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A $15 minimum wage in St. Paul? Facebook-focused ballot initiative fizzles in...
The "15 in 16" ballot initiative -- the latest effort to raise St. Paul's minimum wage to $15 per hour -- was born on Facebook at 4:16 p.m. Jan. 1, 2016. It died less than five days later at 8:10 a.m....
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St. Paul's neighborhood restaurants will learn the fate of their gin and...
Big changes could be coming to St. Paul's restaurant industry -- but one key step remains before new neighborhood establishments can serve up gin and tonics. The St. Paul City Council on Wednesday...
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Macalester students in Paris for COP21 climate change talks
Don't tell the Donald, but as many as 70 Minnesotans will be in Paris this week for COP21, an international climate change conference of world leaders. Macalester College professor Roopali Phadke is...
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St. Paul Strong sounds alarm over neighborhood restaurant liquor licenses
An effort to allow more neighborhood restaurants to serve hard alcohol came and went before the St. Paul Charter Commission with little visible objection, at least on the surface. The commission voted...
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Did the St. Paul Regional Labor Federation's negative campaigning cost Darren...
In St. Paul's Ward 2 city council race, the results are in! And the loser is... negative campaigning? In the final weeks of the Ward 2 campaign, glossy mailers sent out by the St. Paul Regional Labor...
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St. Paul City Council candidate campaign finance reports are IN!
Voters interested in the St. Paul City Council races may be titillated to know the two-week pre-election campaign finance reports are in. Political money. There's fascinating nuggets to be gleaned...
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The Loon Army advances, and St. Paul forms a Midway advisory committee
Psst! Hey, you! Have you joined the Loon Army? It's only $50 down and $1,120 - $195 per season to rally around the home team, with the home team being professional soccer. Minnesota United FC has yet...
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An updated list of St. Paul school board, city council candidate forums and...
What do the candidates for St. Paul City Council think about locally-grown veggies and healthy eating? How about landlords' rights and real estate ordinances? What would the St. Paul school board...
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A lawsuit of Biblical proportions? St. Paul responds to Rock of Ages
The city of St. Paul gets sued from time to time (ok, ok, who are we kidding? A LOT) but how often does the city get sued by a church that no longer exists, at least not in physical form? The walls of...
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Who will you support for St. Paul School Board and City Council? The 2015...
The 2015 Voter's Guide is here. The St. Paul School District and City Council candidates are all listed, complete with pictures and links to their campaign websites. Voting. Bon apetit! The post Who...
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DFL CANDIDATE KARAOKE SHOCKER! Hosko claims parking meter "cover-up."...
The Scoop is a journalistic veteran of many election cycles in multiple states and two countries, so it's little surprise when the fur starts flying a few weeks before the ballots are counted. And the...
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Neighborhoods First! is dead-set against tax exemptions for Major League Soccer
Debbie Meister lives just west of Ayd Mill Road and a few blocks south of Selby Avenue, which puts her near the center of any number of transit-related issues in St. Paul. Make Ayd Mill Road a linear...
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Vacant building numbers down as St. Paul hits record for real estate...
When it comes to real estate construction, there's a lot more money coming into St. Paul -- especially downtown St. Paul -- than at any time on record. Meanwhile, home and commercial building vacancies...
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Ruby Hunt, 91, to St. Paul City Council: Man up!
Over a year ago, the St. Paul City Council demanded to know why a legal settlement with the owners of Black Bear Crossings on the Lake, a Como Pavilion coffee shop, was costing taxpayers $800,000. More...
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Dave Thune's retirement party at Mancini's Char House next Monday night will...
Remember that time Dave Thune dropped a bag full of dead rats on the desk of Mayor Larry Cohen? Retirement. Thune, a rabble-rouser neighborhood activist in the 1970s, was trying to make a point about...
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St. Paul City Council President Russ Stark weighs in on proposed soccer stadium
St. Paul City Council President Russ Stark sent the following update on a proposed Major League Soccer stadium to his constituents this week. If a stadium deal comes together in St. Paul, it would be...
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St. Paul city council campaigns are spending from $31,000 to $12
Money isn't everything in a political race -- your bank account is not a reflection of your soul -- but if it were, some of the following political candidates would be going straight to campaign hell,...
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How much property tax would a soccer stadium generate if a soccer stadium...
If you've ever tried to mouth the words "how much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood" and gotten tripped up on the consonants (or the image), then you're in good company....
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What does Black Lives Matter think of a Major League Soccer stadium in St. Paul?
Trahern Crews is an authorized spokesman for Black Lives Matter St. Paul (and yes, there are some unauthorized folks out there, like this curious State Fair t-shirt salesman who has taken to selling...
View ArticleIt's St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman's birthday today.
It's hizzoner's birthday, and here's the invite to "Music for the Mayor" that went out a couple weeks ago, which lists more co-hosts than Coca-Cola has vice presidents. Email addresses have been...
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