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Talk of overhauling Minneapolis city government recalls a 120-year history of...
The Minneapolis Charter Commission has reignited an issue that has roiled City Hall for 120 years now that the commission has signaled its interest in overhauling Minneapolis city government. The...
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Stronger mayor? Reviving the charter wars in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Charter Commission’s plan to revamp City Hall decision-making, unveiled earlier this month, is “probably the most important charter amendment that has come before the city in 100...
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Remembering the Uptown Theatre’s early days
Minneapolis’ beleaguered Uptown received another blow with the news that the Uptown Theatre’s operator, Landmark Theatres, is being evicted from its 105-year-old home on the corner of Hennepin and...
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Reviving Lake Street: Nonprofit community groups spearheading recovery
For Allison Sharkey, the traumatic events following the death of George Floyd were immediate and personal. As the executive director of the Lake Street Council (LSC), the nonprofit organization...
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Why it only took 120 years for Minneapolis to adopt a ‘strong mayor’ system
The plan developed by the Minneapolis Charter Commission was ambitious. In an effort to revamp the city’s fragmented governing system, the plan tilted the balance of power in City Hall away from the...
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What (and who) is behind The Southwest Connector, Minneapolis’ newest...
At the age of 10, Tesha Christensen launched her journalistic career when her letter to the editor was published in her hometown paper. Now, more than 40 years later, Christensen has parlayed a...
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Greece, Nixon and the man who almost made Hubert Humphrey president
An ultimate political insider, Greek-born Elias Demetracopoulos never held public office but spent his long career operating in the shadows, working to influence those who did. [image_credit]Elias...
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Twin Metals lease cancellation recalls earlier effort to preserve the BWCA
Minnesota environmentalists are applauding the Biden administration’s recent action cancelling certain federal leases for the proposed Twin Metals copper nickel mine in Northeastern Minnesota. Twin...
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How a battle over daylight saving time once made Minnesota the laughingstock...
Daylight saving time, that fall-back/spring-forward annual ritual, is back in the spotlight now that the U.S. Senate has adopted the brightly named Sunshine Protection Act. The measure would eliminate...
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The Minnesota gubernatorial election recount of 1962
Gov. Elmer L. Andersen, a member of the Independent-Republican Party, had been elected to the state’s highest office in 1960, at a time when the governor and the lieutenant governor were elected...
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