Tag: Rebecca Noecker

  • Our voices should not go unheard 

    Our voices should not go unheard 

    Dear Editor,I agree with the letter by Don Grundhauser regarding his letter entitled Our Voices Should Not Go Unheard published in last month’s Community Reporter.…

  • Juneteenth renews push for reparations 

    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…

  • Our politicians need to take responsibility 

    Our politicians need to take responsibility 

    letters to the editor  Our politicians need to take responsibility By Bill HoskoThe cadence of City Councilmember Rebecca Noecker’s May Community Reporter column, ‘Let’s lead the way,…

  • Let’s lead the way, families deserve better

    Let’s lead the way, families deserve better

    council perspectivesLet’s lead the way, families deserve better Rebecca Noecker City Council Member, Ward 2columnistOpen any newspaper or ask any parent, employer, or childcare provider…

  • Mass Shooting Underscores Public Safety Concerns on West 7th

    Mass Shooting Underscores Public Safety Concerns on West 7th

    By Casey EkThe mass shooting at West Seventh Truck Park that took the life of 27-year-old Marquisha Wiley and injured 15 others in the early hours…

  • Gun Violence Prevention: What We Can Do

    Gun Violence Prevention: What We Can Do

    West End Healthline Gun Violence Prevention: What We Can Do By Emily Benzie, MD   The West End neighborhood is still recovering from the mass shooting at the…

  • American Rescue Plan

    American Rescue Plan

    county perspectivesRebecca Noecker City Council Member, Ward 2columnist The city of St. Paul has been allotted an extraordinary $166 million from the American Rescue Plan.…

  • Unkind neighbors

    Unkind neighbors

    We have new neighbors in West 7th, and some are not being kind to us.As you may know, Freedom House, a homeless services drop-in center,…

  • A Greener St. Paul

    A Greener St. Paul

    Council PerspectivesSt. Paul City Council Member Rebecca Noeckercolumnist When you think of city government, what comes to mind? For most of us, it’s mundane acts of…