The federal government said Monday it is awarding $929 million to help pay for the Southwest light-rail line, a final financial linchpin for a transit project years in the making. With a $2 billion price tag, Southwest is the biggest public works project in state history. Currently under construction, the 14.5-mile line will connect downtown Minneapolis to Eden Prairie, through St. Louis Park, ... Read More

Riots after the killing of George Floyd destroyed Black and immigrant-owned shops in Minneapolis and hollowed out their neighborhoods. Months later, Twin Cities business leaders say minority-owned firms should be leaders in reconstructing what was lost. The Lake Street Council is referring owners of damaged businesses to contractors owned by people of color. Target has hired Noor Companies, ... Read More

Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s administration is out with a plan to try to get new apartment buildings built near CTA lines on the South and West sides the way they’re springing up right next to the tracks in whiter, wealthier parts of Chicago. Sign up for The Spin to get the top stories in politics delivered to your inbox weekday afternoons. The Equitable Transit-Oriented Development plan seeks to ... Read More

Sep. 9--A Salina man was seriously injured in an industrial accident Tuesday afternoon at the Nickerson Road bridge replacement project. Emergency crews responded to the site at 69th Avenue and Nickerson Road just before 2 p.m. There they found Gonzalo Chavez, 42, of Salina, lying on his back, in the sand near the river. Deputies rendered aid to Gonzalo until EMS and fire arrived, according to ... Read More

State regulators were largely cleared Thursday of accusations of "procedural irregularities" while issuing a water quality permit for PolyMet Mining Corp. and the copper-nickel mine it wants to build in northeast Minnesota. In a victory for the mine's supporters and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA), Ramsey County District Court Chief Judge John Guthmann ruled that the MPCA did not ... Read More

A building project stalled by the abrupt 2018 bankruptcy of Thor Construction is back on track with new partners resuming construction of the south Minneapolis apartment building. On Thursday, construction crews turned their attention to what has looked like an abandoned poured foundation and elevator shaft hole in the ground on the corner of Park and Franklin Avenues South. Soon, the property ... Read More

U.S. Bank hopes to transform its aging bank branch at 70th Street and France Avenue in Edina into an office, retail and apartment complex. The proposed project, to be developed by Mortenson and Orion Investment Real Estate, is in the conceptual phase. Initial sketches and re-use plans for a high-rise complex have been submitted to the city and will soon be reviewed by the city’s planning ... Read More

Sep. 1--Despite fiscal challenges, Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway proposed Tuesday a capital budget for 2021 that keeps the long-envisioned Public Market on track and seeks $161.6 million in new spending for affordable housing, land purchases for development, a small business equity program and bus rapid transit. In her proposal, introduced to the City Council Tuesday, Rhodes-Conway also seeks $3 ... Read More