Solomon Gustavo covers local and regional government for MinnPost.
Earlier this year, the nonprofit Youthprise offered a financial lifeline to keep clinics at the city’s three biggest high schools open — albeit one that funds the program only through the end of the year.
November is on pace to be the deadliest month of the pandemic so far in Minnesota.
A Q&A with the Ward 10 council member.
In her announcement, Bender listed a series of accomplishments since she was first elected in 2013, including instituting a $15 minimum wage and guaranteed paid leave for workers in Minneapolis.
Plus: Kim Ellison retains seat and newcomer Sharon El-Amin wins one on Minneapolis Public Schools board.
Voters talk about their votes.
From bellwether Legislature races to congressional district vote totals, here are the things MinnPost writers will be paying attention to as Minnesota starts counting votes Tuesday.
The short answer is: it’s complicated.
Since the spring, numerous hotels in the suburb have been operating as makeshift shelters.
Three seats on the county’s seven-member Board of Commissioners are on the ballot this fall.
Four seats on the county’s seven-member Board of Commissioners are on the ballot this fall, including three open seats.
City council candidates in suburbs around the Twin Cities report that voters are asking if they’re planning on taking money away from the local force.
Why some advocates say the idea could play an important role in easing the area’s housing crunch.
The city’s deal to let the U.S. Postal Service use the site for a temporary post office means the building will remain standing through at least next year, and maybe longer.
Commissioners Mike Opat, Jan Callison and Jeff Johnson don’t always agree on policy, but they do agree on why it’s time for them to retire.
Since the St. Anthony police department started collecting data in 2017, the share of Black people its officers pulled over has increased each year.
A Q&A with Jamal Osman, who won the Aug. 11 special election for the Minneapolis City Council seat representing Ward 6.
One is procedural, but the other will determine just how often the city’s voters will be heading to the polls over the next decade.
A look at who’s running — and the issues that candidates are focused on.
Former Council Member Abdi Warsame’s departure left residents in the ward without a voice on the council as the body dealt with the aftermath of the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer — and the subsequent push by some members to dismantle the MPD.
