Mark Dayton is counting the days to his D.C. exodus

The MPD captain tries to outrun his most formidable opponent—his own checkered history on race—in a bid to be Hennepin County sheriff

Michele Bachmann's recipe for success: Christian piety and not-so-Christian opportunism

Ballpark fixture Thomas Hodne on a season for the ages

Minneapolis has settled its lawsuits with Time Warner Cable. But the city may still be out to gut local cable-access programming.

Another accusation of police misconduct reopens the old rift between cops and residents at south Minneapolis's Little Earth housing complex

Hennepin County's rehab of the north side Lowry Corridor leaves minority-owned businesses on the brink

As the Latino population soars, Alberto Monserrate builds a media empire

Tonight we're gonna party Maplewood-style

Evangelical turnout helps Michele Bachmann take the GOP 6th District endorsement

Is the MPD's hiring process skewed against minority applicants?

How did Minneapolis's police chief become belle of the ball in San Antonio?

Lake Street businesses struggle with a new round of city assessments

How a cadre of developers has turned $800-a-month local apartments into $200,000 condos—and turned out a few thousand residents in the process.

The May medal: How the MPD managed to embarrass itself and reopen old wounds

For 35 years, Larry Blackwell has worked on civil rights issues at city hall. Now he's been shown the door--again.

When R.T. Rybak brought Bill McManus to town to head the MPD, both men talked big about reforming the troubled department. But when the chief ran into political resistance, some say, the mayor blinked. Now their relationship has hit the skids, and the fut