A coalition of self-described fiscal watchdogs has released a wide-ranging, 18-page report intended to lift alarm in regards to the state of St. Paul’s funds and monetary outlook, from rising property taxes to a shrinking downtown tax base.
The report...
Mayor claims there’s no money to save lots of homeless shelterMayor Jacob Frey’s office and city staff threatened cuts to a Northside park, work on non-police alternatives, racial equity audits, and informing employees about advantages enrollments after town council...
A small crowd of educators and oldsters gathered together across the road from Lucey Laney Elementary School on Thursday afternoon, March 7, to reply to the “threat of budget cuts” from Minneapolis Public Schools.
The district announced in its latest...
With a greater than $108 million deficit looming, St. Paul Public Schools is seeking to cut spending to maintain its budget balanced.
After-school programs, teacher prep time, food service and custodial staff funding are some top items set to see...
From expiring pandemic aid to declining enrollment, Minnesota school districts face financial pressure. Public school advocates and community organizations say long-term improvements, not short-term cuts, are the reply. In a survey from the Association of Metropolitan School Districts, large...
Sometimes it appears that evidently Republicans and DFLers within the state are Minnesotans separated by a typical language, with Wednesday’s release of projections of state spending and tax collections being the most recent example.
Where one saw excellent news, one...
Kenilworth LRT Tunnel in Minneapolis.
Metropolitan Council
It's what passes for excellent news for a transportation construction project that is usually prefaced with the word “troubled.”
The managers of the Southwest Light Rail Transit project now are saying that the most recent...
The Minneapolis City Council last week adopted Mayor Jacob Frey’s $1.8 billion 2024 budget after nearly 50 amendments shifting around almost $30 million.
MinnPost file photo by Peter Callaghan
Public safety was large focus of the newly adopted Minneapolis city budget...
St. Paul City Council
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Rose Schmidt at FOX 9 reports an estimated 43,000 people in St. Paul won’t be weighed down by medical debt after the St....
Gov. Tim Walz used the discharge of the forecast to back-pat himself and DFL lawmakers for the budget passed last May, which stays in balance through the tip of the present budget period.
MinnPost photo by Tom Olmscheid
Sometimes evidently Republicans...
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...
