State lawmakers try to find a meaningful way to deal with an issue that has been unaddressed for decades - in a place where relationships are often marked by vast power imbalances.
Politics + Public Policy
St. Paul has the region's highest percentage of people living in poverty, at 40.8 percent.
Taxes, bonding, and the fallout from a sexual harassment scandal are all expected to be addressed during the upcoming session.
We spoke with the man tasked with implementing the project, Adam Fetcher, about how and why the North Loop-based clothing company decided to take on one of today’s most urgent problems.
Minneapolis’ new mayor on his early agenda and healing the city’s relationship with business.
The budget is the second since the state Supreme Court tossed out a key source of revenue for the city — and the first to deal with the full brunt of that ruling.
The forecast was released at an already complicated time. The relationship between Gov. Mark Dayton and GOP leaders remains rocky, and lawmakers are facing a short session at the start of a major election year.
The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community was first recognized by the federal government in 1969. Today, it’s a force to be reckoned with.
Reading simple voter sentiments into complex election results is always dicey, but it would be hard to see the results in both cities as a rejection of those who've supported development and greater housing density.
The government’s proposed tax bill would kill the federal historic tax credit, a key financing tool for developers.
Business leaders expect to finish the year with a stable pace in hiring and investing in their companies.
McMahon met with local small business owners, including Hen House Eatery, Wood from the Hood, and Element Gym.
On Thursday, an advisory committee took the step recommending a route and a mode of transit for the project. But there are many, many more decisions to come.
There are hundreds of listings throughout the Twin Cities, despite them all being illegal.
The wall has fed a narrative that the regional governing body lacks transparency, and that it cooperates with local officials only when it is convenient for the Met Council.
One expert estimates that eliminating the state and local tax deduction could pay for 15 to 25 percent of the GOP’s entire tax plan.
Under the Minneapolis wage law, franchise owners must boost wages faster than other small businesses.
St. Cloud’s city administrator called the city council’s current version of the ordinance a “hybrid” of its existing law and of what had been enacted in Edina.