A divided St. Paul City Council voted 3-2 Wednesday against rezoning a corner of Marshall Avenue for a seven-unit townhome project, effectively overruling city staff recommendations and the preference of City Council President Mitra Jalali, who represents the neighborhood. The St. Paul Planning Commission also recommended denial. Mortho, LLC had proposed removing a single-family home at 1984 .
If you’re looking to apply for a permit to make some amplified noise at a public gathering in St. Paul, you’re in luck. It just got easier to apply for a multi-day permit — no noise variance required. Until now, organizers of multi-day events have had to submit separate applications for amplified sound permits for each calendar day of their event, each of them at a cost of $138. On Wednesday, .
Flanked by protesters quietly hoisting signs calling for a Gaza cease-fire resolution, the St. Paul City Council on Wednesday approved more than $40 million in spending on parks and streets this year, to be funded by the new voter-approved 1% sales tax that takes effect April 1. The vote proceeded without disruption, a week after a previous public hearing on a state grant was cut short by loud .
Dozens of protesters calling for an end to Israeli military strikes in Gaza forced a sudden halt to the regular meeting of the St. Paul City Council on Wednesday, interrupting proceedings with chants of “Free, free Palestine!” and accusations that the council had turned a deaf ear to repeated calls for a written cease-fire resolution. “You’re scared to go ahead and say what’s right, and that’s .
St. Paul, Minnesota achieved a major milestone not only for the city and the state but for the country as a whole. The seven-member city council is now made up entirely of women, the first time a major U.S. city has had an all-woman city council. The seven women are a young, diverse group across… Continue reading St. Paul, Minnesota Is The First Large City With All-Woman City Council