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I love the Saint Paul Farmer’s Market. It’s the best one in the Twin Cities. Many weekends, I’ll ride my bike down the bluff from my West Side apartment to hang out in Lowertown. I usually wander around and spend a few dollars before going up West 7th street to do some errands. Continue Reading
The City of Minneapolis could be changing its ordinances to restrict the sale of flavored tobacco products.
In about a year, at least two Central Avenue blocks will look completely different, when a three-business change—involving a medical clinic, a mortuary, and a Walgreens drug store—gets fully underway.
This piece reviews the recently leaked draft chapter of the U.S.-EU trade agreement and accompanying IATP analysis. Read the press release for more information. Continue Reading
Every Minnesotan has a stake in the fight to keep the Internet an accessible, open platform. Schools and education groups, however, are particularly vulnerable to the damage of losing net neutrality. Continue Reading
Minneapolitans can officially add ride-sharing companies to their ever-growing list of transportation options after the City Council passed an ordinance last week permitting the legal operation of businesses like Lyft and Uber.
In the University of Minnesota area’s dinkiest neighborhood, Target is set to debut its smallest store in company history.On Wednesday, the Minneapolis-based retail company will open the doors to its first TargetExpress — a scaled-down, 20,000-square-foot space at the base of The Marshall apartments on 14th Avenue Southeast and Fifth Street Southeast.“This is our backyard; it’s very close to headquarters,” said Karl Anderson, the Dinkytown store’s team leader.In a space that’s a fraction of an average Target’s size, TargetExpress will carry roughly one-fifth of what its normal stores do, including school supplies, groceries, household items, home décor and a small electronics section. It will also sell cosmetics and health and pharmacy items, Anderson said, as well as some University apparel.Prices will be similar to local Target stores, Anderson said, but comparatively priced to competitors in the campus area.He said TargetExpress, in part, aims to relieve University students from a scarcity of grocery near campus by offering fresh produce, meat, deli, bakery and frozen and dry food items.“The biggest thing we learned … is that students were telling us there’s nowhere to get fresh produce,” Anderson said. “Dinkytown is sort of a desert for that.”Cayce Gearrin, leasing and marketing manager for The Marshall, said an in-house grocery store has been a selling point for filling the apartment complex.“[It’s] a bonus for residents,” she said. “That’s been one of the things that we hit when we tell people about our apartments. Continue Reading
Last Friday morning, the Minneapolis City Council approved an ordinance legalizing and regulating transportation network companies (TNCs) like Uber and Lyft. The new regulatory framework includes licensing fees, insurance standards, and driver qualification requirements. The ordinance also includes measures to significantly lessen the regulatory burden of taxi companies, ensuring a fairer regulatory playing field for decidedly similar businesses. Continue Reading
The Minneapolis city council’s new regulations for Lyft, Uber, and the city’s cab companies offer legalization for the transnational, multimillion-dollar Uber and Lyft “Transportation Network Companies,” some breaks to the city’s taxi companies, and next to nothing for hard-working taxi drivers. Continue Reading
So there’s the underlying issue of frac sand mining, and the issue of who correctly construed who, as Republican gubernatorial campaigns go after each other. For the part of the story about Republicans going after each other, Bill Kuisle, running for lieutenant governor with GOP gubernatorial endorsee Jeff Johnson, said it makes sense to delay frac sand mining so the effects can be studied. Continue Reading