Mayor Carter calls for 15% property tax hike for 2023

St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter is calling for a 15.34% property tax levy increase as part of his 2023 $782 million 2023 proposed budget. The proposed…
Jazz Fest seeking new leadership as Hecklers plan exit

by casey ekAfter about 25 years, Twin Cities Jazz Fest luminaries Steve Heckler and Kristine Heckler will be stepping down following the 2023 season. Steve is…
Health Benefits of Being Outside

by Nathan Hinrichs, MD Over the last century, more and more people in the U.S. are moving to large cities for work opportunities and socialization. One consequence…
The Violence Project illuminates culture of mass shootings

By Margaret KinneyOur country is in the grip of a mass shootings epidemic. It is unique to our country and to our times. The USA experiences…
Schmidt Art Crawl returns this fall

By Lark GilmerArt Lives at Schmidt Artist Lofts. For the last several years, we have not only created art but also produced unique events to display…
Conservancy aims to make St. Paul a global destination with proposed river projects

St. Paul may soon have a smattering of new river-oriented projects that span the city’s 17 miles of the Mississippi River thanks to the efforts…
White Squirrel Bar hits one-year milestone

Wife and husband, Dani and Jarret Oulman, were channeling this inside joke while naming White Squirrel Bar, 974 West 7th St. In case you get…
Juneteenth renews push for reparations

By Casey EkJuneteenth, the holiday on June 19 commemorating the day in 1865 when slaves in Galveston, Texas learned two years after the Emancipation Proclamation…
We remember Scott McClure: 1968-2022

by Jerry RothsteinScott Andrew McClure was born on June 25, 1968, to Georgann Warren McClure and Norman Donald McClure (d. 2019). He was the “little…