Minneapolis City Council

Type: Organization

Name: Minneapolis City Council

First reported 8 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 1 reports

Schiff ends Minneapolis mayoral bid, endorses Hodges

Minneapolis City Council Member Gary Schiff is ending his campaign for mayor. ... [Published Minnesota Public Radio - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Minneapolis (Minnesota, United States), Minneapolis City Council

First reported Jun 19 2013 - Updated Jun 19 2013 - 1 reports

Mark Dayton

Oberloh to be honored by League of Minnesota Cities

WORTHINGTON — A few weeks ago, Worthington Mayor Alan Oberloh got an interesting email from Betsy Hodges, a Minneapolis City Council member.Ana Anthony/Daily Globe Mayor Alan Oberloh sits in his chair in the Worthington City Hall council chambers during ... [Published Worthington Daily Globe - Jun 19 2013]

Entities: Betsy Hodges, Minneapolis City Council, Dave Kleis, R. T. Rybak, Mark Dayton

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated Jun 19 2013 - 2 reports

Minneapolis City Council gives initial approval to streetcar line funding

Minneapolis City Council gave initial approval Tuesday to a plan to redirect up to $60 million in property taxes to help pay for a streetcar line along Nicollet and Central Avenues. ... [Published Big News Network - Jun 19 2013]

Entities: Minneapolis City Council, Property, Taxes

First reported Jun 19 2013 - Updated Jun 19 2013 - 1 reports

Sandy Colvin Roy withdraws from Minneapolis City Council race

Monday night (6/17), Sandy Colvin Roy announced that she would be withdrawing from the race for the 12th Ward City Council seat.While Colvin Roy said that she believes she has unfinished work at the council, she lists several reasons for deciding to leave ... [Published Minneapolis Star Tribune - Jun 19 2013]

Entities: Minneapolis City Council, Andrew Johnson, Elections

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated Jun 18 2013 - 1 reports

Two committees pass streetcar funding tool

Two Minneapolis City Council committees today passed a revenue capture tool to help pay for a streetcar line on Nicollet Avenue.The Transportation and Public Works passed the measure unanimously. The Ways and Means/Budget Committee also approved the revenue ... [Published Southwest Journal - Jun 18 2013]

Entities: Bob Carney, Minneapolis City Council, Public Works

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated Jun 18 2013 - 1 reports

STREETCAR REVIVAL? Minneapolis City Council to consider new line

Posted:Updated:Tuesday, June 18, 2013 12:00 AM ESTMINNEAPOLIS (KMSP) -An old form of transportation may soon be brought back into the future if the Minneapolis City Council votes to redirect millions in property taxes to build a streetcar line along Nicollet ... [Published KMSP-TV - Jun 18 2013]

Entities: Minneapolis City Council, Minneapolis (Minnesota, United States), Transportation, Property, Taxes

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 1 reports

University of Minnesota

U. of Minn. may help pay for construction

MINNEAPOLIS — The University of Minnesota is in talks with city officials to reconstruct Eighth Street Southeast — with the university’s Parking and Transportation Services covering part of the cost, according to a Daily Planet report.If the Minneapolis ... [Published Metro Magazine - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Construction, Minneapolis City Council, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis (Minnesota, United States)

First reported Jun 16 2013 - Updated Jun 16 2013 - 1 reports

No DFL endorsement in MPLS mayor race

By: Kia FarhangAfter more than 12 hours of speeches and voting, the Minneapolis DFL ended its convention Saturday night without endorsing a candidate for the city’s mayoral race.Six candidates entered the convention hoping to secure the endorsement — ... [Published U-Wire.com - Jun 16 2013]

Entities: Betsy Hodges, Minneapolis City Council, Mark Andrew

First reported Jun 13 2013 - Updated Jun 13 2013 - 1 reports

Who Pays for New 9-Acre Mpls Park Called 'The Yard?'

It is an ambitious project with a lot of unanswered questions. One of those questions is: Who pays for the new, nine-acre, two-block park next to the new stadium where the Vikings will play?The park will sit between Fourth and Fifth streets on the north ... [Published KSTP - Jun 13 2013]

Entities: Barb Johnson, John Erwin, Minneapolis (Minnesota, United States), Kirby Puckett

First reported Jun 03 2013 - Updated Jun 04 2013 - 1 reports

Gay rights tension challenges DFL in Minneapolis City Council race

MINNEAPOLIS That tension was on display Sunday, as the party considered a dispute between a Somali city council candidate and the openly gay incumbent he's running against. At the meeting, party's Constitution, Bylaws and Rules Committee upheld the party's ... [Published Minnesota Public Radio - Jun 03 2013]

Entities: Robert Lilligren, Minneapolis City Council, Gay Rights, Somalia, Gay

First reported Jun 04 2013 - Updated Jun 04 2013 - 1 reports

Mpls. City Council calls for representative leadership

The Minneapolis City Council called for greater diversity on its boards and commissions last month. Though the focus is on racial and economic diversity, city officials also said they want to see greater representation of renters and students - two large ... [Published Big News Network - Jun 04 2013]

Entities: Leadership, Robert Lilligren, Minneapolis City Council

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 1 reports

Minneapolis City Council approves changes to ranked-choice voting

Despite public criticism and angry statements from several members earlier in the week, the Minneapolis City Council on Friday adopted without discussion new rules affecting the use of ranked-choice voting this fall.Earlier, the debate focused on the ... [Published MinnPost - May 24 2013]

Entities: Minneapolis City Council, Elections, Minneapolis (Minnesota, United States), Cam Gordon

Quotes

"I was a Dreamer of sorts, living in suspense. I know what it's like to be working illegally and thinking every cop is going to come and get you" said Samuels, who is from Jamaica and said his visa was expired for more than a year waiting to be granted permanent citizenship

Minneapolis candidates for mayor gather to address issues of concern in minority communities [Published Insight News - 18 hours ago]

"There were kick-backs to scrap dealers in northeast Minneapolis, and that's the Kid Cann connection," Isaacs explained. "Some people went to jail, but Kid Cann never did."

STREETCAR REVIVAL: What killed the streetcar? [Published KMSP-TV - Jun 19 2013]

"The noise and the people, it used to be really crowded" he said

STREETCAR REVIVAL? Minneapolis City Council to consider new line [Published KMSP-TV - Jun 18 2013]

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Schiff drops out of Minneapolis mayoral contest... [Published Politics in Minnesota - 6 hours ago]
Schiff ends Minneapolis mayoral bid, endorses H... [Published Minnesota Public Radio - 8 hours ago]
Colvin Roy’s decision puts majority of Minneapo... [Published MinnPost - 13 hours ago]
How to fund Minneapolis streetcars? A complicat... [Published MinnPost - 13 hours ago]
Minneapolis candidates for mayor gather to addr... [Published Insight News - 18 hours ago]
Oberloh to be honored by League of Minnesota Ci... [Published Worthington Daily Globe - Jun 19 2013]
Minneapolis City Council gives initial approval... [Published Big News Network - Jun 19 2013]
STREETCAR REVIVAL: What killed the streetcar? [Published KMSP-TV - Jun 19 2013]
Sandy Colvin Roy withdraws from Minneapolis Cit... [Published Minneapolis Star Tribune - Jun 19 2013]
New tax district brings streetcars in Minneapol... [Published Minnesota Public Radio - Jun 18 2013]
Two committees pass streetcar funding tool [Published Southwest Journal - Jun 18 2013]
STREETCAR REVIVAL? Minneapolis City Council to ... [Published KMSP-TV - Jun 18 2013]
Minneapolis City Council takes first votes on s... [Published Big News Network - Jun 18 2013]
Mayor Sharon Sayles Belton through the eyes of ... [Published Insight News - Jun 17 2013]
U. of Minn. may help pay for construction [Published Metro Magazine - Jun 17 2013]
No DFL endorsement in MPLS mayor race [Published U-Wire.com - Jun 16 2013]
Mayoral candidates disagree on police response ... [Published Minnesota Public Radio - Jun 14 2013]
Sex crime suspect's security job rankles prosec... [Published KARE 11 - Jun 14 2013]
Minneapolis Interactive Macro-Mood Installation... [Published Market Wire - Jun 14 2013]
Garbage burning emits significant amounts of to... [Published MinnPost - Jun 13 2013]
Cherryhomes trashed Fifth Ward’s records — Miss... [Published Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder - Jun 13 2013]
Who Pays for New 9-Acre Mpls Park Called 'The Y... [Published KSTP - Jun 13 2013]
Minneapolis mayoral debate reveals sharp differ... [Published Minnesota Public Radio - Jun 12 2013]
Minneapolis mayoral candidates' final face off ... [Published Minnesota Public Radio - Jun 11 2013]
Minneapolis cool to the idea of tunnels for Sou... [Published Southwest Journal - Jun 04 2013]
Mpls. City Council calls for representative lea... [Published Big News Network - Jun 04 2013]
Tuthill running in Ward 10, Matt Perry still si... [Published Southwest Journal - Jun 03 2013]
Somalis and DFL candidates at odds on gay-right... [Published MinnPost - Jun 03 2013]
Gay rights tension challenges DFL in Minneapoli... [Published Minnesota Public Radio - Jun 03 2013]
70% of state residents able to access high-spee... [Published MinnPost - Jun 03 2013]