of residents in other parts of the city are.
The most recent data show 59.1 percent of Minnesotans have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, while 55.3 percent of Minnesotans have completed the vaccine series.
With the city finally, maybe, probably, finalizing what Minneapolis voters will encounter on their ballots this fall, here’s a look at what the questions will say — and how the city got there.
Recently filed reports offer some insight into the election six weeks before early voting begins.
What a proposed ballot measure says, what it would do, and what advocates and opponents say it could mean for the city.
Minnesota added 4,151 new COVID-19 cases in the seven days between July 28 and Aug. 3, for an average of 593 new cases per day.
Explaining the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act.
In the Single Room Occupancy model, residents rent individual rooms but share bathrooms and kitchens with others in the building.
The state reports 2,943,057, or 52 percent of the population, have completed the COVID-19 vaccination series.
