Hello neighbors! The 2024 legislative session will begin on February 12. My second column in the Community Reporter is a good chance to check in in advance, especially in light of last year’s historic session.
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On January 9, St. Paul’s next City Council was sworn in at a ceremony at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts.
With four new members, the council is going to look different in years past in more ways than one. In a historic election by St. Paul voters, for the first time in St. Paul, or any major U.S. city, our city council consists of all female members. What’s more, all seven members are under 40 years-old and six of the seven identify as people of color.
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Right Track St. Paul, a paid summer internship program for St. Paul youth ages 14-21 who come from burdened households or face barriers to employment, has opened their applications for summer 2024 internships.
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The Ramsey County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously on January 16 to approve a $12.7 million purchase and sale agreement
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The Metropolitan Council has announced Ryan O’Connor has been named the next Regional Administrator for the organization.
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The declaration of the death of local news may be a bit exaggerated, but that doesn’t mean it is easy to bring you a community newspaper.
As 2023 was coming to a close, the Community Reporter got a bit of bad news. Our long-time delivery partner, Independent Delivery Service (IDS) let us know about a week before going to press that they were going out of business. What’s more, it was happening January 1.
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Seeking presenters for Home Improvement Workshop Day in March 2024 The Macalester-Groveland Community Council and Highland District Council’s Home Improvement
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The Riverview Policy Advisory Committee (PAC) held their first public meeting in months on December 13 to review the current status of the planned transit project.
Project planners presented the current plans for the corridor, including updates to what rail and enhanced transit could look like on West 7th between downtown St. Paul and the Mall of America and changes from some of their initial plans.
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County Perspectives Ramsey and Washington counties are working together to bring residents a new way to recycle food scraps from
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