The rise and fall of Minneapolis’ Working Families Agenda
Six months after Mayor Betsy Hodges made the agenda the focus of her state of the city address, the once-ambitious plan is now a lot less ambitious.
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State of play: How Bill McGuire and MLS are likely to get everything they ever wanted in a soccer stadium
Nobody wanted another stadium war — to have one city played off against another yet again. But five months after Minnesota was awarded an MLS franchise, that’s exactly what we’ve got.
Minneapolis mayor’s proposed 2016 budget includes tax levy increase
Only after talking about new spending across city government — in public safety, housing, social programs and the arts (among others) — did Mayor Betsy Hodges mention taxes.
Game on? Hennepin County jumps into soccer stadium fray
Commissioner Peter McLaughlin said the county is deeply involved in getting a soccer stadium built in Minneapolis: “I think we can do it,” he said. “We have to do it.”
Mayor Hodges’ Vatican meeting brings Minnesota’s vision for combatting human trafficking to world stage
Minnesota did not simply “decriminalize” trafficked youth but made a good faith effort to actually meet their needs so they did not need to return to selling sex for lack of other options.
‘Hell yeah’: Documents detail aggressive effort by St. Paul officials around soccer stadium
St. Paul’s interest in hosting a Major League Soccer stadium didn’t begin after Minneapolis missed an alleged July 1 deadline — but at least two and a half months earlier.
Video: Mayor Betsy Hodges recaps first year — in haiku! — at MinnRoast 2015
Hodges today, Emmer tomorrow. We’re starting to post video excerpts from hilarious appearances on the MinnRoast stage.
MinnRoast 2015 slide show #4
Photos from the variety show featuring Gov. Mark Dayton, Rep. Tom Emmer, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Mayor Betsy Hodges, Sen. Al Franken and more.
Why did Minnesota United’s owners even bother asking for a property tax exemption for a new stadium?
After promising to spend $150 million of their own money on a stadium, the team’s owners aren’t going to walk away over a few million bucks in taxes. So why even go there?
How Javier Morillo, a former academic, became the most talked-about political operative in the Twin Cities
“There is no one in public life who wants to take him on,” says one longtime DFL insider of Morillo, a local union leader who describes himself as a “thug in pastels.”
Mayor Betsy Hodges is back for MinnRoast 2015
It’s with pride that we announce Mayor Hodges will be returning to the Historic State Theatre stage on April 24 for this year’s MinnRoast fundraiser.
The 8 most talked-about urban affairs stories of 2014
A look at the issues that drove the conversation about urban affairs and public policy in the Twin Cities in 2014.
The real journalistic question of Pointergate
If you don’t believe that Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges was knowingly flashing a gang sign, then there is no story.
Video: Minnesota SPJ holds public forum on Pointergate
Minnesota SPJ hosted a public forum on the ethical issues raised by KSTP-TV’s “Pointergate” story at the University of Minnesota Monday night.
Minneapolis levy debate reveals fault lines among council members
A proposal to reduce the property tax levy revealed that a city council often viewed as politically monolithic — 12 of the 13 members are DFLers — may not be.
An open letter — about Minneapolis’ love of open letters
Pointergate raised a host of important issues. So why has so much of the public conversation about those issues been done without actually conversing?
Minneapolis police rolling out body camera program Friday
Most public interactions with the Minneapolis Police Department will now be recorded, Chief Janee Harteau told members of the city council.
Frustrated with Twin Cities media, police chief suggests using social media more to ‘get our message out’
The question is whether those social media efforts are a supplement for responding to media questions — or an alternative?
Minneapolis police to start testing body cameras
The MPD will begin a six-month field test as soon as mid-October.
Minneapolis has OK’d Southwest LRT. So what happens now?
First up, a new environmental impact statement — and, probably, a lawsuit.
