Twin Cities

The sun shines more brightly in St. Louis and Olmsted counties than in any of the seven counties in the Twin Cities metropolitan area, according to a recently completed nationwide evaluation of county Web sites by a group that advocates for transparency in government.

Twin Citians are a proud bunch. We love to profess that our cities are a cut above just about any other cluster on the U.S. map. But there are towns that are beating out Minneapolis-St. Paul in one major and meaningful area: For the first time in more than 20 years, cities like St. Louis; [...]