The Public Works Department has a $167 million budget and is responsible for maintaining sidewalks, streets, traffic signals, storm drains, pavement maintenance and graffiti removal.

Minneapolis Public Works canvassed the city's northside Saturday afternoon as part of a larger effort to fill the department's more than 50 vacant jobs.

MIDDLETOWN — Middletown’s acting director and deputy head of public works, who resigned effective March 14, will be taking a specialized role at the state Department of Transportation. Howard ...

He says Public Works is suppose to benefit from a half-cent state sales tax that voters approved in 2012 that will be in effect until 2023. The city will receive about a half a million dollars a year.