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Minneapolis City Council committee hears update on now-cleared Nenookaasi encampment
It’s unclear where all those who were living in Camp Nenookaasi when the city cleared it Tuesday have gone, but some moved to a nearby city lot. Supporters attended a city council committee meeting Wednesday afternoon.
How rethinking design could reduce the need for road salt
Eden Prairie is a pilot city testing low-salt design. The concept is to plan streets and buildings so ice and melted snow don't accumulate in places where people walk and drive, reducing the need for deicing salt that pollutes lakes, rivers and streams.
Housing is now unaffordable for a record half of all U.S. renters, study finds
A new Harvard analysis finds people across income levels got squeezed by rent hikes during the pandemic. The market has lost millions of low-rent places, and new construction is mostly high-end.
2023 was the worst year to buy a house since the 1990s. But there's hope for 2024
Realtors hope it will be easier to buy a house in 2024. It can’t get much harder: Last year was one of the slowest on record thanks to high mortgage rates coupled with a housing shortage.
Court documents offer new details about Cloquet motel shooting
Search warrant documents have revealed new details about a shooting earlier this month at a motel in Cloquet that left three people dead. The documents do not offer insights into a possible motive for the shooting.