Peter Callaghan
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Minneapolis, MN, United States
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Should Minneapolis have an acting police chief for a while or a permanent appointee right away?
Mayor Betsy Hodges has come down strongly on the side of making acting Chief Medaria Arradondo the permanent head of the department and made it formal Tuesday. → Read More
Curious Case of the Missing Comments: In the end, Ford site moved forward despite feedback glitch
Opponents of a St. Paul plan to redevelop the land where Ford built cars and trucks for 84 years didn’t prevail in a city planning commission vote last week.The plan they vigorously — and at times tearfully — oppose passed unanimously. It now moves to the City Council, which will conduct its own process complete with public testimony in the fall. → Read More
Why anybody interested Minneapolis' new minimum wage law should pay attention to the court case against paid leave
“If there is a lawsuit challenging the minimum wage ordinance,” says Minneapolis City Attorney Susan Segal. “We expect to see some of the same arguments.” → Read More
Did a policy aimed at building trust in the Minneapolis Police Department end up doing the opposite?
One of the stated functions of Minneapolis body camera policy was to help build public trust in the police. But having cameras and not using has only created more suspicion. → Read More
The latest way local governments are trying to combat the Twin Cities' affordable housing crisis
Two apartment complexes in Richfield tell the story of one way local governments are trying to maintain the region’s supply of privately owned affordable housing. → Read More
Bingo, Bob, and kisses of death: checking in on the Minneapolis Republican Party's convention
The band of people trying to revive the all-but-dead Minneapolis Republican Party have no illusions. Not about their political clout, nor about their candidates’ ability to actually win elections. → Read More
Developers want to offer 'approachable pricing' as part of proposed Minneapolis condo project
It was a two-word phrase in the developer’s presentation to a Minneapolis neighborhood group that got housing and development circles buzzing. “Approachable pricing.” That is what Downtown Resource Group of Minneapolis and Fe Equus Development of Milwaukee dubbed their plan to offer lower-than-market-rate pricing on 22 of 110 units of a p → Read More
About that marathon public meeting on a $15 minimum wage: It probably won't affect how the Minneapolis council votes
Thursday's long-awaited public hearing on a city only minimum wage in Minneapolis was long and often emotional, taking nearly six hours with testimony from more than 150 people. Council vice president Elizabeth Glidden said it was the longest public hearing in the 12 years she’s been on the council. → Read More
By triggering the death of CTIB, did Dakota County save mass transit in the Twin Cities?
Dakota County commissioners didn't intent to create a new means of funding mass transit when they voted to leave the regional organization a year ago. But that's what happened. → Read More
City of Minneapolis takes another (small) step toward opening Nicollet Avenue
The financial deal that the retailer Kmart scored when it built the infamous Nicollet-Avenue-straddling store in south Minneapolis is the gift that keeps on taking. → Read More
For mayoral candidates, St. Paul DFL convention is full of sound and fury, signifying
Ten hours is a lot of time to spend doing nothing.Yet after spending 10 hours in a St. Paul high school lunchroom, the city’s DFL Party organization failed to endorse one of the four men seeking a sole endorsement for mayor. → Read More
Why a dispute over skyway hours is really a fight over the future of downtown St. Paul
Sitting across from Mears Park on E. 6th Street, the Railroader Printing Building is as good an example as any of the increasing vitality of downtown St. → Read More
New documentary captures the human cost of the Twin Cities' affordable housing problem
“Sold Out: Affordable Housing at Risk,” gives voice to individuals and families who were forced to leave a Richfield apartment building, while touching on the broader issue of housing availability in the Twin Cities. → Read More
In possible sign of things to come, National Park Service again offers tours at St. Anthony Falls lock
When the lock at Upper St. Anthony Falls was closed to ship and boat traffic two years ago, it became pretty much just that: a closed lock. After years of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers sponsored tours, the lock and its visitor’s center was off-limits to the public. → Read More
How much do Minneapolis' mayoral candidates care about Minneapolis' business community?
That the question had to be asked says something about the tone of the Minneapolis mayor’s race so far.“Are you seeking the support of business owners and leaders?” Star-Tribune business columnist Lee Schafer asked at a gathering of six mayoral hopefuls at a Tuesday candidate forum addressing business and economic issues held at the University of M → Read More
Bad vibrations: How a fight between the Met Council and a Minneapolis condo association spilled into the state Legislature
Somewhere in the closing days of the 2017 session of the Minnesota Legislature, a mandatory study of the impacts of light rail construction on a condominium building adjacent to the tracks became something, well, much less. → Read More
How Minneapolis got right back to where it started from on a city-only minimum wage
As the city council readies for a pair of public hearings, the big pieces of a minimum wage ordinance are all but decided. → Read More
Twin Cities transit funding board initiates break-up. Like, for real this time
This time they mean it.Probably.The commissioners from the five Twin Cities counties that make up the Counties Transit Improvement Board, lovingly known as CTIB, met Wednesday to begin the process of breaking up. → Read More
Inside one of Minneapolis’ first, and coolest, accessory dwelling units
Since the ordinance took effect 30 months ago, the city has approved 63 building permits. → Read More
Marathons, troughs, and 'headwinds of discomfort': Minneapolis' Hodges defends agenda in state of the city speech
Betsy Hodges is a mayor under a fair amount of pressure.From activists who don’t think her reforms of the police department are deep enough and fast enough. From merchants and restaurant owners who think her signature infrastructure project, Nicollet Mall, is taking too long. → Read More