Molly BloomMarlon Ferrey sits at the front desk of Centro, a social service agency in Minneapolis, answering questions about the food shelf and fielding calls for the center’s mental health counselors. But this building does not look like the average office or clinic. Art — both contemporary and folk — covers nearly every surface and wall. Read more →
MPR News Notes on the news from the Twin Cities
Archives for May 2013
Curtis GilbertThe candidates for mayor of Minneapolis will be seeing a lot of each other over the next three weeks. They have five debates scheduled before Minneapolis DFLers try to decide which of them to endorse on June 15. Because of the proximity to the party’s convention, most of the forums include only the DFL candidates. Read more →
Dan OlsonPeople who seek political asylum in this country must show they face persecution or even death in their homeland because of religious, political or ethnic differences with the government there. Read more →
Minnesota’s two largest cities can count on millions of dollars in new state money as they plan their budgets for next year. The DFL strongholds clearly benefited from the party’s total control of state government this session. Here’s what they got: Local government Aid: Minneapolis and St. Paul get more than a quarter of the Read more →
Tim NelsonAmid the flurry of high profile measures, the Legislature made it tougher to steal a car this spring. That’s in response to a rash of brazen car thefts in the summer of 2011: tow trucks were snatching working cars off the streets in St. Paul and taking them to metal recyclers and scrapping them on Read more →
The rainbow flags St. Paul installed atop the Wabasha Street bridge in St. Paul came down this morning. That’s Robert Kratzke up in the cherry picker basket, actually swapping out the flags. Kratzke and Tim Tesser switched out the banners, put up nine days ago to commemorate the legislature’s debate, and passage, of a measure Read more →
Tucked away in the tax bill that passed the House yesterday were several items on Minneapolis and St. Paul’s legislative wishlists. A proposed Minneapolis streetcar line gets a $50 million dollar boost thanks to a provision allowing the city to redirect taxes collected from properties along the line to pay for its construction. The city Read more →
The rich and interesting history of community singing events in Minneapolis. A new season kicks off this weekend at Powderhorn Park in Minneapolis. Read more →
Brandt WilliamsThe Minneapolis Police Department has observed National Police Week with ceremonies honoring officers who’ve risked their lives and lost them in the line of duty. Earlier this week, some of the 23 officers who responded to the Accent Signage mass shooting, which left six people dead last year, received Medals of Valor. At the awards Read more →
Chicano, Latin@, Mestizo, Boriqua, American, Sudaca, Xicana. Mom, entrepreneur, community builder, multilingual, student, adventurer, optimist. We’ve been asking Latinos around the state to tell us how they identify themselves and these are just some of the words they’ve chosen. According to the Census, Hispanics are the fastest growing group in the United States and in Minnesota. MPR News Read more →