The Metropolitan Council’s vote on the light-rail line will be delayed at least until Oct. 16.
"If handing back pay would help furloughed workers I would find a way to survive without pay, but of course it won't," Ellison told WCCO. "Only allowing a vote on a clean continuing resolution will do that."
Meet Debra Heiser, who started her new job as St. Louis Park engineering director earlier this month.
An Eden Prairie representative has expressed worries that the Met Council will overlook local officials' concerns.
Hennepin County Commissioner Gail Dorfman said she worries that without a better plan, "we won't have a project after all of these years."
'My district's not too happy,' the congressman conceded.
The city will not shoot deer outside of the Westwood Nature Center during the 2013-14 season.
An architectural and planning firm presented mock-ups of development plans for the Louisiana Station area.
City staff also adopted a new HRA levy that's 5.38 percent bigger than last year's.
Mayor Jacobs wrote a Star Tribune piece taking issue with claims by former Hennepin County Commissioner and current mayoral candidate Mark Andrew.
An informational meeting will be held Sept. 10.
Safety in the Park is holding a rally in opposition to freight rail rerouting at 7 p.m. tonight—right before the meeting.
Local party officials approved a resolution of support for Anthony Bostic, a probationer with two convictions each of carrying a BB gun in public and drunken driving.
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Despite the GOP's best efforts to get a trio of tax increases repealed in a one-day session set for Sept. 9, the Governor has held the line on limiting the scope of discussion.
The council gave itself a 5 percent salary cut during the recession.
City staff also proposed a new HRA levy that's 5.38 percent bigger than last year's.
The requests are part of more than $100 million in ‘betterments’ that communities along the line are requesting.
Council member Sue Santa and challenger Gregg Lindberg will face off in the general election this November.
Met Council Chair Susan Haigh said more time is needed, according to Finance & Commerce.
The DFL legislator and St. Louis Park resident announced his candidacy Tuesday to replace retiring Secretary of State Mark Ritchie.
The city plans to eventually sell or lease the land.
Minnesota will become the 12th (or 13th, as Rhode Island also joins in) state to recognize same-sex marriages at 12:01 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 1.
Pieces of the mangled steel will be released later in August or early September, according to MagicValley.com.
While park and rides are seen as inevitable with the light rail project, the Met Council's proposal, which would build a parking lot on Steel Toe Brewery, was found objectionable by the St. Louis Park city council.
St. Louis Park was one for the hardest hit areas in the metro.
Ward 3 city council candidates found themselves mostly in agreement during a League of Women Voters forum.
A developer wants to build a six-story building with studios, one-bedrooms and two-bedrooms.
The St. Louis Park city council expressed further interest in an option that would bring a community center directly south of the city's Rec Center.
Whether to co-locate the Southwest LRT Green Line with freight rail or to re-route freight rail lines through the city has caused a stir.
Sue Santa, Kandi Arries and Gregg Lindberg will be at a candidate forum hosted by the League of Women Voters Tuesday evening.
In our photo gallery below, see what St. Louis Park residents had to say about the light rail options.
The local legislators said the re-route causes too much harm to St. Louis Park and question why new proposals were announced so late in the process.
The St. Louis Park council is reconsidering its 19-year-long policy of maintaining the city's deer population through hunting.
Rep. Ryan Winkler has been chairing the Select Committee on Living Wage Jobs.
The Met Council is expected to make a decision about co-location versus relocation in St. Louis Park later this month.
City crews' final sweep could take several weeks, according to a news release.
The train would ruin the beauty of a bike path, group claims.
The storms left over half a million Xcel Energy customers without power.