St. Paul Mayor Carter announces guaranteed income, college tuition program

Using funds through the American Rescue Plan, select St. Paul families will be enrolled in a pilot program that offers guaranteed basic income, and payments to a college savings plan.

St. Paul mayor appoints Jeremy Ellison as interim police chief

Deputy Chief Jeremy Ellison will serve as the St. Paul Police Department's interim police chief, the city's mayor announced Wednesday morning.

St. Paul mayor announces interim police chief
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St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter selected Deputy Chief Jeremy Ellison to temporarily replace Todd Axtell, who is ending his term in June after being the city's police chief since 2016.

Committee selecting St. Paul police chief candidates named

On Thursday, the St. Paul City Council released its appointments for the 39-member committee who will select the top five candidates for the city's next police chief.

Minneapolis, St. Paul lift mask mandate in city-managed buildings

As COVID-19 case rates continue to drop, both Minneapolis and St. Paul lifted their mask mandates inside city buildings Thursday.

Minneapolis, St. Paul mayors lift mask mandate

Minneapolis and St. Paul mayors have lifted the city's mask mandate, effective immediately. 

St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter announces ‘rent stabilization stakeholder group’

St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter has announced the creation of a 41-member “rent stabilization stakeholder group” that will be tasked with improving and enhancing rent stabilization in St. Paul,

Supreme Court ruling scrambles vaccine mandate plans in Minneapolis, St. Paul

The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling that blocks the Biden administration from enforcing vaccine-or-test mandates against employees at large companies will have wide-ranging effects in Minnesota.

Confusion reigns over start date of St. Paul rent control rules

St. Paul city officials appeared caught off guard this week after voters passed one of the nation's toughest rent control policies.

St. Paul Mayor: City 'devastated' by downtown shooting

St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter released a statement in response to the overnight shooting that injured 14 people and killed one woman downtown.

One night before St. Paul mass shooting, Sheriff Fletcher predicted shooting

The night before a shooting at a St. Paul bar left more than a dozen people hurt and one person dead, Sheriff Bob Fletcher had a feeling something bad was going to happen.

St. Paul expands programs to support immigrants, refugees

The expanded programs come as the St. Paul Area Chamber of Commerce unveils new research to show that immigration is driving the city’s population growth.

St. Paul expands programs to support immigrants, refugees
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St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter says the city is expanding programs to support the city?s immigrants and refugees.

St. Paul restaurant owner, mayor continue to clash over how to address crime problem

Restaurateur Brian Ingram garnered national attention last week when he criticized St. Paul city officials for an uptick in crime. Sunday, Mayor Melvin Carter responded.