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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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Quiet inside Envy ... bedlam and Mace outside

Envy Nightclub was overflowing and raucous when I visited the Sunday night before Memorial Day. Last night, not so much.The...

Updated: September 07, 2012, - 10:43 AM

Hennepin County sues Fannie and Freddie Mac for $10 million

Hennepin County says the huge mortgage buyers owe millions for not paying deed transfer taxes.

Updated: August 24, 2012, - 08:18 PM

Hennepin County sues Fannie and Freddie Mac for $10 million

The county claims the federally chartered mortage lenders unlawfully refused to pay state deed transfer taxes.

Updated: August 24, 2012, - 03:59 PM

Meter expiring on old-time parking enforcement

Minneapolis is getting high-tech devices expected to help increase enforcement - and revenue.

Updated: August 21, 2012, - 09:59 PM

Landlord, under fire, fights back

Minneapolis records show Mahmood Khan's houses have racked up at least $112,654 in citations and vacant-building fees that he has paid, been assessed for or has pending against him. Those buildings had 712 police calls in the last year and a half.

Updated: August 21, 2012, - 11:42 AM

Minneapolis City Council votes to pay $70,000 in departure of director

Hired 9 months ago, Greg Stubbs is leaving post as regulatory chief. Board says reason is a private issue.

Updated: August 17, 2012, - 09:16 PM

Minneapolis tax increase would pay for more police, firefighters

Mayor R.T. Rybak's plan to raise the property tax levy by 1.7 percent drew a positive reaction from the City Council and fire chief.

Updated: August 16, 2012, - 02:58 PM

Vacant Minneapolis properties assessed huge annual fees

In its hardball effort to keep homes from turning into abandoned eyesores that can seed crime and other social ills, Minneapolis is charging owners of vacant properties dramatically higher fees than do other cities.

Updated: August 08, 2012, - 07:18 AM