Publisher’s Desk
Hello, readers.
Well, it’s been a busy three weeks here at the Monitor, as we get rolling on our journalistic enterprise. Investigating all sorts of stories, we’ve visited offices in...
City changes Street Improvement Program
On August 8, 2017, Duluth Mayor Emily Larson unveiled a new funding proposal for the city’s long-suffering streets: If the state of Minnesota would allow the city to enact...
Senator: “I’m just telling you what they tell me”
July 1, 2019
Erik Simonson: This is Erik Simonson, returning your
call.
John Ramos: Oh yeah, great. Thanks for getting back.
ES: Absolutely.
JR: So I wasn’t aware that we were going to be...
62 percent of Medical District streets ineligible for sales tax money
Duluth’s Medical District is shaped like a backwards L, extending from 3rd Avenue East to 12th Avenue East on the long side, and from Superior Street to 6th Street...
Benvie banned from border
Things aren’t looking too great for border vigilante Jim Benvie. The native Duluthian, as I wrote last week, had been making waves by posting Facebook videos of militia members...
City earmarks $10 million of new sales tax for Medical District, doesn’t tell anyone
EDIT, 2019-09-17. The $10 million in the headline will come from both sales tax and utility funds, not just sales tax. This article has been gaining renewed traction lately,...
