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There will be no ban on new drive thru's in the City of St. Paul, at least until next year as the St. Paul City Council considers a ban. The idea has been to ease congestion in areas where lines ...
The St. Paul City Council will meet in a closed-door session next Wednesday to discuss potential litigation by a former aide. Details of what’s described in a calendar notice as “threatened ...
ST. PAUL, Minn. — When dispensaries open up next year, they'll have the green light to move in anywhere in downtown St. Paul, according to an ordinance passed unanimously by the city council on ...
FCC Environmental, St. Paul's trash hauler, picks up trash in an alley on Thursday, April 17, 2025. Mayor Melvin Carter vetoed a move by the City Council to block the company from using and ...
The last time the St. Paul City Council urged the city charter commission to give them the power to impose non-criminal fines on rule-breakers, the charter commission said no.. That was in 2021 ...
The St. Paul City Council will choose from among four finalists to temporarily fill the Ward 4 seat vacated by former Council Member Mitra Jalali, who left city employment on March 8.
St. Paul DFLers endorsed three people running for City Council in a whirlwind weekend of conventions, one of which lasted for more than nine hours before delegates walked out.
The last council elections in 2019, when a trash collection referendum was also on the ballot, drew about 56,000 voters — about a third of those registered in the city.
PAUL, Minn. — The St. Paul City Council on Wednesday afternoon passed a smoking ban in certain areas of the city. The ban relates to both tobacco and cannabis, and prohibits smoking in public, ...
St. Paul City Council President Mitra Jalali (Ward 4) announced she will be stepping down from the City Council following this Wednesday’s council meeting to focus on her health. The next president of ...
The St. Paul City Council is weighing a proposal to make changes to the city's rent control ordinance. Supporters say the changes would help spur development in the city, including hundreds of ...
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks St. Paul, Minn., city council members Mitra Jalali and Saura Jost about their council. All members are women, under 40 years old, and six of the seven are people of color.