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April 2, 2025 2:00 PM

St. Paul closes Alliance Bank Center skyway

St. Paul city officials announced in a Wednesday press release that connections through Osborn370 and Treasure Island Center on the building’s southwest end will remain open. The remaining connections have been shut down. Drivers can still enter one of the building’s parking ramps from its Cedar Street Entrance.

by Alex Haddon

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April 1, 2025 1:30 PM

St. Paul community group hopes for alternate solution to trash dispute

St. Paul has averted a garbage pick-up crisis, but disputes over trash in the capital city are ongoing.

by Nina Moini and Aleesa Kuznetsov

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March 31, 2025 5:36 PM

St. Paul mayor declares state of emergency for trash collection

St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter has declared a state of emergency due to a zoning dispute over where St. Paul’s new trash collector can fuel and maintain vehicles.

by Mark Zdechlik

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March 28, 2025 4:20 PM

Alliance Bank Center won’t be totally unsecured after tenants are gone, officials say

City officials said they intended to meet with affected property owners Friday afternoon to formalize a plan for the building and its important skyway connection.

by Alex Haddon

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March 27, 2025 10:45 AM

Amtrak bringing in replacement rail cars, will resume Borealis train service

Amtrak says train service on its Borealis passenger rail line between St. Paul to Chicago will resume in part on Thursday, and in full on Friday, after being temporarily replaced with buses.

by Estelle Timar-Wilcox

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March 26, 2025 4:20 PM

Downtown St. Paul Lunds & Byerlys closes, leaving neighborhood without grocery store

It’s another hit as St. Paul — much like other downtowns throughout the U.S. — have struggled to find post-pandemic stability.

by Regina Medina

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March 26, 2025 1:05 PM

Union leader: Return-to-work plan for state employees ignores ‘new reality’ of workplace

Starting June 1, employees for the state of Minnesota will be required to work in person for at least 50 percent of their scheduled workdays.

by Nina Moini and Ellie Roth

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March 25, 2025 4:00 AM

As clock runs down on Alliance Bank Center, tenants begin to move out

Business owners at Alliance Bank Center will have to move to a new location or close their shops when the power shuts off at the end of the month.

by Alex Haddon

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March 23, 2025 5:23 PM

Letter carriers speak out against Trump plans to privatize U.S. Postal Service

Demonstrators rallied in St. Paul and Duluth on Sunday against calls to privatize the U.S. Postal Service. U.S. Sen. Tina Smith called the move a “hostile takeover” by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency.

by Nicole Ki and Alex Haddon