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Election guide: Dakota, Ramsey and Washington county candidates, races, ballot questions

Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 5, but you possibly can vote early when you want. Times and locations vary for early voting, so check online together with your county elections office. General information in regards to the Nov. 5 election...

Candidates for the 2024 Queen of the Snows of the St. Paul Winter Carnival

Meet the nine candidates for the 2024 Aurora, Queen of the Snows of the St. Paul Winter Carnival. Julia Bina, sponsored by Hamernick’s Flooring Solutions Julia Bina (Courtesy of the St. Paul Winter Carnival) A lifelong science enthusiast, Bina earned a level...

Progressives proceed notching victories in St. Paul with candidates, sales tax query winning on ballot

On the Friday before St. Paul’s Nov. 7 election, city council member Mitra Jalali joined leaders of the St. Paul Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party and members of Faith in Minnesota/ISAIAH, a progressive interfaith advocacy organization, outside the Karibu Grocery and Deli...

Left-leaning candidates prevailed in open races for Minneapolis City Council

The Minneapolis City Council will likely be more evenly split between moderates and left-leaning council members after progressive candidates won open seats in Ward 7 and 12.  These wards represent downtown Minneapolis, Loring Park, Lowry Hill, Bryn Mawr, and...

A day door-knocking with St. Paul City Council Ward 3 candidates Saura Jost and Isaac Russell

Isaac Russell, left, and Saura Jost door knocking on Saturday, Oct. 28. MinnPost photos by Kyle Stokes In St. Paul, 4 candidates are vying for the Ward 3 City Council seat: Saura Jost, Isaac Russell, Patty Hartmann and Troy Barksdale. On the...

Minneapolis City Council Ward 12 2023 candidates: Aurin Chowdhury, Nancy Ford, Luther Ranheim

Voting in Minneapolis Ward 12? Now we have resources to aid you meet the candidates and prepare to vote.  Read the candidates’ full responses to a variety of questions from MinnPost by visiting our 2023 Minneapolis and St. Paul election...

11 candidates, 2 bond referendums and 1 tech levy: Voters in South Washington County have lots to come to a decision on Tuesday

There’s lots at stake within the South Washington County School District in Tuesday’s election. Voters can be electing three candidates to the college board and deciding whether to approve a $200 million, two-question bond referendum to fund improvements at the...

Letters: Rank the candidates in your ballot in St. Paul, voters

Rank your ballot in St. Paul St. Paul neighbors, get able to rank your ballot on Nov. 7. St. Paul held its first ranked voting election in 2011, and plenty of of us have change into accustomed to this user-friendly...

‘It’s a turnout race’: Which candidates profit if fewer people vote on this 12 months’s Minneapolis City Council election?

Jeremiah Ellison giving short remarks before campaign volunteers, including 4 fellow City Council incumbents and candidate Soren Stevenson, head out to knock on voters’ doors. MinnPost photo by Kyle Stokes Jeremiah Ellison’s strategy for holding onto his Minneapolis City Council seat...

St. Paul City Council Ward 3 2023 candidates: Isaac Russell, Saura Jost, Troy Barksdale, Patty Hartmann

Voting in St. Paul Ward 3? We now have resources to allow you to meet the candidates and prepare to vote.  Read the candidates’ full responses to a variety of questions from MinnPost by visiting our 2023 Minneapolis and St....
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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...