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Dozens of Minneapolis campaign, PAC financials delayed or missing

By Chris Steller | 09.24.09 | 9:19 am

Although Minneapolis held no primary election this year, candidates for city office still had to file “pre-primary” campaign-finance reports under a new ordinance passed this summer. Yet for two weeks after the Sept. 8 deadline, confusion and other delays kept a couple dozen candidate and political committee reports from reaching the public.

A new low(e): Ads proposed for Minneapolis parks

By Chris Steller | 05.28.08 | 2:42 pm

Bus windows and skyways get covered in ads; are public parks next? Minneapolis taxpayers could soon be greeted at their city parks by banners advertising a national home improvement chain that has no stores in the…