Posted inState Government Walz open to giving up Met Council appointing authority, but can lawmakers agree on a solution? by Peter Callaghan 04/13/202302/08/2024
Posted inState Government Minnesota lawmakers ‘speechless’ after scathing legislative audit report on Southwest light rail transit by Peter Callaghan 03/15/202302/08/2024
Posted inMetro What’s new – and not new – in Southwest light rail auditor report by Peter Callaghan 09/09/202202/08/2024
Posted inMetro The $500 million question: Where exactly is the Met Council going to come up with the money to cover Southwest LRT cost overruns? by Peter Callaghan 03/22/202202/08/2024
Posted inTwin Cities Business Difficult questions remain about how the Southwest light rail project will be completed by Adam Platt 02/04/202202/06/2024
Posted inCommunity Voices Don’t put another train on the kids’ credit card by Kim Crockett 04/24/2017
Posted inPolitics & Policy Could Southwest Light Rail decide who controls the Minnesota Legislature? by Briana Bierschbach 09/08/201609/14/2016
Posted inPolitics & Policy Met Council secures final $145M for Southwest light rail — but the political cost may be much higher by Peter Callaghan 09/01/201609/01/2016
Posted inCommunity Voices Southwest LRT will help ease the mismatch between urban job seekers and metro jobs by Dane Smith 08/15/201608/24/2016
Posted inPolitics & Policy Political fights over light rail projects in Minnesota are nothing new by Iric Nathanson 05/06/201601/18/2017
Posted inD.C. Dispatches With 2016 budget, feds remain committed to funding Southwest LRT — now it’s up to the Legislature by Sam Brodey 02/11/201602/11/2016
Posted inPolitics & Policy Comments on Southwest LRT’s latest environmental impact statement reveal lingering concerns about safety by Peter Callaghan 07/27/201507/27/2015
Posted inPolitics & Policy Met Council approves revamped Southwest LRT funding plan by Peter Callaghan 07/09/201507/09/2015
Posted inPolitics & Policy Hennepin County’s Southwest LRT funding plan will mean less money for environmental cleanup by Peter Callaghan 07/08/201507/08/2015
Posted inPolitics & Policy Transportation bill provision sends Met Council scrambling to fund Southwest LRT planning by Peter Callaghan 06/30/201506/30/2015
Posted inPolitics & Policy Amid a celebration of the Green Line’s first year, a call for more light rail by Peter Callaghan 06/16/201506/16/2015
Posted inPolitics & Policy Southwest LRT price tag jumps to $2 billion by Peter Callaghan 04/27/201504/27/2015
Posted inPolitics & Policy Minneapolis Park Board relents in battle with Met Council; drops objection to Kenilworth Channel bridges by Peter Callaghan 02/27/201502/27/2015
Posted inPolitics & Policy Is the Minneapolis Park Board guided by lessons from the past — or haunted by its history? by Peter Callaghan 02/09/201502/10/2015
Posted inPolitics & Policy Two for the roads: comparing the parties’ transportation funding plans by Briana Bierschbach 01/13/2015