Minneapolis
July 2, 2020
Minnesota Senate Republicans held the first in a series of hearings looking into damage to Twin Cities businesses in the wake of the unrest related to

Minnesota Senate hears from metro businesses damaged by unrest

As the Senate launches its inquiry, the partisan divide over the political and policy response to George Floyd's death is growing at the State Capitol.
Minneapolis
July 1, 2020
Supporters, including Reggie Wright, center, and Valentina McKenzie, a field organizer with CTUL, Centro de Trabajadores Unidos en la Lucha, right, ch

Minimum-wage workers get raises in Minneapolis, St. Paul

Business leaders say the added cost compounds COVID-19 losses.
St. Paul
July 1, 2020
With new safety measures in place, Debbie Manke, right, took in the Marjorie McNeely Conservatory as she took photos of her daughter Stephanie St. Ger

Flower Power: Reopened conservatory in St. Paul offers a break from pandemic gloom

St. Paul
July 1, 2020
St. Paul law enforcement officers investigate the scene where a woman was shot in the early morning outside the Trend Lounge and later died at Regions

Man arrested after fatal shooting of woman near St. Paul bar

It was the city's 17th homicide of the year.
Minneapolis
June 30, 2020
Matthew Scott White, 31, of Minneapolis, at left, and Mohamed Hussein Abdi, 19, of Maplewood.

New federal arson charges for May blazes set at Gordon Parks High School, St. Paul Enterprise Rent-A-Car building

At least 14 federal criminal cases have been filed in unrest over Floyd's death.
St. Paul
June 29, 2020
School board member Marny Xiong, seen at an event in 2017, died June 7 of COVID-19.

St. Paul school board moves on two tracks to fill vacancy

Election to be held Nov. 3, preceded by appointment.
Minneapolis
June 29, 2020

Authorities ID motorcyclist killed in crash with bicyclist near downtown Mpls.

The motorcyclist died a day after the collision. The bicyclist survived his injuries.
Local
June 29, 2020
Aweld Hussein offered free masks to riders of a Metro Transit bus stopped on the corner of 7th Street and Nicollet Avenue on Thursday, June 25. Face c

As virus restrictions ease, Metro Transit wonders: Will riders come back?

Safety and the changing demands of ridership are among topics to be addressed.
Minneapolis
June 27, 2020
Megan Culverhouse, an employee at the John Fluevog shoe store in Uptown, cleaned up broken glass from a window hit by gunfire from an early morning sh

Surge in gun violence tests Minneapolis leaders

Officials blame the grim trend on the coronavirus pandemic, shattered public trust following the killing of George Floyd and the reluctance of some Minneapolis officers to take initiative amid intense scrutiny.
St. Paul
June 27, 2020
Ted Vig arranged bass strings on the wall at Vig's guitars in St. Paul. Looters trashed the tiny shop and stole instruments and equipment valued at $4

They won St. Paul's emergency virus aid lottery. Then their businesses were hit in rioting.

Some St. Paul businesses that won lottery for COVID-19 grants fell victim to looters
St. Paul
June 25, 2020
St. Paul Police Chief Todd Axtell

Chief Axtell defends St. Paul police, calls for arbitration reform

St. Paul police chief pushes back on idea of dismantling department.
St. Paul
June 25, 2020
Sean Kershaw

Nonprofit leader to take the helm at St. Paul public works

East Metro
June 25, 2020
Saint Paul Public Schools Superintendent Joe Gothard and City of Saint Paul Mayor Melvin Carter held a a joint news conference to address the problems

St. Paul Public Schools adopts $822 million budget

Spending plan will remain fluid due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Minneapolis
June 24, 2020

Minneapolis, St. Paul fire crews search for man in Mississippi River

St. Paul
June 24, 2020
In this 2017 file photo, supporters of a $15 Minneapolis minimum wage confer as a Minneapolis City Council committee considers the issue.

Minneapolis, St. Paul minimum wages to rise July 1, on path to $15 an hour

East Metro
June 24, 2020
Central High School in St. Paul

St. Paul school board votes to remove cops from schools

Action followed a similar move in Minneapolis.
Minneapolis
June 23, 2020
Jeff Neppl, left, and Megan Culverhouse, employees at John Fluevog shoe store in Uptown, cleaned up broken glass from a window that was hit by gunfire

More gunfire as Mpls. calls in backup to help restore order

Three separate shootings Monday afternoon on the North Side left nine injured and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey announced a multiagency effort to quell the bloodshed that has persisted in the past several weeks.
St. Paul
June 23, 2020
A 2019 rendering of future development on the former Ford plant site in St. Paul. Officials this week announced plans to build a 6-acre solar array as

Ryan Cos., Xcel Energy plan large solar array for St. Paul's Ford site

6-acre array, nearby plant could generate power for thousands of homes.
East Metro
June 22, 2020
Minneapolis police officer and school resource officer Drea Leal made her rounds in the hallways of Roosevelt High on Jan. 18, 2019. The district term

Floyd death reignites debate over police role in Minnesota schools

After the Minneapolis Public Schools ended its contract with the city's police department, districts from St. Paul to Duluth are hearing calls to take similar steps.

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Complete coverage of St. Paul neighborhoods, schools, city hall and public safety, including St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter and St. Paul Schools Superintendent Joseph Gothard.