Tag: Southwest Light Rail
Jim Schultz: Minnesota’s government is now just weird
Most Minnesotans are now familiar with the story of Sen. Nicole Mitchell, the state senator who was arrested in her stepmother’s home, charged with...
Legislator says ‘taxpayers will be on the hook’ for Southwest light...
The Metropolitan Council announced Monday that it has reached an agreement with Hennepin County to pay for the remaining cost overruns on the Southwest...
New report on Southwest light rail project will focus on Met...
The Office of the Legislative Auditor will release the second of two program evaluation reports as part of its 2023 audit of the Southwest light rail project...
Legislators look to take Met Council power out of governor’s hands
For the better part of the last two decades Rep. Frank Hornstein, a self-admitted progressive DFLer from Minneapolis, has been pushing proposed legislation that would...
Senator calls for abolishing Met Council
Minnesota Sen. Mark Koran called for abolishing the Metropolitan Council, whose members are entirely unelected, in response to a damning new report issued Wednesday...
Report: Met Council wasn’t transparent about Southwest light rail costs, delays
The Office of the Legislative Auditor said in a new report that the Metropolitan Council was not fully transparent with the public about significant...
MDE wins Golden Turkey Award for $250 million fraud scheme
(Center of the American Experiment) — Poor management and oversight by the Minnesota Department of Education of a pandemic-related food program won them the fourth...
‘Monumental disaster’: Legislature sees bipartisan push to audit Southwest light rail...
Minnesota lawmakers from both parties are calling for an audit of the Southwest light rail project after news broke that construction will take an...
Over 3,000 crimes were committed on light rail last year, despite...
Metro Transit's light rail lost more than half of its riders in 2020, but crime continued to flourish on the empty trains, according to...
Legal Battle Against Southwest LRT Continues
MINNEAPOLIS - A lawsuit from three years ago is the latest hurdle the Metropolitan Council must clear before moving forward with the Southwest Light...