1+ week, 6+ hour ago   (1302+ words) Security costs for St. Paul’s new mayor have been trending higher than the previous administration’s, at a time when political violence has raised concerns and also as the city faces a projected $26 million budget gap for next year. Through July,…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1437+ words) Growing up as the daughter of a single mother hard-pressed to make ends meet in Green Bay, Wis., Liza Sterletske suffered schoolyard bullying over her lisp and hand-me-down clothes, but found refuge burrowing her head in books at her local…...

2+ week, 6+ hour ago   (747+ words) Ramsey County voters have a number of local offices to decide in the November election including whether to send Maria Isa Perez-Vega or Rebecca Noecker to the county board. The two advanced from the Aug. 11 primary and are competing for…...

2+ week, 23+ hour ago   (573+ words) For too long, St. Paul leaders with good intentions have chosen to pursue idealistic policy proposals. These proposals have admirable goals, often look promising on initial read, and sound great as quotes and slogans. But we’ve learned they don’t work…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (469+ words) Four years after first landing before planners at St. Paul City Hall, the fate of The Celia, a planned “condo quality” market-rate apartment building in Highland Park, remains up in the air. Developer Paster Properties submitted a site plan for…...

4+ week, 11+ hour ago   (1519+ words) Against the glassy backdrop of the newly reconstructed Hamline-Midway Library, St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her broke tough news to library patrons and workers. Her 2027 budget proposal would shutter a neighborhood library in Dayton’s Bluff, while cutting hours at recreation centers…...