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St. Paul to offer rent subsidies for families with schoolchildren
Teachers and school staff at seven St. Paul public schools are teaming up to identify students whose families could use help paying rent. Then the city will give those families $300 a month for up to three years. It’s part of St. Paul’s new Families First Housing pilot program.
In second Line 3 approval, state regulators take up safety, spills — and climate change
Minnesota utility regulators have once again given their blessing to Line 3, the oil pipeline replacement project Enbridge Energy has proposed for northern Minnesota — but not before having a sometimes heated discussion about the project's impact on climate change.
Advocates eye community land trusts to increase access to homeownership
The 13 nonprofit community land trusts throughout the state collectively have 1,250 homes in their portfolios. One land trust in Minneapolis mostly serves households that make between $25,000 and $50,000 a year.
With Iowa results unknown, Klobuchar moves on to New Hampshire
Sen. Amy Klobuchar will campaign for president in New Hampshire Tuesday, after delayed results in Iowa left the slate of candidates unchanged.
For state utility regulators, it’s Line 3 all over again
More than a year and a half after regulators at the state Public Utilities Commission first approved the oil pipeline replacement project, they’re being asked to consider it again. A state court overturned the project's environmental review last summer, and the PUC now has to decide whether to approve a revised assessment.
Klobuchar makes final pitch before Iowa caucuses
After being tied down in Washington because of President Trump’s impeachment trial, Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar used a weekend reprieve to pack her schedule in Iowa, making a final pitch for support in Monday night’s first-in-the-nation caucuses.
Retired University of Minnesota climatologist and meteorologist Mark Seeley joined MPR News host Cathy Wurzer to talk about the month in weather – including the unusual lack of sun.
After a life in pictures, Mia painting curator Patrick Noon retires
After leading the Minneapolis Institute of Art's paintings department for 22 years, Patrick Noon retires Friday. He has guided the department through two building expansions and acquired some 200 paintings for the museum’s collection.
As Xcel moves toward coal-free, will natural gas remain part of energy mix?
Xcel Energy is proposing to replace a coal-fired power plant in Becker with a brand-new plant that would burn natural gas to generate electricity. The company says it needs natural gas as part of its transition to carbon-free electricity. But some climate advocates say building a new fossil fuel plant is unnecessary — and may be unwise.