Will Thor Construction’s closure affect plans for the Upper Harbor Terminal?
Council member Phillipe Cunningham is confident any replacement for Thor will meet the city and community’s expectations, especially around including people of color.
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Paper, plastic, neither, both? Assessing a grocery-bag fee in Minneapolis
A grocery bag fee probably would reduce their use — but that has some side effects.
New metro BRT lines could be DOA without a little TLC from the Legislature
Several BRT projects are currently on regional leaders’ funding wishlist, but much of what happens with those priorities will depend on what happens at the Legislature.
Meet the guy who wants to change the way Minneapolis elects city council members
Tom Basting’s interest local politics was activated by the fight over Minneapolis 2040. But now he’s focused on something bigger: altering the very way the city chooses its leaders.
There’s no good time to find out you have cancer — but the middle of a tight city council race seems like a particularly bad time
Jillia Pessenda had just turned 35 when she got the phone call from the Masonic Cancer Center at the University of Minnesota.
Accessory dwelling units were supposed to help ease the Twin Cities’ housing crunch. How’s that working out?
Four years after allowing the structures, Minneapolis has permitted 137 ADUs.
Never take a good street parade for granted
Can MayDay and Grand Old Day find a way to march toward a sustainable future?
Southwest LRT construction is about to get real. What that could mean for you
The latest on Southwest LRT and what we know now about the construction schedule for the 14.5-mile, Minneapolis-to-Eden Prairie route.
Six takeaways from Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey’s State of the City address
Frey’s second State of the City address focused on police training, housing problems and economic growth.
‘Anchor strategy’: Twin Cities’ urban-revitalization methods stand out
Anchor institutions — including colleges, universities, nonprofits and health care organizations — join with neighbors to boost inner-city communities.
The Minneapolis Public Housing Authority is changing the way it does business, and some city council members are worried about it
An agreement with the Minneapolis Public Housing Authority is the latest step in efforts to ensure the city maintains as much affordable housing as possible.
Downtown Minneapolis is death to birds. So what is anybody doing about it?
One local effort meant to reduce bird collisions, Lights Out, asks building owners to turn off unnecessary lights from midnight to dawn during two key migration periods.
It sure seems like there’s going to be single-family homes at the Ford site development
Ford currently owns the 122-acre site along the Mississippi River in the Highland Park neighborhood. For years, the company made it clear that it did not want single-family homes included in future development of the site. That has changed.
Members of Minneapolis boards and commissions are older, whiter, and more likely to be homeowners than the overall population. The city wants to change that.
The roughly 300 appointees that serve on the city’s various advisory boards — ranging from the Transgender Equity Council to the city’s Planning Commission — have input on all types of policies and initiatives that come out of City Hall.
Report highlights growing number of homeless seniors in Minnesota
The Wilder report found other notable trends among Minnesota’s homeless population. Among them: that the number of people sleeping under bridges, alongside roads or in vehicles — anywhere outside — has more than doubled since 2015.
Map: Who’s supposed to fix that %@#$ing Minneapolis pothole?
Three levels of government share responsibility for patching potholes on most Minneapolis public roads.
Carter touts public safety initiatives, successes in ‘State of Our City’ address
The speech added to a growing list of goals for St. Paul from Carter around criminal justice, many of which prioritize investments in schools, parks, libraries and housing over that of policing.
Here are the neighborhood restaurants in Minneapolis that have applied for full service liquor licenses
In the wake of the city changing its charter, Minneapolis officials have so far approved almost a dozen applications for full liquor service at neighborhood restaurants, with at least seven more approvals likely coming soon.
Lawmakers look to close campaign finance loophole affecting Minneapolis elections
The bill attempts to resolve a campaign finance disclosure gap illustrated most recently by an effort in 2017 by the group Minneapolis Works on behalf of several incumbent Minneapolis city council members.
Yes, the race for St. Paul City Council has already started
Five candidates are vying for open seat in Ward 6 and there are two other races in which first-time candidates are challenging long-time incumbents.