The first year of the Central Corridor project to build a light-rail line in St. Paul suffered from communication lapses, haphazard planning, and inattention to community concerns — and that's according to the government agency that manages the project. An MPR investigation reveals just how systemic some of the glitches were.
(01/23/2012)
A group representing 15 money-transfer companies in Minnesota says the businesses stopped sending remittances to Somalia as of Thursday.
(12/29/2011)
The Amsterdam opened in September in a vacant restaurant space owned by the city. The two owners -- Jon Oulman and his son Jarret -- were wooed by Mayor Chris Coleman's staff after seeing what their 331 music club had done in northeast Minneapolis.
(12/27/2011)
About 60 families in St. Paul might be forced out of their apartments next month because of dangerous living conditions.
(12/21/2011)
The state's two largest cities approved their 2012 budgets Wednesday evening. Minneapolis passed a budget that held the property tax levy flat, while St. Paul voted to raise its levy by nearly 5 percent.
(12/14/2011)
Clergy and community leaders in north Minneapolis are calling on five major banks to halt home-mortgage foreclosures this winter.
(12/13/2011)
St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman is proposing to raise the city's property tax levy next year, but not by as much as originally planned.
(12/12/2011)
Somali money-transfer companies in Minnesota are preparing to close Friday unless a solution can be reached with one of the last remaining U.S. banks to do business with them.
(12/07/2011)
After a long and frustrating construction season, University Avenue in St. Paul is getting closer to normal.
(12/01/2011)
For the past decade, a change in immigration law has sent foreign-born spouses of U.S. citizens back to their home countries to obtain visas. For some, it has resulted in a high-stakes waiting game, and that's how 26-year-old Alyssa Garcia lost her husband.
(11/28/2011)
A plan to share Minnesota's statewide database of local police records with the FBI moved one step closer to reality Friday.
(11/18/2011)
New breweries and neighborhood restaurants serving alcohol in Minneapolis will find it easier to cozy up next to churches under a measure approved Friday.
(11/18/2011)
The FBI has asked Minnesota officials to opt into a federal criminal and investigative database, but critics are concerned the database could erode privacy rights.
(11/18/2011)
In the city's first test of ranked choice voting, St. Paul City Council member Dave Thune has won re-election to his Second Ward seat.
(11/14/2011)
Witnesses provided police with a detailed description of the camouflage-colored pickup truck that struck the bicyclist, including the license plate number.
(11/14/2011)
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