Three members of the St. Paul City Council plan to introduce a major amendment to the city’s voter-approved rent control ordinance that will entirely exempt new construction, a concession to ...

Years of overspent police overtime budgets amid St. Paul’s climbing property taxes have City Council members worried. The council has been waiting for reports on the police department’s use of ...

Newly installed interim Ward 4 council member Matt Privratsky is joining the fray as the council faces decisions about major issues in St. Paul, including rent control and tenant protections.

The St. Paul City Council took an unexpected recess and several unsuccessful votes on a new council appointment.

St. Paul’s city council passed a $415 million budget for 2025, with a 5.9% increase to the city’s property tax levy after resident outcry led the city council to try for a lower tax increase ...

An outside investigator said an email Council Member Anika Bowie sent in October “rises to the level of prohibited offensive, bullying and harassing behavior.” A St. Paul City Council member ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. — St. Paul City Council President Mitra Jalali, of Ward 4, has announced she will step down next month. In a Facebook post Friday, Jalali said she will be taking a leave of ...

Matt Privratsky, a St. Paul resident, was appointed by Mayor Melvin Carter to serve in the Ward 4 seat temporarily until the special election in August.

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 voted Wednesday to change development agreements for the former Ford plant site, which could mean a lower tax bill for the developers after years of delayed construction ...

It’s been 50 years since the city of St. Paul had a Public Safety Committee, but the city council voted on Wednesday to approve a new committee that will oversee the spending of police, fire ...

To my knowledge, they ran of their own accord.” During the meeting, two city council members — Bryan Wirball and Ron Silkaitis — called Lencioni’s behavior inappropriate and disappointing.