Another homeless encampment pops up in south Minneapolis. A story on KSTP TV-5 caught my attention over the weekend. The latest update, City leaders, residents, advocates discuss next steps for…
Yes, that’s a real headline appearing in the newly rebranded Minnesota Star Tribune over the weekend. And by children, we really mean children. The Star Tribune reports, Four children in…
Liz Collin of AlphaNews posted this thread on Twitter (X) last night about a new homeless encampment in south Minneapolis, Her thread documents the unsuccessful efforts by the neighbors to…
Minneapolis… This week, I’ve written about property tax hikes coming to Minneapolis. Sure enough, as the Star Tribune reports, on Wednesday Mayor Frey announced: …a $1.88 billion budget and an…
Over the last couple of days, I’ve written about how soaring city spending coming on top of plummeting commercial property values and consequent declines in commercial property tax revenues are going…
Photo: Robert Matthews, Office of Communications, Princeton University Yesterday, I wrote about how soaring city spending coming on top of plummeting commercial property values and consequent declines in commercial property…
Back in May, I wrote an article titled “As council ramps up spending while commercial property values tank, Minneapolis property taxes set to rise.” This is now happening. Council ramps…
Even as he dodged fireworks in the troubled Dinkytown neighborhood himself last night, Minneapolis police chief Brian O’Hara declared the overnight festivities to have been “less chaotic.” KARE 11 reports:…
The third victim of Mustafa Ahmed Mohamed has been identified by the Hennepin County coroner. Mustafa reportedly ambushed hero Minneapolis police officer Jamal Mitchell on the street in broad daylight.…
It turns out that Mustafa Ahmed Mohamed, the killer of hero Minneapolis police officer Jamal Mitchell, should not have had a gun or been on the street in south Minneapolis…
Back in April 2023, I started tracking data from the University of Toronto’s School of Cities which was “looking at cell phone activity at points of interest (POI) in the downtowns…
This afternoon, I visited the makeshift memorial to slain Minneapolis policeman Jamal Mitchell, to pay my respects. It sits in front of the Fifth Precinct police station at the corner…
First, the good news. MPR News reports that: Chief authors of legislation setting a minimum wage and employee protections for rideshare drivers in Minnesota announced Monday they’ve reached a deal…
Back in February, I wrote that falling commercial real estate prices are hitting local budgets. That is now biting in Minneapolis. The Star Tribune reports: Minneapolis is staring down a…
As the date for Uber and Lyft’s exits from the Twin Cities approaches, competitors are waiting in the wings. And so far “waiting” is the operative word. The Minnesota Reformer…
Minneapolis city council is applying some insights from Econ 101. Associated Press reports: Smokers in Minneapolis will pay some of the highest cigarette prices in the country after the City…
A reader sent me this piece in the MN Reformer, reporting on the ongoing efforts of Uber and Lyft to leave the Minneapolis market as the city implements new rideshare…
A carjacking/robbery spree near the state’s flagship University ends with overturned car on I-35W. As if the University of Minnesota police (UMPD) didn’t have enough to deal with this weekend…
If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in five years there’d be a shortage of sand. Milton Friedman Last week, Uber and Lyft, true to their word, announced…
Last week, Uber and Lyft, true to their word, announced that they would stop operating in Minneapolis after the City Council passed an ordinance hiking driver pay. The growth of Uber —…
Last week, Uber and Lyft, true to their word, announced that they would stop operating in Minneapolis after the City Council passed an ordinance hiking driver pay. What happens next?…
Last Monday, I — along with thousands of others, I imagine — received an email from Lyft saying that they would cease operating in Minneapolis if the City Council passed…
An arrest has been made in a case that made headlines back in December. Among other outlets, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports that the suspect was picked up in Chicago.…
Day laborers line up for blocks along West Lake Street in south Minneapolis looking for work. Around 10 am this morning, two colleagues of mine visited this intersection just west…