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The Cities Blog

Mpls. schools settlement with Broadway students available in 2014

Minneapolis Public Schools announced Wednesday that they’ve reached a settlement with some students who attended Broadway High School during years that unqualified teachers were leading classes. MPR News spoke with Minneapolis Public Schools Assistant General Counsel Cedrick Frazier about the settlement.
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Charges: accused airport bomb threat maker admits to saying something dumb

A French citizen has been charged with making a bomb threat in Terminal 2 of the Minneapolis St. Paul International Airport earlier this week.  According to charges filed yesterday in Hennepin County District Court, on Monday, Sept. 9, Jean-Luc Ly Ly-Payia, 30, of Grigny, France, carried a black bag into a bathroom stall and announced,…
by Brandt Williams

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Coleman raises more than $160,000 for campaign

St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman has raised more than $160,000 for his re-election campaign this year, and has a hefty cash advantage over his challengers. As Coleman heads into the final eight weeks of the campaign, he has nearly $140,000 at his disposal, according to newly released campaign finance reports. Coleman’s spending also eclipses his…
by Curtis Gilbert

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Don Samuels’ mayoral campaign attracts Republican money

Don Samuels’ mayoral campaign attracts Republican money

DFLer Don Samuels’ campaign for mayor of Minneapolis is drawing support from an unlikely group of donors: Republicans. Samuels has received contributions from two former state Republican Party chairmen, a former Republican governor, a former federal prosecutor who served in the George W. Bush administration and Bush’s 2004 Minnesota campaign manager. “The reason that Don Read more →
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Schmidt Brewery rehab progress revealed

Schmidt Brewery rehab progress revealed

Plymouth-based Dominium, who developed Schmidt Artist Lofts, hosted a sneak peak of the project on Monday evening that drew rave reviews from the community groups, preservationists and politicians in attendance.
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Photos: Three options for the new Nicollet Mall

Photos: Three options for the new Nicollet Mall

The three teams competing to redesign Nicollet Mall have submitted artist renderings of their visions for the downtown Minneapolis corridor. Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak on Tuesday will take media and city representatives on a walking tour of Nicollet Mall to make his pitch for a makeover. Nicollet Mall had its last major reconstruction in the…
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Fulton set to add another brewery

Fulton set to add another brewery

Minneapolis-based Fulton Beer announced this week that they’ll open a second brewery in the city, this time in northeast Minneapolis.
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