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Maya Rao

Reporter | Minneapolis

Phone: 612-673-4210

Maya Rao covers Minneapolis for the Star Tribune. She wrote for The Press of Atlantic City and The Philadelphia Inquirer before moving to Minnesota in January 2012.
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Minneapolis North Side still pocked with vacant buildings

A year after a tornado, vacant North Side buildings pose a physical and emotional barrier to recovery.

Updated: May 21, 2012, - 08:56 AM

Sit-down dining slow to come to North Side

A developer tried without success to woo a higher-end restaurant, the latest in the struggle to offer more than just fast food in the area.

Updated: May 18, 2012, - 09:08 PM

Witnesses allege police misconduct at north Mpls. Elks lodge

Witnesses said they were targets of epithets, rough treatment by Minneapolis police.

Updated: May 03, 2012, - 08:19 PM

Minneapolis taps MPCA head to be city coordinator

Paul Aasen, commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency, was on a Republican "watch list" of Dayton appointees at the Legislature.

Updated: May 01, 2012, - 07:53 PM

Rybak's top aide clears first vote for city planning post

A City Council panel gave preliminary approval to the nomination. One critic described it as "political patronage."

Updated: April 20, 2012, - 09:22 PM

Heritage Preservation Commission torpedoes Peavey Plaza plan

The action was a victory for historic preservation advocates and others who want to save the Modernist-style plaza designed in the 1970s by architect M. Paul Friedberg. But it could be overturned by the City Council.

Updated: April 18, 2012, - 11:11 PM