Josie Albertson-Grove

Downtown boosters are working to get the word out about a hotline to report messes and smaller quality-of-life troubles.

Summit Avenue residents cowed a City Council member over a tree-preservation proposal, saying it would not save trees.

Mayor Melvin Carter says St. Paul police will not be “commandeered” to enact federal immigration policy.

Ryan Companies wanted the St. Paul City Council to let it build shorter buildings with fewer apartments at Cretin Avenue and Ford Parkway, but a tie vote from shorthanded council blocked the appeal.

Builders have long nurtured hope for the red brick buildings on the city’s East Side.

Neighbors say a proposed garbage truck depot will derail hopes for more homes between W. 7th Street and the river.

Rebecca Noecker hopes for more healthy disagreement between the seven council members and with Mayor Melvin Carter, and sees St. Paul turning a corner.

The former Public Safety commissioner and police chief sees his carnival role as an extension of his community-first policing philosophy.

Jalali, a progressive from Ward 4, said she will step down next month after six years on the City Council and one year as council president.

A bouldering gym on Harriet Island and a YMCA health center in Midway are planned.