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R.I.P., Alice Rainville

By Paul Demko | 03.05.09 | 5:01 pm

Alice Rainville, the first female president of the Minneapolis City Council, died this morning. She was 80 years old.
Rainville was appointed to the post (then known as “alderman”) in 1975 and spent 22 years on the council, including a…

City Hall Monitor: E.J. Dionne gives Minneapolis City Council President Barbara Johnson a shout out

By Chris Steller | 06.02.08 | 2:56 pm

Over the weekend, the Washington Post’s E.J. Dionne included Minneapolis City Council President Barbara Johnson in a column on how women in elective office view Sen. Hillary Clinton’s current travails. The nationally syndicated column included Johnson’s…