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AM.MN: Unemployed, unsure what to do? Elect Parry, says Parry

By Chris Steller | 01.21.10 | 8:00 am

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In Minnesota’s special state Senate election next Tuesday, DFLer Jason Engbrecht has the most money, the Independence Party’s Roy Srp has the most experience, but Republican Mike Parry has the most moxie: “I was…

Bean-feed nightmare spurred Coleman to end guv bid

By Chris Steller | 10.09.09 | 12:37 pm

Twenty years ago, a dream of being inside a movie-studio limousine when revolution breaks out made filmmaker Michael Moore swear off limo rides. It was a similar wrong-place, wrong-time nightmare that led St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman to…

St. Paul Mayor Coleman: ‘No shortcuts to economic prosperity’

By Chris Steller | 04.20.09 | 5:44 pm

“Shaken.” That’s a word Mayor Chris Coleman used to describe St. Paul during today’s State of the City address. “A near-collapse of financial markets” has already forced to make “significant cuts,” Coleman said. But he reminded citizens that CIty Hall was built during the Great Depression and promised that even in “excrutiating times,” St. Paul would continue to “refuse to be ordinary.”

Rybak touts Obamanomics: Will city get federal funds in return?

By Chris Steller | 01.12.09 | 1:21 pm

R.T. Rybak boasts of his access to the Obama administration, but can Minneapolis’ mayor really expect to bring more federal spending on transportation infrastructure to the Twin Cities?

Northstar Commuter rail line will cut through, pass by Northeast Minneapolis

By Chris Steller | 11.30.08 | 2:59 am

Houses near Railroad Tracks (detail) by Michael Banning, courtesy The Groveland Gallery
“Houses near Railroad Tracks, Northeast Minneapolis” (detail) by Michael Banning, courtesy The Groveland Gallery

Rail transit will pass through Northeast Minneapolis…

Central Corridor rail: Traffic, parking a game of inches

By Chris Steller | 06.05.08 | 1:09 pm

The titanic shoving match between the University of Minnesota and the Metropolitan Council over the route of the Central Corridor light-rail line appears settled: the trains will run down Washington Avenue through the U of M’s…

Washington Avenue or bust? Central Corridor LRT route through U of M in dispute

By Chris Steller | 05.27.08 | 1:41 pm

The current state of the Central Corridor light rail transit debate: Mix half-baked engineering with overheated funding threats and watch as public opinion congeals around a premature choice. Both dailies ran editorials Sunday extolling an at-grade Washington…

Poll: Minnesotans support Central Corridor

By Andy Birkey | 05.05.08 | 11:51 am

A plurality of Minnesotans want funding for the Central Corridor light rail line back in a bonding bill vetoed last month, a KSTP/SurveyUSA poll found. The poll, conducted Thursday and Friday, found that 48 percent supported reconsideration of the…

Solutions Offered for St. Paul’s Busiest Intersection

By Sara Reller | 04.19.07 | 11:01 am

Snelling and University is the busiest intersection in St. Paul, according to a study by St. Paul’s Department of Planning and Economic Development. The study explored the options for possibly expanding capacity at the intersection, which is an Environmental Protection…

St. Paul Wins Grants for Central Corridor

By Sara Reller | 02.02.07 | 9:17 pm

The McKnight Foundation, the F.R. Bigelow Foundation and the St. Paul Foundation have given more than $1 million to the city of St. Paul for the Central Corridor light-rail project.

The grants will allow the city to hire a consulting…