MPR News photojournalist Ben Hovland spent an evening with Slow Roll MSP, a group aimed to help people reconnect to their communities and create a safe space for Black bodies on bikes.
Union Pacific will spend more than $1 billion to upgrade 600 of its old diesel locomotives over the next three years and make them more efficient, but regulators still want it to do more to cut pollution from its engines.
There is a city plan in the works that may include a new bike path along historic Summit Avenue in St. Paul. It’s raising alarm bells among residents who worry it will uproot many of the street’s majestic trees and change the feel of the neighborhood. St. Paul Pioneer Press reporter Fred Melo talks with Cathy Wurzer about the controversy.
The Biden administration is giving nearly $1 billion to 85 airports across the country — including four in Minnesota — to expand and upgrade terminals and other facilities, using money approved in last year's huge infrastructure bill.
The pipeline of new pilots has been shrinking for years. As summer travel demand increases, the shortage is adding to the strain in airlines and chaos at the airports.
The State Patrol says a driver was injured along a central Minnesota highway on Thursday when parts of a couch fell off a passing trailer and went through his windshield.
On Wednesday, officials from Hennepin County and planners rode a bus along the latest planned route between Brooklyn Park and downtown Minneapolis. Along the way, they heard from local politicians, business owners and community activists who have different perspectives.
Minnesotans have had the chance to weigh in on names for state snowplows — twice. Now the Minnesota Department of Transportation is giving the public the chance to pick from among five finalists for the name of a newly designated bike route across the state.