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…
Ways of Knowing Minnesota Compass Provides Data that Matters

By Jerry RothsteinWhat do we know about our city, our neighborhood, our street, not to mention the wider world of the great state of Minnesota?…
Goals for a New Year

by Rebecca Noecker, St. Paul City Council Member I love the possibility of a fresh start. At home, I clean my basement, take stock of…