When the superintendent of Noble Academy was ready to retire, the Brooklyn Park charter school awarded him a multimillion-dollar management contract — without competitive bidding. Who’s responsible for monitoring these deals? Possibly, no one.
The University of Minnesota agreed late Wednesday night to consider student protesters’ demands calling for the university to divest from Israel....
The union said that members would vote on Thursday and Friday, and they would announce the results on Saturday. The unions can call a strike at any time after members approve, but are required to give the district 10 days’ notice before walking off the job.
The Minnesota House voted Thursday to speed up the process for getting cannabis dispensaries lined up by giving them a route to preapproval of operating licenses....
An Anoka-Hennepin school board member backed by a conservative parents rights group says he plans to force a budget showdown if the district does not scrap programs aimed at racial and gender equity....
A south Minneapolis iron foundry that repeatedly violated federal law with its air pollution also failed to protect employees from exposure to hazardous chemicals, according to a federal inspection....
Leaders said more than 200 drivers had signed up with Drivers Cooperative, based in New York, and Hich, which operates in Africa and Canada. Uber and Lyft say they are leaving the market by May 1.
St. Paul Brass and Aluminum, a foundry grandfathered into St.Paul’s Frogtown neighborhood, is under investigation for Clean Air Act violations.
Two city council members say they’ll renew efforts to pass an ordinance that would pay rideshare drivers close to the city’s $15 minimum wage.
As scores of Twin Cities rideshare drivers prepare for a rally and strike this week, Lyft announced a new per-ride minimum for drivers in the metro....
Last year, the state Legislature passed the Omnibus Transportation Finance and Policy bill, which included an electric-assisted bicycle rebate program....
For the past two months, Jennessey Roberts has risen before dawn every day to prepare breakfast for about 180 Camp Nenookaasi occupants. She tries to have coffee and oatmeal ready by 6 a.m....
Only one other Somali mayor had been identified in the United States in the lead up to Tuesday’s election.
The foundry regularly emitted nearly twice the amount of air pollution allowed by state permits, failed to properly maintain equipment designed to reduce pollution, and did not notify the state about equipment failures.
More than a hundred attendees showed up at the Phillips Community Center to address homelessness in Minneapolis in the wake of the recent closure of a homeless encampment known as the “Wall of Forgotten Natives.” Impassioned attendees shouted out questions and interrupted city officials who were supposed to talk first,...
Newly passed legislation evens the playing field between landlords and tenants, housing advocates say.
Two extra highway lanes will add 29 acres of asphalt next to Near West Side Milwaukee neighborhoods that already face flood risks.
