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...
View ArticleA 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...
View ArticleAn 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleSt. 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...
View ArticleDid 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...
View ArticleSt. 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...
View ArticleMacalester 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...
View ArticleSt. 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...
View ArticleA $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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