1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1437+ words) Growing up as the daughter of a single mother hard-pressed to make ends meet in Green Bay, Wis., Liza Sterletske suffered schoolyard bullying over her lisp and hand-me-down clothes, but found refuge burrowing her head in books at her local…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (469+ words) Four years after first landing before planners at St. Paul City Hall, the fate of The Celia, a planned “condo quality” market-rate apartment building in Highland Park, remains up in the air. Developer Paster Properties submitted a site plan for…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (311+ words) As downtown St. Paul fights to regain its momentum, an old debate has resurfaced: Is government part of the problem or part of the solution? I’ve always resisted the idea that the public sector is slow and mediocre — a wayward…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1653+ words) A hallmark of St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter’s time in office was the creation of an Office of Financial Empowerment dedicated to opening new doors for low-income residents in the capital city, which has high poverty levels. That work continues…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (166+ words) The St. Paul City Council will host a public hearing at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday to solicit feedback on Mayor Kaohly Her’s decision to clear the city’s three largest homeless encampments. The special hearing will take place in council chambers at 15 West Kellogg…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (144+ words) Pioneer Press Now streaming on YouTube.com: live meetings of the St. Paul City Council. Recordings and livestreams of the city council’s regularly-scheduled meetings have long been available online at stpaul.legistar.com, which hosts links to meetings, agendas, minutes…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (185+ words) The CEZ has studied the impacts. While it is only 3.1% of the city by area, CEZ’s contributions to the city are consistently higher: • 16% of the city’s total residential growth over the last decade (1,951 new housing units 2014-2024). • 16,185 jobs, or 8.8% of the…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (750+ words) Pioneer Press What’s left requires actual discipline, not just another turn of the property tax crank. That distinction matters because St. Paul has already used up its room to maneuver on taxes. The city carries the highest effective property tax…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1096+ words) As the St. Paul mayor’s office patches together an especially challenging budget proposal for 2027, could a projected $26 million budget gulf be resolved by municipal lay-offs, service cuts, levy hikes and other fiscal austerity? “All options are on the table,” said…...

3+ mon, 1+ day ago   (448+ words) The St. Paul City Council, meeting as the city’s Housing and Redevelopment Authority, approved the purchase of the final privately owned parcel within the former Saxon Ford dealership site, clearing the way for possible redevelopment along University Avenue. The HRA…...