St. Paul residents on Nov. 7 will go to the polls and vote on increasing the city's overall sales tax by a percentage point, with the goal of raising nearly $1 billion over 20 years to fund arterial road reconstruction and major parks projects.
Mosley was found guilty of one count of criminal vehicular homicide operating a motor vehicle in a grossly negligent manner and one count of criminal vehicular homicide operating a motor vehicle with negligence under the influence of alcohol.
Mayor Melvin Carter wants to increase the city’s sales tax to raise $1 billion over 20 years, mostly to rebuild 44 miles of St. Paul’s busiest streets. The plan, which goes before voters in November, would more than double the amount of local money St. Paul has been spending annually to reconstruct its crumbling roads. “We are at a point where things start to go downhill very rapidly,” said .
The Metropolitan Council has postponed a Wednesday vote on St. Paul’s proposed Summit Avenue bikeway after opponents petitioned state regulators for an elaborate environmental assessment. The petition cites the 4.5-mile bikeway’s potential impact on the trees, layout and historic character of Summit Avenue, whose streetscape sits on the National Register of Historic Places. Gary Todd, chair of .