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Incline Village developer failed to pay property taxes in 2024

As Incline Village project construction begins at the top of the hill, on the site of the former Central High School, property tax records reveal that the owner, STC...

Lakeview Tower first TIF project in Duluth to subsidize vacation rentals

On March 26, 2025, the Duluth Economic Development Authority (DEDA) approved an eighth amendment to the Lakeview Tower development agreement, thereby allowing for 34 of the 210 apartment units...

Incline Village developer showed no need for $75 million subsidy approved by City Council

On June 10, 2024, the Duluth City Council approved a resolution authorizing a $75 million Tax Increment Financing (TIF) subsidy for Phase One of the Incline Village project, which...

Incline Plaza developer embroiled in synagogue fraud case

On Feb. 12, 2024, the Duluth City Council approved a development agreement with the companies Chester Creek View LLC and Incline Plaza Development LLC, authorizing them to receive tax...

Investigation finds no evidence for Ostreicher claims

The Duluth City Council recently approved a development agreement with various companies owned by New York resident Lazar Ostreicher, who plans to build a half-billion dollar project on the...

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Mayor of Superior proactively bans NDAs minutes after fulfilling Monitor’s data request for NDAs

On Oct. 27, 2025, the Monitor continued its investigation into our local governments’ use of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) by filing a public records request...

St. Louis County Board manipulated public process to silence public input on NDAs

A number of media outlets reported on the events of the St. Louis County Board meeting of Oct. 14, 2025, but none exposed how...

2 city officials signed NDAs when Duluth was being considered for data center project

The City of Hermantown’s proposed data center project has received a lot of public scrutiny in recent weeks, primarily because the project has been...

Endi bankruptcy dismissed; affidavit shows Luzy Ostreicher used rent proceeds for Incline Village project, other unauthorized expenses

On Oct. 9, 2025, in the Southern District of New York, United States Bankruptcy Judge Sean H. Lane dismissed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy case...

22 county employees signed NDAs for data center project

On Oct. 13, 2025, the Monitor and other media outlets reported that three St. Louis County Commissioners had signed nondisclosure agreements (NDAs) with Mortenson...