Project

Small theater, big impact: zAmya Theater Project tells stories drawn from real lifetime of homeless

Kris Jackson believes everyone should take care of their neighbors, homeless or not. Jackson and her daughter, Swazi, participated in zAmya Theater Project’s “A Prairie Homeless Companion” two years in a row. The show was created for the stage in...

Savion Glover’s PROjECt 9: A celebration of tap dance and musical collaboration

The atmosphere on the Dakota Club will pulse with the infectious rhythms and dynamic expressions of legendary tap dancer Savion Glover as he presents his latest show, PROjECt 9, on Oct. 10-11. Renowned for his progressive tap style and...

Gaps Project works to shut breast cancer mortality disparities

In 2021, Kris Newcomer and Pat Koppa founded the Breast Cancer Gaps Project. In response to their website, their mission is “to save lots of Black women’s lives from breast cancer through revolutionary, community-driven solutions. ”  Stay within the know....

Project 2025: A dire threat to America’s educational and social fabric

Since becoming a point of interest of a possible second Trump administration, the conservative Project 2025 has continued to disclose a harmful set of policies that threaten to upend and eliminate many social safety nets and demanding programs and...

Purple Genealogy celebrates 40 years of ‘Purple Rain’ with High School for the Recording Arts mural project

“There’s no way the three of us would have ever met each other were it not for Prince Rogers Nelson,” explained Cinzia Inzinna, as Norvis Long-Parker and Nadine Rivers-Johnson readily nod in agreement. Respectively, these three women hail from the...

Why troubled Southwest light rail project may finally be out of the woods on budget, timeline

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...

Met Council project engineer’s lawsuit alleges additional problems with change orders on Southwest light rail 

In a photograph from Dec. 3, 2023, the West Lake Street Station on the Southwest Light Rail extension stays under construction. MinnPost photo by H. Jiahong Pan The Southwest Light Rail Transit project has faced its share of tribulations. Cost overruns....

Study: Outlooks brightened but savings elusive during St. Paul’s guaranteed income project

In 2020, St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter used federal, state and philanthropic dollars to launch one in all the nation’s first municipal guaranteed income projects — $500 per thirty days for 150 low-income families with newborn children. The funds, issued...

How one can make traffic stops less nerve-wracking? St. Paul police hosting ‘Project Self Stop’ to offer info, taillight alternative vouchers

When St. Paul’s police chief is off duty, he appears like everyone else does after they notice a police squad behind them. “I begin to query, ‘Was I speeding? Did considered one of my taillights just exit? Did I'm going...

Record fundraising event for Jeremiah Project: Celebrating 25 years of disrupting generational poverty

An revolutionary program that breaks the grip of generational poverty is celebrating a quarter-century of service. The Jeremiah Program began small, with its initial program launched in Minneapolis in 1998. Today this system has expanded to 9 cities, including St. Paul...
- Advertisement -

Latest News

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...
- Advertisement -

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...

Alemar Cheese, longtime Minnesota producer of soppy French-style cheeses, moves to California

Alemar Cheese, an award-winning creamery that’s been positioned on the Food Constructing in Northeast Minneapolis since 2019, has packed up and moved west. Founder Keith...

Federal civil case against Minnesota State Trooper Ryan Londregan dismissed

MinnPost’s Each day Newsletter The most recent on the politics and policy shaping Minnesota. Enroll Welcome to the Glean, MinnPost’s twice-daily roundup of Minnesota news. Never miss...