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The U honors the Hubbards, But With Complications
By February 2017, the letters were rolling in recommending that the University of Minnesota rename its journalism school after the Hubbard family, the radio and television pioneers who had created a media conglomerate centered around KSTP-TV. ... Continue Reading
Examining Shakopee’s Amazon warehouse subsidies
Documents show how one of the most successful companies in the world benefited from millions in taxpayer money because local officials in Minnesota announced that the project would not happen without public assistance. ... Continue Reading
FBI releases agency files pertaining to former Senator Rod Grams
Five months after Rod Grams took office in the mid-1990s, the FBI investigated a death threat against the late U.S. senator from Minnesota from an individual who threatened to shoot Grams and then take his own life. ... Continue Reading
Looking back at the ten year effort to end homelessness in Hennepin County
Documents show that public and private sector officials were often overwhelmed by the enormity of the problem, and wrestled with data that at times left them without an accurate way to count the number of homeless. The city and county’s multi-layered bureaucracies added to the complexities. ... Continue Reading
SEC cited State of Minnesota for misstatements in bond offerings
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) cited the State of Minnesota in 2016 for making “material misstatements” in the sale of municipal bonds. Minnesota was one of more than seventy public entities that were cited by the SEC – but just one of two states. ... Continue Reading
Saint Paul grapples with immigration issues in wake of Trump election
Nine days after the November 2016 presidential election, St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman was preaching caution to his staff as emotions flared in the city and across the U.S. over Donald Trump’s controversial stance on immigration. ... Continue Reading