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Residents of condemned St. Paul apartment suddenly displaced again

Residents of condemned St. Paul apartment suddenly displaced again

Former residents of St. Paul’s Lowry Building apartments have been suddenly displaced twice in the last month — once when the troubled building was condemned, and again this week when their temporary housing ended.
by Estelle Timar-Wilcox

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Exit interview: The voice of the St. Paul Police Department retires

Exit interview: The voice of the St. Paul Police Department retires

After a decade as the spokesman for St. Paul Police and 30 years with the department, Sgt. Mike Ernster has retired. His last day on the force was Friday, and he joined Morning Edition host Cathy Wurzer for an exit interview.
by Cathy Wurzer, Gracie Stockton and Matthew Alvarez

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Carter takes scalpel to St. Paul budget with line-item veto, approves smaller levy increase

Carter takes scalpel to St. Paul budget with line-item veto, approves smaller levy increase

St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter used his line-item veto power to cut several items from the city’s 2025 budget, but the city council overrode all of the vetoes at a special meeting late Thursday afternoon.
by Matt Sepic

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Nonprofit solves decades-old mystery, IDs remains found in vacant St. Paul building

Nonprofit solves decades-old mystery, IDs remains found in vacant St. Paul building

The body was found frozen in February 1985 in the former headquarters of the Great Northern Railroad at Wall Street and Kellogg Boulevard. It’s now the Great Northern Lofts. The man, who was believed to have been homeless, died from exposure, possibly weeks or months before he was found.
by MPR News Staff

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St. Paul City Council passes property tax increase, makes cuts to mayor's spending plan

St. Paul City Council passes property tax increase, makes cuts to mayor's spending plan

The St. Paul City Council approved a property tax levy increase that’s less than what Mayor Melvin Carter wanted — even after he reduced his original proposal. Like municipalities and counties across Minnesota, the capital city is facing increased costs and turning to taxpayers to pay more.
by Matt Sepic

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Stretches of Interstates 94, 494 to close this weekend in Twin Cities

Stretches of Interstates 94, 494 to close this weekend in Twin Cities

Drivers traveling on Twin Cities freeways this weekend may encounter detours. Interstate 94 will be closed east of downtown St. Paul so crews can remove a bridge, and sections of Interstate 494 will be closed in Bloomington and Richfield.
by Matt Mikus

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Photos: For St. Paul’s homeless, 12 hours of emergency warmth at the law enforcement center

Photos: For St. Paul’s homeless, 12 hours of emergency warmth at the law enforcement center

As winds howled and temperatures crashed, Ramsey County opened the lobby of its St. Paul law enforcement center overnight Wednesday into Thursday for unsheltered people to escape the bitter cold. MPR News spoke to some of those who needed a warm place to stay.
by Kerem Yücel

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