‘Our biggest competition is apathy’: a Q&A with St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter
Carter, up for re-election this year, discusses his 2022 budget, policing — and what he wants to do with second term
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What to know about St. Paul’s 2022 budget
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 to know about Minneapolis’ government structure ballot measure, aka the ‘strong mayor’ question
What the amendment says, and what it would mean for the city if approved.
Last year, Minneapolis police announced a new policy on no-knock warrants. Since then, they’ve asked for 90 of them.
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.
Minneapolis continues to see stark gaps in vaccination rates across the city
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.
From ‘St. Paul: An Urban Biography’: Labor strife — and accommodation
Labor disputes in St. Paul typically were small-scale and short-term, and organizers made liberal use of ostensible St. Paul communitarian values to coerce city employers to display social responsibility.
Noting matters: a much too detailed look at the Minneapolis City Council’s charter amendment ‘explanatory language’ saga
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.
Clad intentions: Minneapolis considers codifying what materials can be used for building exteriors
Builders and developers have pushed back on the idea, questioning whether the city should be in the business of deciding which materials — and how much of them — they can use.
Three takeaways from most recent Minneapolis City Council campaign finance reports
Recently filed reports offer some insight into the election six weeks before early voting begins.
The push for rent control in St. Paul, explained
What a proposed ballot measure says, what it would do, and what advocates and opponents say it could mean for the city.
WTF is TOPA? And why are people in Minneapolis getting mailings about it?
Explaining the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act.
Southwest LRT’s rocky mess
Project delays and cost overruns could be measured in years and hundreds of millions of dollars.
Reviving Lake Street: Nonprofit community groups spearheading recovery
While the Lake Street Council continues to assist with recovery efforts throughout the Lake Street corridor, other nonprofit groups are focusing their work on key Lake Street intersections.
What is going on with Minneapolis’ bike-share program?
Nice Ride first came to town in 2010 and has weathered financial problems, ridership issues and a host of other challenges in the years since.
In a bid to offer more affordable housing options, Minneapolis council members propose bringing back the rooming house
In the Single Room Occupancy model, residents rent individual rooms but share bathrooms and kitchens with others in the building.
The Minneapolis Council is set to approve plans for distributing the first chunk of the city’s ARP funds. Here’s where the money is going.
Minneapolis’ share of ARP funding is $271 million, though the city is planning to spend the money in phases, with the council set to approve the first phase on Friday.
During the pandemic, rents went down in New York and San Francisco. Why not the Twin Cities?
Rents have been on a slow, steady rise in Minneapolis and St. Paul for years.
Four takeaways from the Minneapolis DFL’s mayoral endorsement process
What happened, and what it could mean for the general election.
Why the involvement of U.S. Marshals complicates potential legal proceedings around the killing of Winston Smith
Though Smith was shot by sheriffs deputies from Hennepin and Ramsey Counties, they were acting under the authority of the U.S. Marshals Service, part of the federal government.
Remembering the Uptown Theatre’s early days
In 1916, In an effort to appeal to a middle-class audience that considered movie-going not quite respectable, the theater promised it would show “high class pictures at all times, including Metro, Fox, and Triangle productions.”
