Taking a closer look at population growth expected in the Twin Cities metro area
Minneapolis and St. Paul account for a third of expected growth, but we're also expected to see a lot of growth in the ...
Closer look: Twin Cities population forecast
The Metropolitan Council will vote on its "Imagine 2050" plan on Wednesday — a guide that shapes how the region will grow in ...
Met Council forecasts where population will grow across Twin Cities: Look up your city
The Twin Cities region is projected to add 650,000 people by 2050, if the latest Metropolitan Council forecast holds true. That’s like tacking the population of Boston or Vermont onto the seven-county ...
Dan Patch Line provision taken out of policy blil
By Shannon Fiecke It almost seemed too good to be true when a provision allowing consideration of commuter rail on the Dan Patch Line sailed through the state Legislature this session. Given the ...
EP lawmakers hesitant to support Southwest light rail line
Eden Prairie’s Republican lawmakers are hesitant to support the proposed Southwest Light Rail Transit line amid calls from DFL legislators for the project to be included for funding in a ...
Ghost towns of the southwest metro (copy)
It’s interesting how the southwest metropolitan area of the Twin Cities grew into a patchwork of cities, but there might have been more today if a few more places had survived. Today, we consider them ...
Reporters Notebook: Bucket lists, clean lakes and keeping cool
Some jobs stick with you. For Herb Hinz, this job was Republic Services of Minnesota, a garbage company where he worked for 38 years. Hinz, now a resident at Friendship Manor Health Care Center, ...
Inside the milk pipeline: Milk haulers play crucial role for First District
The first stop on Paul Nelson’s hauling route was the Tews farm north of Cosmos, near where Nelson grew up. Many years ago, Nelson’s father, Philip Nelson, sent his milk to a creamery ...
Scott Newman and challenger Amy Wilde bring vast experience to Senate District 18 race
There are problems with MNsure, but what is the source? That, and other questions, contrast incumbent Scott Newman, R-Hutchinson, and challenger Amy Wilde, DFL-Dassel Township. The two candidates ...
Opinion
COMMENTARY: There’s no safe way to haul oil by the trainload
When 27 CSX tanker cars loaded with fracked North Dakota crude tumbled onto a West Virginia riverbank on President’s Day, the ensuing fireballs leveled a house and forced hundreds of people ...
Lawmakers have different approaches for local issues
Thirty days to deadline. A $45 billion budget. And a surplus of $1.65 billion. That’s what lawmakers in Minnesota’s House and Senate, and Gov. Mark Dayton have to work with. Funding ...