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Legal Aid Society of Minneapolis

  • News

    November 23, 2011

    North Minneapolis tornado victims have been forgotten

    Officials moved on, but neighborhood never got help

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2011

    Cathy Haukedahl, new director of MN Legal Aid, bracing for tight budget

    Meet the new e.d. of Legal Aid​Minnesota Legal Aid has a new director: veteran attorney and former state solicitor general Cathy Haukedahl--and already, she's bracing for potential impact from the Republican budget. "The Legislative proposals indicated slight cuts for the court system," Haukedahl ... More >>

  • News

    January 7, 2009

    Paperwork, schmaperwork: Tossed county records leave tenants in the cold

    Hennepin County housing court destroys files to detriment of local renters

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2006

    Somalia simmers

    Hennepin County housing court destroys files to detriment of local renters

  • News

    May 31, 2006

    A Hunk of Burning Love

    Minneapolis Fire Chief Bonnie Bleskachek had a way with the ladies--as firefighter Kristina Lemon claims she learned the hard way

  • News

    August 18, 2004

    Gabriel Francois Has a Bridge in Bloomington to Sell You

    One man's felon is another man's entrepreneur: How to do business like Gabriel Francois

  • News

    July 23, 2003

    What Lies Beneath

    What's in the smelly, oily water coming out of the ground at the new Heritage Park housing development?

  • News

    November 6, 2002

    Habitat for Humbuggery

    Why is the city of Minneapolis dragging its feet on affordable housing?

  • Books

    August 22, 2001

    Tainted Love

    Plans to open a West Bank homeless shelter hit another snag

  • Books

    July 11, 2001

    Rental Anguish

    The City of Minneapolis owed Patricia Fields $5,000. She had to sue
    to collect it.

  • News

    April 11, 2001

    Family Matters

    Halle France has no idea why she can't tap into state services for the mentally retarded. Neither do the pencil pushers who are sitting on millions earmarked for kids like her.

  • Books

    March 7, 2001

    Last Man Standing?

    The man with the leverage to keep Minneapolis moving on its housing promises goes to work for the other side

  • Books

    December 13, 2000

    Inflationary Pressuring

    Minneapolis leaders want the feds to make up the shortfall in funds for the Hollman redevelopment

  • Books

    November 8, 2000

    Zoned Out

    Minneapolis bureaucrats put the kibosh on a West Bank homeless shelter

  • News

    August 9, 2000

    The Candidate

    When did U.S. Senate hopeful Rebecca Yanisch get the idea to make affordable housing a top priority? It sure wasn't while she was running the Minneapolis Community Development Agency.

  • Books

    August 9, 2000

    School's Out

    It's elementary: Money talks

  • Books

    July 19, 2000

    Off the Map

    Will the shiny new near north side need social-service agencies?

  • Books

    April 12, 2000

    Checkout Time

    The Rodeway Inn is all that stands between dozens of Minneapolis families and homelessness--but not for long

  • News

    March 8, 2000

    Living Against the Law

    Public camping has been prohibited in Minneapolis for years. Trouble is, for Westside and Chris, Little John and Gnat, there's no place else like home.

  • Books

    October 6, 1999

    Let's Break a Deal

    Did the Minneapolis NAACP botch its chance to save hundreds of low-income apartments?

  • Books

    June 9, 1999

    The Power of Positive Thinking

    How to stop worrying and love redevelopment

  • News

    March 17, 1999

    Black Like Us

    Political machinations, intrigue, and good old-fashioned mudslinging: A look behind the scenes of the Minneapolis NAACP election scandal

  • News

    December 17, 1997

    The Bossen Plantation

    Bossen Terrace unsuccessfully tried to evict Linda Banks (foreground) as she lay in a hospital bed. Her sister, Sandra Battle, has filed a complaint about the complex's management practices with the Minneapolis Civil Rights Department.

  • News

    August 7, 1996

    Razing Minneapolis

    The city embarks on a program of destroying low-income inner-city housing to save itself.

  • News

    February 21, 1996

    A Firewall of Silence

    The city embarks on a program of destroying low-income inner-city housing to save itself.

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