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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...

Minnesota’s Starting Farmer Tax Credit seen as an early success, but with room for improvement  

Matthew Haubrich, a farmer in Renville County, has been capable of participate for multiple years within the Starting Farmer Tax Credit program by getting the landowner that he leases from to participate. Courtesy of Matthew Haubrich Minnesota’s Starting Farmer Tax Credit...

John Mannillo: What makes an ‘improvement district’ work? Trust and independence

How can St. Paul attract recent private investment to its downtown? How can we attract more vitality, more people and spending? After the pandemic, cities throughout the country are battling the identical problem. I used to be disenchanted but not...

Downtown Alliance won’t expand improvement district to West Seventh

St. Paul’s Downtown Improvement District won't expand to incorporate West Seventh Street because the St. Paul City Council on Wednesday opted to not vote on the proposal after a contentious few weeks of talks. Last spring, several West Seventh business...

A move to expand St. Paul downtown improvement district is postponed

The St. Paul City Council on Wednesday postponed a choice about expanding an improvement district to incorporate a portion of West Seventh Street. Since 2020, the development service district has stretched across much of downtown, as much as but not...

St. Paul: Several W. seventh Street businesses resist inclusion in downtown improvement district, say safety is priority

On the Apostle Supper Club in downtown St. Paul, restaurateur Brian Ingram flinches before urging loiterers to mosey down the road. “You ask them to maneuver, they throw a brick through the window,” said Ingram on Tuesday. “Our windows get...

West Seventh businesses in St. Paul petition to affix Downtown Improvement District

A series of West Seventh Street businesses have petitioned to affix the St. Paul Downtown Improvement District, a dues-based business association that employs greeters, or street team ambassadors, and provides services like trash and graffiti clean-up. It likey will take...

St. Paul’s Lowertown advocates propose condo-driven improvement district

In St. Paul’s Lowertown neighborhood, downtown developer John Mannillo is leading an effort to prepare some 4,000 or more condominium owners around a proposed residential improvement district. The district would collect dues from condo owners and devote them toward neighborhood...

Downtown St. Paul to have fun neighborhood improvement program Tuesday

The St. Paul Downtown Improvement District will host a community event on Tuesday to have fun the work of its street ambassadors. The party will likely be held 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Landmark Plaza with food trucks, live...
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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...