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Kindergartner’s first bus ride brings nerves, new friend and Spanish song (opens the original)
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âItâs your first day of school, Poppy,â her mom said. That exchange between my wife and our kindergartner was captured on video as the sun rose on a coolish, almost-fall Minnesota morning â our daughterâs first day of elementary school. All of those answers were true except the one about nerves. Her excitement about the bus had us at the stop early. We waited alone for 10 minutes before three older kids came running up. One of them, a second-grader, told Poppy, âYou can sit with me.â
Ramsey approves senior housing TIF deal after labor debate (opens the original)
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The Ramsey City Council approved a revised tax increment financing development agreement Aug. 25 for a proposed 186-unit senior housing project, replacing a subcontractor addendum with state responsible-contractor language over objections from residents and union representatives. The council voted 5-1 to approve the agreement with Ramsey Senior Housing LLC. Council Member Kirsten Buscher cast the dissenting vote. Trident Development is proposing a two-story building with 78 assisted-living units
COURT RULING: '$6.2 million was improperly diverted away from Anoka County by state Legislature' (opens the original)
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A Ramsey County District Court judge ruled Aug. 21 that a provision redirecting $6.2 million in transportation funding from Anoka County to a planned pedestrian bridge over the Rum River Dam in downtown Anoka violated the Minnesota Constitution. The judge found that the provision, included in a transportation law passed during the Legislatureâs 2025 special session, constituted unconstitutional special legislation. The provision singled out Anoka County as the only metropolitan county to have
Ramsey council approves first pay increase since 2005 (opens the original)
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Ramsey City Council members and the mayor will receive their first pay increases in more than two decades beginning Jan. 1, 2027. The council voted 5-2 to increase council membersâ annual salaries from $6,000 to $10,000 and the mayorâs salary from $8,000 to $12,000. City Administrator Brian Hagen said staff compared Ramseyâs council pay with that of 15 similarly sized cities and found Ramsey was below average. Bruce Anderson spoke in strong opposition, saying the increases were too large w
Ramsey approves TIF district for 186-unit senior housing project (opens the original)
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The Ramsey City Council unanimously established a tax increment financing district July 14 for a proposed 186-unit senior living development in the COR following a public hearing where no residents spoke. Trident Development is proposing the project on 6 acres next to the Minneapolis VA Health Care Systemâs Ramsey clinic. Plans call for 78 assisted-living units, 24 memory-care units and 84 independent-living units. The council approved the creation of Tax Increment Financing District No. 20 an
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