Minneapolis
Minnesota for Sale: the future’s not working
With the usual long list of caveats, I’ve updated the money flowing into Minnesota elections in this odd-year, off-year of 2025. The top 25 donors (or so): In total, I’ve tracked more than $6 million coming from about 165 donors. I’m also tracking…
Minnesota For Sale: work in progress
I’m digging into the campaign finance reports filed earlier this week and a new, big player has…
As urban downtowns decline, ‘suburban downtowns’ rise
One of the consequences of the collapse of downtown Minneapolis and St. Paul is the rise of…
Minneapolis to consider raising utility bills for green…
The Sahan Journal reports about an ordinance under consideration in Minneapolis that would increase…
Detroit on the Mississippi
As the core cities continue their collapse into oblivion, surrounding suburbs step up to fill the…
The DFL money game 2025
2025 is an off-year for elections in Minnesota, except for the municipal contests in Minneapolis and St. Paul. Still, there is information to be gleaned from off-year campaign finance filings. The latest batch of filings were due late last month,…
‘A Precarious State’
The Minneapolis Star Tribune rebuts the Rick Kupchella documentary on the decline and fall of the…
Research finds that falling demand, not rising supply,…
In December 2018, Minneapolis became the first city in the United States to eliminate single-family…
Decline is a choice
DO NOT USE AS COVER IMAGE, shows up poorly on social media Perusing the platform of the…
In the city
Minneapolis Sometime between 2017 and 2020, I was walking north up Hennepin Avenue at about 5pm. I…
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