Tag: city
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From Bach to Qeej: St. Paul awards $1.3 million in Cultural STAR grants to 66 nonprofits
The grants are funded by a portion of the city’s half-cent sales tax, which for 25 years has supported the Cultural Sales Tax Revitalization (STAR) program. A nine-member board appointed by St. Paul … Read Full Article
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Longtime activist pushed city to fight PFAS
Maria Powell, a longtime Madison environmentalist who pushed local officials to address PFAS compounds and other industrial contamination, died Saturday of a pancreatic cancer she believed was at leas … Read Full Article
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Voters begin casting ballots in election featuring city council, school board races as well as ballot questions
Will Hyland voted early at the Ramsey County Elections office on Plato Boulevard, where he cast a vote for St. Paul City Council intended to protect the city’s rent control ordinance and “ensure that … Read Full Article
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Stockton made list of best places to live in California. Here’s 7 fun facts about the city
Stockton has topped another list and this time it’s not a bad thing. While Stockton’s long had a reputation of being one of America’s most miserable cities (thanks, Forbes), U.S. News and World Report … Read Full Article
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Final picks are in for St. Paul City Council contests
Incumbent Nelsie Yang wins our endorsement in the Sixth Ward, while newcomer Cheniqua Johnson gets the nod in the Seventh. Read Full Article
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St. Paul City Council member Nelsie Yang, 28, faces challenger Gary Unger, 82, in Nov. 7 election
Yang, who is running for re-election to the Ward 6 seat representing ethnically diverse corners of the city’s East Side, faces a single challenger in the Nov. 7 election. Gary Unger, 82, a lifelong … Read Full Article
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A’s move to Vegas continues to rile city officials in Oakland
MLB commissioner Rob Manfred said in an interview that Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao should shoulder some of the blame for her city losing yet another sports franchise. Read Full Article
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A’s move to Vegas continues to rile city officials in Oakland
Oakland city officials remain unimpressed with the progress Athletics owner John Fisher has made to move the team to Las Vegas. “To see this blow up in Oakland for really no reason and then to hear … Read Full Article
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At Mid-Autumn Festival, mooncakes and cultural performances will mark 35th anniversary of Changsha relationship
Community members and leaders from St. Paul and China will celebrate the 35th anniversary of St. Paul’s sister-city relationship with Changsha, China, as part of the Mid-Autumn Festival this weekend … Read Full Article
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Fresno officials gerrymandered their districts. Time to take our voting rights back | Opinion
There, the Democrat-led city and Republican-led county both gerrymandered their districts to keep incumbents in power, slicing and dicing communities in the process. The county utilized an advisory … Read Full Article
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Black leaders protest hiring of Hmong city staffer for St. Paul reparations commission
On Tuesday morning, with the city’s new reparations commission still in its infancy, some leading proponents of the idea stood outside City Hall to protest an initial staffing decision — the hiring of … Read Full Article
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St. Paul City Council apologizes for hiring process around Hmong city staffer to Black reparations commission
The woman, a legislative aide to St. Paul City Council Member Nelsie Yang, was introduced, in person, as the new hire to the 11-member reparations commission during a meet-and-greet with City Council … Read Full Article
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Black leaders protest hiring of Hmong city staffer for St. Paul reparations commission
For months last year and the year before, a committee assembled by the St. Paul City Council explored the concept of racial reparations. Could there be a role for local government in righting … Read Full Article
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Saint Paul celebrates Sunisa Lee with statue and day in her honor
The city of St. Paul and the state of Minnesota named Sunday, July 30, 2023 Sunisa Day. ST PAUL, Minn. — The Hmong community and the East Side showed out to support their favorite Olympian as she made … Read Full Article
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Saint Paul celebrates Sunisa Lee with statue and day in her honor
The city of St. Paul and the state of Minnesota named Sunday, July 23, 2023 Sunisa Day. ST PAUL, Minn. — The Hmong community and the East Side showed out to support their favorite Olympian as she made … Read Full Article
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St. Paul celebrates ‘Suni Lee Day’ by unveiling statue in Phalen Park
A bronze bust of the olympic star was unveiled in Phalen Park on Sunday, which the city is celebrating as “Sunisa Lee Day” ( originally declared in July 2021 following Lee’s gold-medal victory in the … Read Full Article