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U neighborhood safety concerns spark city meeting

by Stephanie Kudrle
Published December 5, 2003
Residents asked city leaders to provide better street lighting and conduct speedier repairs of burned-out lights.

Como neighborhood group sees threat in anonymous letter

by Eric Swanson
Published December 3, 2003

Tensions were high between landlords, a City Council member and neighborhood residents at a Southeast Como Improvement Association meeting Tuesday evening. Discussion focused on an anonymous letter the...

U-area landlords band together

by Eric Swanson
Published December 2, 2003

A group of University-area landlords has started an organization to combat what they see as unfair discrimination. The University Concerned Landlords Association is a group of between 25 and 50 property...

Pawlenty to nominate new higher ed director

by Molly Moker
Published December 1, 2003

In a change from previous years, Gov. Tim Pawlenty will select the head of the Minnesota agency responsible for distributing all financial aid in the state. Pawlenty announced last week he is conducting...

More people compete for holiday-season jobs

by Nathan Hall
Published November 18, 2003

Students hunting for seasonal jobs might have been encouraged by October employment statistics showing increased jobs in nearly every sector. But looks can be deceiving. Several local economists and retail...

Student-soldiers find meaning in holiday

Published November 11, 2003

Political science student Jacob Aldean will head north with some fellow Marines to celebrate Veterans Day as a veteran for the first time. "We're driving our Humvees to a school up in the Iron Range,"...

Pawlenty proposal would open carpool lanes for a fee

Published November 6, 2003
The fee would likely range from 50 cents to $4 per trip.

St. Paul council takes up housing

by Beth Hornby
Published November 6, 2003
The City Council will vote Wednesday on revoking licenses from landlords with excessive code violations.

Vandals strike Life Care Center

by Koran Addo
Published October 30, 2003

When Christopher Gustafson arrived at work last Friday, he was greeted by the word "helter" written in blood on the wall outside his office. Gustafson is director of the University Life Care Center, a...

Without Wellstone: Activists carry on

by Molly Moker
Published October 24, 2003
Despite the senator's death, his supporters have not been idle.

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