James Walsh

St. Paul developer has big plans for Victoria and Grand

Terry John Zila, owner of Hepcat Coffee, says he’s bullish on downtown despite St. Paul’s challenges.

Coloring book duo depicts St. Paul’s Rondo neighborhood

Robert Pilot is a Ho-Chunk legislator and former schoolteacher.

Property taxes would have increased to offset child care costs for low-income families. But opponents said too few would be helped and that the cost is too high.

Starting in 2028, voters will choose St. Paul mayor and City Council members along with U.S. president, after voters said yes on a ballot question in Tuesday’s election.

Some 60% of voters rejected it. Years of effort to highlight the need to help low-income families was not for naught, champions of plan say.

Friends, most in their 70s and 80s and recovering alcoholics, hope their recently recorded radio play on the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald can find a broadcast home in time for its 50th anniversary.

The longtime community corrections official championed civil rights and equity with warmth and kindness, friends and family say.

Meet the journalist and author who highlights St. Paul history — real and imagined