Vaccination Programs Ramp Up

By David Lamb Across the city and the state, COVID-19 vaccinations rates are exceeding expectations, with more than 43% of Minnesotans having received at least one dose…
Senator Pappas Encourages Minnesotans to Utilize Federal Rental Assistance

The American Rescue Plan, which was passed by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Biden, provided more than $500 million in federal housing…
Websites with Purpose: Inside Saint Paul Media

by David Lamb Jonathan Hatch grew up in the northern Minnesota city of Bemidji, a picturesque crossroads situated near the 400 lakes of the Chippewa National Forest…
Minnesota Sen. Pappas leads 24 DFL Legislators to End LGBTQ+ Panic Defense

Senator Sandra Pappas (DFL) has led 24 members of the Senate DFL caucus in a letter to Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka and Senator Warren Limmer,…
The Intersectional Feminist of Early 20th Century St. Paul

by David LambIn many of the histories of the period that mention her name, Nellie Francis, the subject of a new exhaustive biography by William…
Jerry Rothstein, longtime Community Reporter editor, steps into new roles

For more than twelve years, Jerry Rothstein could most often be found somewhere between Cossetta’s and Sibley Plaza along West Seventh Street, a notebook in his pocket,…
West Seventh branch of BankCherokee set to close

by David LambAfter forty-two years in the neighborhood serving the clients who came and went from its location at 675 Randolph Ave. and building partnerships with…
158 Years Post-Emancipation, St. Paul Turns to Reparations

by David Lamb “This is where I used to live,” Linda Garrett sometimes tells her grandchildren as they zip down I-94 through St. Paul. But instead of…
Welcome to the Keg-O-Verse

by David Lamb Throughout the 1980s and ’90s, Phil Gagne rose through the ranks of the breweries occupying the Schmidt site, working dozens of jobs. By the…