News

La Alborada Market brings Mexican food, culture, and history to Minneapolis's Corcoran neighborhood

By Stephanie Fox, Global Groceries

Recently I've enjoyed finding new ethnic markets in the Twin Cities suburbs—but with the price of gasoline spiking, I needed to find an ethnic grocery a little closer to home. I headed up Chicago Avenue toward the Lake Street, then turned east keeping my eyes open for some place interesting. That’s how I ended up at La Alborada Market at the corner of Lake and 19th, a mostly Mexican grocery owned by the Cruz family.

MORE »

Eat for Equity dinner May 25 to support Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness

By Jeremy Iggers, Iggers Digest

Eat for Equity volunteers prepare a salad of oranges and radishes for a benefit for the Northside Achievement Zone. Photo by Emily Rumsey.

Eat For Equity is a wonderful volunteer-led organization that organizes fundraising dinners. Every month, they pick a different worthy cause to support, and for this month, they chose the Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness. (The Twin Cities Media Alliance had its turn last year.)  Eat for Equity events draw a fun group of people, mostly in their 20s.

MORE »

Bonding bill fails to get House approval

By Mike Cook, Session Weekly/Session Daily

Rep. Alice Hausman watches the voting board May 17 while the vote is taken on HF270, the omnibus bonding bill. By law, the bill needed 81 votes to pass, but only received 76. (Photo by Paul Battaglia)

Rep. Alice Hausman (DFL-St.

MORE »

Met Council redistricting plan takes effect

By Sarah Lemagie, Session Weekly/Session Daily

The Metropolitan Council has new district boundaries.

MORE »

Legislators may no longer set their own salaries

By Mike Cook, Session Weekly/Session Daily

Voters could elect to have a citizen-only board decide legislators’ salaries.

MORE »

Contributors asked to pay more into pension funds

By Liz Stoever, Session Weekly/Session Daily

Funding deficiencies across several state public pension and retiree plans could mean a series of benefit reductions along with contribution increases.

MORE »

Higher education budget heads to Dayton's desk

By Sarah Lemagie, Session Weekly/Session Daily

Rep. Gene Pelowski describes provisions of the conference committee report on the omnibus higher education bill HF1692, during floor debate May 17. The bill passed 76-56. (Photo by Paul Battaglia)

A budget bill that would freeze tuition at Minnesota’s public colleges and universities is one step away from becoming law.

MORE »

K-12 spending plan nears finish line

By Sarah Lemagie, Session Weekly/Session Daily

A $15.7 billion plan to fund Minnesota’s schools is clearing its final hurdles at the Capitol.

MORE »

House, Senate pass omnibus environment, agriculture bill

By Jonathan Mohr, Session Weekly/Session Daily

Several controversial fee increases were removed during the conference committee process, but the omnibus environment, natural resources and agriculture finance and policy bill still received several hours of criticism on the House floor Saturday evening before being passed by a 71-60 vote. Passed 42-23 by the Senate about 90 minutes later, the bill now goes to the governor.

MORE »

Health care appropriations target children's services

By Susan Hegarty, Session Weekly/Session Daily

Besides authorizing Medical Assistance coverage for early intervention treatment of children with autism, a bill re-passed by the House late Friday would require large employers to offer insurance benefits for autism spectrum disorder therapy.

MORE »