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Suburban school districts say busing is off to a smooth start. Except in two districts.

Hopkins and Stillwater schools are trying to solve transportation issues caused by shifts to new schedules and routing systems.
September 8, 2024
Colleges

St. Thomas falls to Northern Iowa 17-10 in final minutes

The Panthers fumbled close to the goal line but scored the winning touchdown with 2:57 to play.
September 7, 2024
Twin Cities

Twin Cities charter school fraud took place under direction of school’s current leader, former employees say

The Minnesota Internship Center had 4% attendance and 5% graduation rates, while its leader took co-workers to Topgolf, according to state records and interviews with school insiders.
September 7, 2024
News & Politics

Minnesota affordable housing nonprofit hopes to raise $65 million amid ‘general distress’

CommonBond Communities has launched the largest capital campaign in its history to improve its housing stock amid “multiple pandemics” and insufficient public subsidies.
September 7, 2024
Twin Cities

Minnesota Bloods trial will test feds’ plan to go after street gangs like the mob

The federal government is alleging a broad conspiracy of murder and mayhem has enriched the Minneapolis Bloods’ “enterprise.”
September 7, 2024
Books

Talking Volumes guest Edwidge Danticat on the ‘literary loves’ of her life

The beloved author will kick off the Talking Volumes series in St. Paul, reading from her new book “We’re Alone.”
September 7, 2024
Author Edwidge Danticat sits for a portrait photo.
St. Paul

Burglars cleaned out a longtime St. Paul business. Now the community is rallying to help.

Burglars stole around $30,000 in equipment from Tuan Auto Repair on University Avenue, underscoring local concerns over crime.
September 6, 2024
St. Paul

Ramsey County abandons Riverview streetcar project

The county cited public input in scrapping the $2.1 billion plan to link Union Depot to Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport and the Mall of America.
September 6, 2024
A C Line rapid bus approaches a stop at Olson Memorial Highway and Penn Ave. N. Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019, outside HCMC at 8th St. and Chicago Ave.] DAVID JOLES • david.joles@startribune.com This year will be an important building block for Metro Transit's bedrock bus service. More than a half dozen major lines are in the works, including the Upper Midwest's first true bus-rapid transit line in the east Metro. But transit planners say a stable source of funding is needed to make the transit system
St. Paul

Rent control ruling too late to help one St. Paul tenant

Procedural delays and a symbolic City Council vote raise questions about how the city’s law should be interpreted and enforced.
September 6, 2024
Sumeya Mohamed holds a postcard from the city saying her landlord was granted an exception to St. Paul's rent control law. The notice says her apartment's rent could increase by up to 26%.
Inspired

Mobile Market delivers food to Twin Cities communities in need

Converted school bus is a grocery store on wheels.
September 6, 2024
Twin Cities

Why were COVID air filter units removed from Minneapolis Public Schools — and what about in St. Paul?

Both school districts were able to tap pandemic relief money to improve air quality for students and teachers, and also have approached maintenance similarly in the past.
September 6, 2024
Curious Minnesota

How did Old Dutch potato chips get started in St. Paul?

The company with the twin pack box created ‘one of Minnesota’s most beloved snack products.’
September 6, 2024
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