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Eric Roper

Reporter | Minneapolis

Phone: 612-673-1732

Eric Roper covers Minneapolis for the Star Tribune. He grew up in New York City and relocated to Minnesota from the paper’s Washington bureau in 2010.
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Unused Wi-Fi costs Minneapolis millions

The city uses only a small portion of the Wi-Fi services that it's paying for.

Updated: February 03, 2012, - 11:05 PM

Minneapolis official quits key post to travel the world

Steven Bosacker introduced results-based tracking system to City Hall.

Updated: February 02, 2012, - 10:51 PM

If not a casino, what's Plan B for Minneapolis' Block E?

Ten years after the retail-entertainment complex opened with promises to bring crowds to downtown Minneapolis, the storied building has become a ghost town.

Updated: January 30, 2012, - 05:56 AM

Mpls. council majority slows down Dome plan with call for vote

Absent a referendum, seven on the Minneapolis City Council are opposed to the plan. A key legislator joined them.

Updated: January 27, 2012, - 08:10 AM

Vikings stadium planners go after Minneapolis roadblocks

Ted Mondale sees new stadium authority as a way to get around city charter requirement on a vote.

Updated: January 24, 2012, - 11:07 PM

Maze of Minneapolis skyways: A dead end?

Once the pride of Minneapolis, the city's 8 miles of skyways have become a villain in the vision for downtown's future.

Updated: January 22, 2012, - 08:19 AM

Divided Minneapolis council now at center of Vikings stadium debate

3 of the 13 members back mayor's plan to redirect existing sales taxes.

Updated: January 20, 2012, - 05:13 PM

Dayton again backs electronic pulltabs for stadium

Pulltabs are a specific form of charitable gambling, which about 1,300 nonprofit organizations are licensed to conduct at bars across Minnesota. It brings in about $36 million a year to the state in taxes.

Updated: January 18, 2012, - 09:59 PM

Vikings stadium plans: High profile to comic relief

Nine proposals sent to Gov. Mark Dayton range from the high-profile sites in Minneapolis and Arden Hills to comic relief plans that include slapping one together with local lumber.

Updated: January 18, 2012, - 12:02 PM

Minneapolis panel favors Izzy's Ice Cream for riverfront

A key Minneapolis committee gave the green light Tuesday to an ice cream factory along the city's riverfront, despite opposition from neighbors and a developer's warnings that it will kill an adjacent condominium project.

Updated: January 17, 2012, - 09:17 PM