The Minnesota House of Representatives has approved the expenditure of nearly $80 million in state lottery money on greater than 100 environmental projects across the state.
Among the many projects winning support Thursday were $7 million for the University of...
On Saturday afternoon, December 9, around 50 activists gathered outside the Smith Foundry in Minneapolis’s Phillips neighborhood. The group called for the closing of the foundry, citing pollution concerns and the Environmental Control Agency’s (EPA) findings that the Smith...
Neighborhood residents have petitioned the Minnesota Court of Appeals in an try to block the University of St. Thomas from constructing a brand new college sports arena at Cretin and Grand avenues in St. Paul.
With the goal of hosting...
In divining the essence of “The Good Life in Minnesota,” the authors of the 1973 Time magazine cover story steadily alluded to a remarkable reverence among the many state’s people for his or her well-watered and richly diverse natural...
Not way back, Gary Todd drew up a citizen’s petition demanding an environmental assessment of St. Paul’s hotly-debated Summit Avenue Regional Trail, with special give attention to how trees along the proposed 4.5-mile trail route could be impacted by...
West Maka Ska neighborhood, Minneapolis
MinnPost file photo by Bill Lindeke
A Minnesota court and law has dealt a serious blow this month to the newest trend in urban planning theory — densification and the elimination of single-family zoning. The implications...
When town of St. Paul planned a whole demolition and rebuild of the Hamline-Midway Library at 1558 W. Minnehaha Ave., a coalition of neighborhood residents and historic preservationists objected. They successfully petitioned for the library, inbuilt 1930, to be...
The Metropolitan Council has postponed a Wednesday vote on St. Paul’s proposed Summit Avenue bikeway after opponents petitioned state regulators for an elaborate environmental assessment.
The petition cites the 4.5-mile bikeway’s potential impact on the trees, layout and historic character...
DFL lawmakers had residents of north Minneapolis testify in regards to the oft-maligned Northern Metals recycler that was tagged with state sanctions for polluting air — and altering records — but has since moved to Becker.
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The Minnesota Legislature passed...
Democrats who control the Minnesota Legislature are planning to boost fees on one area of out of doors recreation: watercraft registrations.
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Minnesota lawmakers won’t hike the worth of fishing licenses or state park permits under a budget deal...
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...
