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Jane Prince: St. Paul’s sales-tax initiative? It’s bait and switch

While there may be little doubt that St. Paul is facing a serious deterioration of streets, bridges and parks in Minnesota’s capital city, the campaign in support of the proposed 1% sales tax increase on Tuesday’s ballot fails to...

Marketing company initiative gets at combating overdoses in Minnesota

A nurse demonstrating the appliance of the Narcan nasal spray medication at a outpatient treatment center. REUTERS/Adrees Latif Minneapolis is facing an opioid epidemic with the town’s increasing overdose rates alarming many, including local marketing agency, SixSpeed. Grant Parsons, a creative director...

Business People: Operatic tenor Darius Gillard to guide impact initiative at Minnesota Opera

OF NOTE Darius Gillard Minnesota Opera, Minneapolis, announced the appointment of Darius Gillard as vice-president, impact. Gillard is a trained operatic tenor and previously was resident opera administrator with Pittsburgh Opera. FEDERAL RESERVE Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis announced the hire of Hue...

White House rolls out cybersecurity initiative as schools face devastating hacks

Along with First Lady Jill Biden, above, others expected to attend a White House summit include Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel. Bertrand Guay/Pool via REUTERS This story first appeared at...

St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter vetoes 2024 ballot query for childcare initiative

St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter on Thursday vetoed a city council measure to place funding of early childhood initiatives on the 2024 ballot. Carter expressed concern that the dedicated property tax levy would increase by $2 million annually in 10...

University of Minnesota and Minneapolis Police launch Dinkytown public safety initiative

The university has implemented quite a lot of measures to forestall crime and help police reply to criminal activity. MinnPost file photo by Peyton Sitz In recent times, a number of the neighborhoods surrounding the University of Minnesota – together with...

St. Paul Parks and Rec, Parks Conservancy join initiative to bring equity to play spaces for kids

St. Paul Parks and Rec and the St. Paul Parks Conservancy recently announced they've joined a national nonprofit effort dedicated to ending play space inequity across the country. The non-profit KABOOM!’s initiative is designed to “make sure that every child...

Descendants of enslaved Africans to receive $50 million as a part of wealth-building initiative

The promise of 40 acres and a mule An ambitious wealth-building initiative will provide 800 Black residents of Minnesota, South Dakota and North Dakota with $50,000 grants over the subsequent eight years to support economic justice and financial well-being for...

Minnesota initiative gains momentum to diversify corporate boards

Several women of color recently accomplished board training developed by leaders of the local chapter of Women Corporate Directors. Twin Cities Business Within the aftermath of George Floyd’s killing in 2020, Kim Nelson and other Minnesota members of Women Corporate Directors (WCD)...

LEGOs, playdough and more for local students due to grant initiative

Students in St. Paul, Eagan and Lakeville are on the receiving end of recent books and college supplies specializing in science, technology, engineering and arithmetic due to latest “Fund My Classroom” grants. The grant initiative, hosted by Western Governors University,...
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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...