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…
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…
Hope for the Year Ahead

Council Perspectivesby Rebecca Noecker City Council Member, Ward 2columnist “Man plans, and God laughs.” As I looked back at the column I wrote this time…
New Rep Joins Riverview Policy Advisory Committee

by Diane Gerth As we know, the idea of a transit corridor along West 7th Street has been kicked around since the mid-1990s, and the…
Elected reps tell United Family Medicine to halt changes, call for outside review

The following letter from nine elected officials (listed below it) representing the City of St. Paul, Ramsey County and the state of Minnesota, was sent…
Council Perspectives: Building Our Budget

By Rebecca Noecker, City Councilmember, Ward 2 Every day, I receive dozens of constituent emails and phone calls on topics ranging from potholes to policing.…
Appeal proposed 7-story apartment building

To the Editor: Along with more than 70 other West Seventh residents, we’ve appealed the City’s approval of a proposed seven-story apartment building to be…
Letters to the Editor

To the Editor: Along with more than 70 other West Seventh residents, we’ve appealed the City’s approval of a proposed seven-story apartment building to be…
The Best in Us

COUNCIL PERSPECTIVES by Rebecca Noecker As I write this column, it is March 18, 2020, and the world has been thrown into a state of…