The Affordable Housing Trust Fund, established in 2003 to provide ‘gap funding’ for development, is on its third straight year of decline. The post In Minneapolis, a fund to boost affordable housing faces a backslide appeared first on MinnPost .

Free or nearly-free parking is a nice-to-have in St. Paul, but when the city is in the hole, it’s time to rethink old policies. The post One simple solution to St. Paul’s budget woes appeared first on MinnPost .

Soccer and football teams were forced into a month of away games until the gluey infill could be replaced. The post Home field disadvantage: Summer temps caused ‘clumping’ turf and fall field closure at St. Paul’s Central High appeared first on MinnPost .

Shelter staff said a bed reservation system in Hennepin County typically fills up within an hour of opening each morning. The post Demand for emergency shelter remains high in Twin Cities even as beds are added  appeared first on MinnPost .

My outsider’s hunch that it’d be simple to green a fleet of institutional vehicles turned out to be somewhat naive. The post Trash trucks, mini-trucks and an eyeball truck at the University of Minnesota, but few EVs appeared first on MinnPost .

A human in the driver’s seat of a driverless taxi won’t solve some of the bigger headaches brought on by Waymo’s arrival. The post What should Minneapolis do about Waymo? appeared first on MinnPost .

As if leaf blowers weren’t enough, the Minneapolis City Council is set to vote this week on the neighborliness of the perpetual dings of doorway motion sensors. The post SHHH! From motion sensors to car engines, Minneapolis noise pollution can be hard to ignore and harder to stop appeared first on