| Aug. 28, 2019
St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey are both young and full of energy, and they have ambitious hopes for their respective cities. They also both recently released their 2020 budget proposals, which include property tax increases. Today, the two mayors joined MPR News host Angela Davis on stage at the State Fair for a conversation about their work, their friendship and the issues facing their cities. Watch or listen to the conversation here. ~ MPR News staff | Updraft blog | Forecast | |
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| Minneapolis Fed debuts at State Fair amid economic turmoil | | The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis has a booth at the Minnesota State Fair for the first time this year. The bank is making its debut amid roiling financial markets, fears of recession and a slew of attacks on the Federal Reserve from President Trump. | |
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| Oh brother, where art my Andy Warhol print? | | Artist Andy Warhol is credited with saying that everyone would be famous for 15 minutes. Two Twin Cities brothers now in a battle over the fate of a pair of famous Warhol prints may prove him right. | |
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| Soccer: Salve for struggling neighborhood of immigrants | | A soccer field is the first big project of the Meadow Park Initiative, a new community organizing effort in Rochester aimed at building trust, safety and stability in a neighborhood where Somali and Latino immigrants have come together from opposite sides of the globe to build their lives in America. | |
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