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Paul Koenig, the One-Man Housing Crisisnew

On the 1500 block of Hillside Avenue in north Minneapolis, a brown and white handrail leads to a vinyl-sided beige duplex. Inside, a bowing chimney has split a crack in the drywall beginning at the floor and disappearing into the upper unit. An occasional mouse scurries through.
City Pages (Twin Cities)  |  Andy Mannix  |  02-24-2010  |  Housing & Development

Minneapolis Spending $200K to Promote Tap Waternew

The critics of the TapMPLS project ignore the fact that promoting tap water has the ability to make the city millions.
City Pages (Twin Cities)  |  Bradley Campbell  |  07-15-2009  |  Environment

How a Minnesota Mental Health Patient Was Forced into Electro-Shock Therapynew

There were 41 cases of the controversial practice of forced, court-ordered electroconvulsive treatment in Hennepin County last year. Ray Sandford was one of them.
City Pages (Twin Cities)  |  Matt Snyders  |  05-22-2009  |  Civil Liberties

Minneapolis' Bike-Sharing Program Just Needs Federal Fundsnew

The bike-share program is currently fighting for $1.75 million of transportation-program funding. If they don't get it, the program is DOA.
City Pages (Twin Cities)  |  Bradley Campbell  |  02-18-2009  |  Transportation

More Than 9,000 Minnesotans are Homeless. I Decided to Join Them for a Weeknew

I don't claim to have experienced homelessness at its most hopeless, its most real, nor do I intend to trivialize the travails that go along with it. Nevertheless, it's hoped that this diary will provide a window into day-to-day affairs, maybe even practical advice for those who may soon find themselves battling the real thing.
City Pages (Twin Cities)  |  Matt Snyders  |  12-01-2008  |  Housing & Development

The Minneapolis Somali Community is Facing a Dark Web of Murdersnew

They came to escape civil war, so why are they killing each other in the streets?
City Pages (Twin Cities)  |  Erin Carlyle  |  11-13-2008  |  Crime & Justice

The Top 10 Most Dangerous Bike Intersections in Minneapolisnew

Despite some high-profile incidents, it is actually safer to ride on the street than at any other time in recent memory, according to city statistics. To nervous cyclists, it sure doesn't feel that way, which is why we decided to assemble a list of the city's 10 most dangerous intersections for bike riders.
City Pages (Twin Cities)  |  Bradley Campbell  |  10-16-2008  |  Transportation

Minneapolis Mayor to Arrested Journalists: Drop Deadnew

For a city leadership that spent so much time trying to convince everyone that the convention was in Minneapolis, too, Mayor R.T. Rybak's office suddenly wants very little to do with hosting the RNC, especially those nasty reports of police brutality and journalist arrests.
City Pages (Twin Cities)  |  Beth Walton  |  09-17-2008  |  Media

Have Foreclosures Pacified Minneapolis' Most Dangerous 'Hoods?new

Murder rates are down and sketchy spots are seeing crime overall dip. Could it be because there are simply fewer people to commit crime or be victimized by it?
City Pages (Twin Cities)  |  Bradley Campbell  |  08-06-2008  |  Crime & Justice

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