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Minnesota railroads share in $2.4 billion value of federal transportation improvement grants

The federal government is handing out $2.4 billion in railroad grants to assist pay for 122 projects nationwide with greater than half of the cash going to smaller railroads, including in Minnesota. The grants announced Tuesday by the Federal Railroad...

Southwest light rail price tag as much as $2.86 billion

Light rail track shown within the Highway 62 LRT tunnel. Metropolitan Council Welcome to the Glean, MinnPost’s twice-daily roundup of Minnesota news. Janet Moore on the Star Tribune reports Jim Alexander, the project director for the Southwest light rail line, informed the...

Minnesota State Office Constructing renovation will cost nearly half a billion dollars. What’s behind the worth?

A renovation and expansion of the Minnesota State Office Constructing, where 134 members of the state House have offices in addition to the secretary of state, is anticipated to cost near half a billion dollars — a price tag...

Minnesota lawmakers approved as much as $1 billion for housing. Where is it going?

Amina Deble’s heart breaks each time she visits her elderly aunt or one other Somali-American senior attempting to get by in a cramped, one-bedroom Twin Cities apartment. She likens the housing units she’s seen to small prison cells. “They take...

3M reaches agreement to pay greater than $10 billion in ‘eternally chemicals’ settlement

Welcome to the Glean, MinnPost’s twice-daily roundup of Minnesota news. 3M has announced it has reached an agreement to pay greater than $10 billion in settlement money “to resolve lawsuits over drinking water contaminated by PFAS — so-called ‘eternally chemicals,'”...

St. Paul school board approves first $1 billion budget

The St. Paul school board on Tuesday night approved its first billion-dollar budget for the approaching academic yr. The $1.035 billion in spending would require the district to dip into its general fund reserves to cover a $34 million revenue...

St. Paul Public Schools plans $1 billion budget for 2023-24 school 12 months

St. Paul Public Schools plans to spend greater than $1 billion to fund its operations in the approaching academic 12 months. A draft budget outlined Tuesday would see the district draw $34 million from its general fund reserves to bridge...

Daniel Snyder-Josh Harris group reach agreement on $6.05 billion sale of Washington Commanders: reports

Daniel Snyder reportedly has reached an agreement in principle to sell the NFL’s Washington Commanders for $6.05 billion to a gaggle led by Philadelphia 76ers and Latest Jersey Devils owner Josh Harris. Harris, who is also a minority owner of...

Tracking Gov. Walz’s spending plans for the $17.6 billion surplus

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has made it clear he desires to leverage the state’s historic $17.6 billion budget surplus to satisfy a few of Democrats’ long-standing priorities. The governor has already proposed roughly $12 billion in latest spending — including...

Wells Fargo hit with $3.7 billion in penalties for ‘widespread mismanagement’

Welcome to the Glean, MinnPost’s twice-daily roundup of Minnesota news. At CNN Matt Egan says, “Federal regulators fined Wells Fargo a record $1.7 billion on Tuesday for ‘widespread mismanagement’ over multiple years that harmed over 16 million consumer accounts. The...
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St. Paul prevails in legal fight to raze, replace historic Hamline-Midway Library

Following 16 months of litigation, a Ramsey County district judge has given the town of St. Paul the go-ahead...
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St. Paul-based Securian Financial lays off 58 employees across departments

Securian Financial has notified 58 employees — roughly 2% of its total workforce — that their roles with the corporate are being eliminated in...

U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum seeks thirteenth term in rematch with May Lor Xiong in 4th District

Longtime St. Paul Democratic U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum is in search of one other term in Minnesota’s Fourth Congressional District and again faces May...

Believed to have been the oldest working nurse in Minnesota, Joyce Gimmestad retired at 88. She reflects on 7 many years in healthcare

Joyce Gimmestad hoped to succeed in 90 before retiring from being a nurse. Still, she retired on June 22, at 88, attributable to a...

Family of 83-year-old St. Paul man killed in hit-and-run: ‘We’ll forgive you. … Please turn yourself in’

For 30 years, John Bidon took each day runs around Lake Phalen near his St. Paul home. He’d stretch it out to 5 miles...