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

“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.”

Not-so-scrappy Rybak delivers recycled State of the City speech

Minneapolis mayor R.T. Rybak set a green example yesterday by recycling much of his annual State of the City address from last year’s speech. He used “depression” instead of “recession” — that’s how you knew it was 2009 and not 2008.

Live video: Joe Biden in St. Cloud

Vice President Joe Biden held a town-hall meeting on beefing up the middle class in St. Cloud today. Watch live streaming video via the UpTake after the jump.

From Coleman’s State of the City: ‘We Saw the Face of Evil and We Will Not Let It Stand’

Three days after a triple homicide shocked St. Paul’s North End, Mayor Chris Coleman promised to expand crime-reduction programs Monday night during his State of the City address.

“In the Friday morning darkness, we saw the face of evil and…