St. Paul city policy prohibits local law enforcement from asking people about their immigration status or for their immigration documents. The St. Paul Police Department is also not allowed to cooperate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on federal immigration enforcement.

The Trump administration has cut several federal grants and funding that cities like St. Paul rely on.

The Trump administration has slashed several federal grants and funds that go directly to cities like St. Paul. At the same time, St. Paul’s downtown buildings are largely vacant since the pandemic changed how workplaces use offices, leading to less tax revenue for the city.

St. Paul is home to many state government offices. This last summer, Gov. Tim Walz required state employees to return to the office to work for at least half of the workweek for the first time since the pandemic started. The move is meant to help revitalize businesses reliant on office workers.

The Minnesota Wild are asking for $394 million from the state to renovate the 25-year-old hockey arena. A renovation would keep the Wild in downtown St. Paul.

St. Paul is home to several nonprofits and government buildings, all of which do not pay property taxes into the city.

City voters approved a 3 percent cap on annual rent increases in 2023. The city has amended the policy many times since to exempt certain projects from the law, including new developments.

A metal foundry on the East Side has been in a legal battle with state regulators over pollution levels for the past two years.

St. Paul voters approved in 2019 to switch from a private trash collection system to a city-run trash collection system. Yet the implementation of this has been sometimes rocky, with Mayor Melvin Carter declaring a state of emergency on trash collection last spring.

St. Paul alley plowing is currently done by private businesses.