Chris Coleman for Saint Paul

Chris Havens, Star Tribune
The St. Paul Bridges to Safety domestic violence center combines about 20 agencies into one office to save time and money for victims who need help. -READ MORE

Chris Havens, Star Tribune
After months of speculation, the supercomputer firm decided to shift its employees from Mendota Heights. It's official: Cray Inc. is moving more than 200 employees to downtown St. Paul.  -READ MORE

Elizabeth Baier, Minnesota Public Radio
St. Paul, Minn. — Seattle-based Cray, Inc. has decided to move its Minnesota office from the suburbs to downtown St. Paul.  Cray, which makes supercomputers, signed a lease on July 14 to move its approximately 225 employees based in Mendota Heights to the Galtier Plaza building in downtown St. Paul.  -READ MORE

St Paul Legal Ledger Capitol Report
A new academy that aims to train young adults for careers as emergency medical technicians and firefighters is being launched in St. Paul as a collaboration between St. Paul, Ramsey County and Inver Hills and Century community colleges.  -READ MORE

Andrea Canter, Jazz Police
We used to call it the Hot Summer Jazz Festival. Then, perhaps to call attention to the location, it became the Twin Cities Jazz Festival. But last fall, it almost became another casualty of economic downturns, as Festival Director Steve Heckler was on the brink of announcing that the 2009 summer event would be canceled for lack of sponsors.  -READ MORE

Scott Carlson, St Paul Legal Ledger Capitol Report
For years, financial and accounting information in the city of St. Paul has moved at the proverbial snail’s pace.  But last week, the St. Paul Council approved issuing $14.4 million in bonds to finance COMET, a project to replace City Hall’s aging technology infrastructure with a new, more integrated and higher-speed system.  -READ MORE

Madeleine Baran, Minnesota Public Radio
St. Paul, Minn. — The government of St. Paul plans to apply for $46 million in federal stimulus money to help the city acquire and rehabilitate hundreds of homes.  The request for funding comes as over 1,900 buildings sit vacant in St. Paul. The number is slightly lower than 2008, but marks a 160 percent increase from 2005 figures. Vacant and abandoned buildings cost the city about $3.8 million last year.  -READ MORE

Madeleine Baran, Minnesota Public Radio
St. Paul, Minn. — St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman has authorized more than $300,000 in funding for police overtime this summer, while the city pursues federal stimulus money to hire more officers.  The increased police hours will combat the annual increase in crime during the warmer months, a spokesperson for Mayor Coleman said.  -READ MORE