City Council members hope officials can enforce the ban without issuing a slew of tickets, but opponents are worried that people of color will be disproportionately targeted.
With council elections coming up in November, MinnPost asked each candidate where they stood on “rent stabilization.” Here’s how they responded.
It was rising crime on platforms and vehicles that led the Legislature to change how Metro Transit deals with safety in part by shifting fare enforcement from cops to civilians.
After crisis treatment, clients can stay for longer-term intensive treatment at People Incorporated’s Chicago Avenue program.
The incumbents seeking re-election support the 1% hike. The remaining candidates are split.
Plans for Power 104.7 include brief news segments between sets of music.
See who’s on the ballot where you live — and where the candidates stand on several hot topics like rent control, police department spending, sales taxes and trash collection.
The task force has until February to recommend whether the Legislature should make the Met Council an elected body or adopt other changes in governance.
After grappling with “what it means to be a white man shot in the struggle for Black liberation,” Stevenson decided to run for office. If he wins, he’ll unseat a pioneering Black and trans politician.
Seattle’s experience with a ban on public pot use could offer lessons to Minnesota cities now grappling with whether to limit pot use in public places, and a possible preview to how enforcing those bans could turn out here.
Families of loved ones killed by police are concerned about the BCA’s involvement in distributing funds to survivors.
City Council members advanced a plan to buy 57,000 additional square feet in a building they’re already redeveloping as a First Precinct headquarters.
HHS sent a formal request that DEA move marijuana from its schedule I list of drugs to schedule III.
The advocates’ attorneys said the city’s demands are “extremely atypical” and “feel intimidating.” The City Attorney said there’s nothing abnormal about its requests.
The sign of progress offers some hope to St. Paul neighbors that concerns about accumulating delays – and trash – at the site might soon be addressed.
Treasure Island Resort and Casino includes the second-largest hotel in the state, a golf course and employs between 1,500 and 1,700 people.
The Transit Signal Priority System Planning working group is looking at signals as well as bus stop locations, bus stop spacing, bus lanes and curb extensions.
Council members said they wanted to understand how their vote would connect with a recently announced funding deal for the troubled Southwest Light Rail project.
In the first month, the 10% sales tax brought in $594,461 from 571 businesses. That means total sales were $5.94 million.
