Lawmakers budget differences are about more than just numbers — these charts...
They’re stuck at the Capitol. Lawmakers are trying to come to terms on the next two-year state budget. But what divides Republicans and Democrats is more than just numbers. They disagree on how...
View ArticleSt. Paul teacher on leave after using racial slur to describe black students
A St. Paul teacher is on paid leave after video was posted online that showed her using a racial slur at school. A parent of a Highland Park student posted the 23-second video clip Wednesday to various...
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University of St. Thomas adds event space to Chapel of St. Thomas Aquinas
On the University of St. Thomas’ St. Paul campus, the century-old Chapel of St. Thomas Aquinas will soon have new pews and a new neighbor. The Opus Group has begun construction of a 25,000-square foot...
View ArticleChristian Life Academy in Farmington to close, merge with two Bloomington...
After nearly four decades of educating kids in Farmington, Christian Life Academy will close down at the end of the school year and merge with two Bloomington schools. Christian Life Academy, Bethany...
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Kenyan poet tackles slums, sniffing … and Prince during Stillwater visit
When former Minnesota state demographer Tom Gillaspy went to Kenya on a church mission trip a few years ago, his friend Jim Hainlen asked for a favor. “I asked him to bring back any poetry he saw,”...
View ArticleSisters homeschooled after decade of bullying. It’s a growing issue, MN...
PARK RAPIDS, Minn. — Jason and Hanna Markert, of Park Rapids, started to homeschool all three of their daughters this year after seeing a dangerous decline in their grades, behavior and health....
View ArticleVoters approve $275M school construction plan for North St....
Voters on Tuesday approved a far-reaching plan to reconfigure school buildings across the North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale district. The $275 million borrowing plan will finance two new school...
View ArticleFormer Argosy students could see debt help under lawmakers’ plan
Students from the now-defunct Argosy University in Eagan are a step closer to having some of their debts forgiven. With a unanimous vote, the Minnesota Senate approved a bill that would help students...
View ArticleDistrict 197 seeks names for new Sibley High School athletic field
The West St. Paul-Mendota Heights-Eagan school district is taking suggestions for naming the stadium at Henry Sibley High School in Mendota Heights. The multi-sport turf athletic field and track is...
View ArticleVideo shows Minnesota 4th-grader narrowly missed being struck by motorist...
The Minnesota Department of Public Safety on Thursday released video of a motorist nearly clipping a Wabasha County fourth-grader as she approached her school bus in January. Ambriel Johnson, a student...
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Mounds View teens’ science project is out of this world — and on the Space...
Three Mounds View High School seniors sat around a laptop in their science classroom Tuesday morning watching what seemed to be a still picture of a workstation. A small lab device sat immobile on the...
View ArticleSt. Paul schools facilities department’s other budgets also in the red
Overspending has pervaded the St. Paul Public Schools facilities department, reaching beyond school construction. In each of the last three years, the department’s budgets for both operations and...
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18 St. Paul school projects, $179 million over estimates
The costs of building renovations throughout the St. Paul school district are coming in far higher than expected in 2016. For 18 high-priority projects, the Pioneer Press has compared estimates from...
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St. Paul schools construction costs skyrocket. What’s the impact and what are...
An ambitious and costly effort to rehabilitate aging buildings throughout the St. Paul school district has been plagued by staggeringly inaccurate cost estimates, employee turnover and a lack of...
View ArticleSt. Paul teacher caught using slur to describe black students resigns
The St. Paul teacher who was caught on video using a racial slur at school has quit. Highland Park Middle School Spanish teacher Wendy Brilowski’s resignation is on the agenda for Tuesday’s meeting of...
View ArticleSt. Paul school board wants report on facilities spending at Tuesday meeting
The St. Paul school board has asked staff for an update on the facilities master plan to be delivered at Tuesday night’s board meeting. “The school board wants to know where we are with planning and...
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St. John’s University first lay president stepping down in August
The first lay president of St. John’s University will be stepping down Aug. 1, the Roman Catholic institution in Collegeville, Minn., announced Tuesday. “It has been the greatest privilege and honor of...
View ArticleSuperintendent calls for external review after Pioneer Press report on St....
St. Paul Public Schools will hire outside experts to review what’s gone wrong with its Facilities Master Plan, whose cost estimates have grown by 61 percent in under three years. Superintendent Joe...
View ArticleMinnesota State to pay $1.9M in wage dispute with college faculty
Minnesota State has agreed to pay up to $1.9 million to settle a wage dispute with faculty at its two-year colleges. The Minnesota State College Faculty union has been fighting since 2010 over wage...
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St. Paul council vote on historic designation for German Immersion School...
The Twin Cities German Immersion School will have to wait another two weeks to learn whether the former St. Andrew’s Church building it purchased six years ago will be designated a local historic site...
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