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Reality of re-entry

By Craig Green, Session Weekly
When this year's session began, Rep. Michael Paymar (DFL-St.MORE »

More for Mother Nature

By Nick Busse, Session Weekly
"Clean up our waters" is how Rep. Jean Wagenius (DFL-Mpls) describes the overall theme of this year's environment finance bill.MORE »

Public safety reps meet with Chamber for 'CSI' event

By Margo Ashmore, Northeaster
Explaining that most meetings about crime are geared to residents, a panel of six public servants from various public safety agencies laid groundwork for future relationships with businesses at "CSI MMORE »

Are Somali teen gangs a growing issue in Minneapolis?

By Lisa Yang, NewsSouth
Between the times of 3 p.m. and 6 p.m., most Somali teenagers in Minneapolis are either at home, at school, participating in extra-curricular activities or at work.MORE »

African Development Center & the City of Minneapolis Launch a new business financing program

By Bashe Said, African News Journal

(L-R) Mayor Rybak, Shukri & Samater

Mall business owners, city officials and other invited guests came together to witness the launching of a new alternative financing program by African Development Center and the City of Minneapolis inMORE »

Minneapolis School Board votes to close Tuttle, five North Side schools

By Linda Lincoln, The Bridge
By a 6-1 vote, the directors of the Minneapolis School Board voted to accept the recommendation by Minneapolis school district officials to close Tuttle Community School in the Como neighborhood.MORE »

Corner store seeks to rebuild reputation

By Kristin Lueth, NewsSouth
In the years after Samir Abumayyaleh opened Cup Foods on the northeast corner of 38th Street and Chicago Avenue South in Minneapolis, loitering, prostitution and drug dealing characterized the local sMORE »

Inside the Daily Planet--April 14, 2007

By TC Daily Planet
Articles inside the Daily Planet today focus on activism.MORE »

Foreclosures add to crime in Phillips neighborhood

By Laura Seidel, NewsSouth
As 55-year-old Linda Leonard looks out her window in East Philllips, she glances at the houses surrounding her own.MORE »

Local legislators working on laws to curb "predatory" lending

By Margo Ashmore, Northeaster
"I lost the house in Columbia Heights four months ago. I was four months behind, and the bank was calling me. They wanted $10,000 and if I couldn't pay it I would lose the house.MORE »