The St. Paul City Council passed a $15 minimum wage ordinance Wednesday afternoon. Large businesses, including the University of St. Thomas, will increase minimum wages to $11.50 by July 1, 2020 and reach $15 an hour by 2023.
St. Thomas’s 2018 first-year class is the biggest in history which leads to renovations on campus, St. Paul expects to vote to raise the minimum wage, and more deaths are being discovered as wild fires rage on both ends of California. Reporter Emily Haugen has today’s News in :90.
Registration for the midterm elections is due, the Taliban claim responsibility for an attack, a fatal shooting happens outside a St. Paul bar, and a student at Northern University is found dead. Reporter Jack Stanek has today’s News in :90.
Designer Christine Hastings showcases popular fall activities in the St. Paul area.
Allianz Field, Minnesota United’s new stadium, enters the final quarter of its construction for 2019. Some Hamline-Midway residents are concerned that the multi-year development plan will economically restructure the neighborhood and potentially alter its demographic.
St. Paul officials are weeks away from gaining approval for a new park, a Minnesota mother was arrested under a kidnapping warrant, memorial services were held for Joe Parise and Donald Trump mocked sexual allegations against Brett Kavanaugh at a Mississippi campaign rally. Designer Emilia Fredrickson has today’s News in :90.
The United Nations convened for its general assembly, Hurricane Florence continues to cause damage in southern states and criminal charges for a hit and run have been dismissed in St. Paul. Director Noah Brown has today’s News in :90.
Water rushed down an inside wall of Brady Educational Center’s classroom 114 around 7 p.m. on Thursday. The ceiling’s drywall bubbled as a steady trickle of water pooled on the classroom floor behind students. This story has been updated to include weather information from the National Weather Service and the Associated Press.
St. Thomas graduate Peter Stenson recently released his second novel, “Thirty-Seven,” a story about a cult that dies off and is restarted by its only surviving member.
Revelers flooded the streets of downtown St. Paul Saturday to watch the St. Patrick’s Day parade. Photographer Davis Narey captured the sights of the day.
Some residents in St. Paul have not had their recycling picked up in over three weeks due to ice and snow preventing trucks from reaching pickup areas. Eureka Recycling has started alley pickup in an effort to reduce buildup.
Two of the league’s elite defenses go at it Sunday when the Philadelphia Eagles (14-3) host the Minnesota Vikings (14-3) in the conference title game.
Former St. Thomas student Maddie Shogren became in July a sister with Pro Ecclesia Sancta, a Catholic religious community in St. Paul.
Designer Christine Hastings looks at the best coffee shops around the St. Thomas campus.
This is News in :90 for Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017.
