Minneapolis City Council rejects Dinkytown development moratorium
The proposal lost on a tie vote.
Two Cities
Two Cities covers City Hall politics in Minneapolis and St. Paul.
Karen Boros reports on Minneapolis City Hall. She started her journalism career covering Minneapolis politics for the Sun Newspapers and later became the City Hall reporter for WCCO-TV.
Joe Kimball, a former columnist and reporter for the Star Tribune, reports on St. Paul City Hall. He’s also the author of “Secrets of the Congdon Mansion,” the bestselling chronicle of the historic Congdon murders in Duluth.
This coverage is made possible by a grant from The Saint Paul Foundation.
Minneapolis mayoral candidate Andrew outlines his ‘business-friendly’ plan
“Everybody has a horror story” of dealing with the city, he said.
Two St. Paul endorsements differ on council race but agree on Coleman for mayor
Service Employees union goes with Dai Thao in Ward 1; St. Paul Chamber likes Noel Nix.
Disabilities activist Rick Cardenas championed downtown St. Paul LRT access with skyway elevator
City officials and advocates for disabled people say Cardenas kept on the pressure for the elevator, which they consider crucial to access.
Mayoral candidate Samuels’ safety plan would target 6 Minneapolis ‘crime families’
He also calls for tighter gun-show rules and reporting of lost and stolen guns.
State Fair forum offers lively Minneapolis mayoral debate over pension issue
The discussion offered a glimpse at how eight of the city’s 35 mayoral candidates differ on the topic.
Minneapolis mayoral candidates weigh in on affordable housing, homelessness
Seven of the 35 mayoral candidates participated in a forum sponsored by the Salvation Army.
Minneapolis ‘Victory Garden’ still going strong 70 years later at Dowling
The community gardeners on Saturday are celebrating the evolution of the 4-acre plot’s World War II roots.
City Council to honor St. Paul’s Nobel Peace Prize winner, Frank B. Kellogg
The U.S. senator and secretary of state co-authored an international pact to renounce war. Kellogg Boulevard is named for him.
Minneapolis council members unhappy with Southwest LRT options for trains, tunnels
With either tunnel option, freight trains would remain in the corridor — a deal-breaker for council members.
Minneapolis Mayor Rybak proposal: Cut property taxes by 1% in 2014
In his final budget address to the City Council, Rybak said increased state aid and other factors led to the tax cut proposal.
Mayor Coleman proposes no property tax increase in St. Paul
The increase in state aid will keep the levy flat, he said, with proposed overall spending up less than half a percent.
St. Paul election slate is set: four for mayor, seven for District 1 council seat
Five candidates are running for three school board seats.
Without Rybak in the race, Minneapolis mayor’s race draws 35 candidates
The low $20 filing fee and no incumbent were factors in the large crop of candidates.
Minneapolis mayoral candidates grow to 32, including Capt. Jack Sparrow
Filings close at 5 p.m. Tuesday, so there could be even more. And with ranked-choice voting, they’ll all be on the November ballot.
Minneapolis teacher Jim Thomas drops out of mayor’s race, endorses Andrew
Thomas, perhaps the most progressive candidate in the race, had pushed hard on public education issues.
New candidate in St. Paul mayor’s race wants better street maintenance
Kurt Dornfeld, running as an independent, is a city street-maintenance worker.
Candidate Matt Hill drops out of St. Paul council race; six still seek Ward 1 seat
Hill, a member of the Heritage Preservation Commission, decided over the weekend to step aside but isn’t endorsing another candidate yet.
Mayor Rybak to make his 12th — and last — budget proposal Thursday
The noon speech will be in the Thrivent Financial auditorium.
Mayor Coleman’s budget speech is Wednesday at new Matsuura Machinery headquarters
He’ll deliver the address at the new international facility for the machine tool maker, which opened this spring on Randolph near the river.