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MinnPost spoke to University of Minnesota students about what issues mattered to them ahead of Minneapolis' mayoral election. Check out the story here: www.minnpost.com/elections/20...
College students get out to vote, participate in election process
Housing, food security top Election Day issues for some young voters at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus.
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November 4, 2025 at 11:49 PM
MinnPost spoke to University of Minnesota students about what issues mattered to them ahead of Minneapolis' mayoral election. Check out the story here: www.minnpost.com/elections/20...
The calm before the storm @minnpost.bsky.social #MinnPostFestival
September 27, 2025 at 3:39 PM
The calm before the storm @minnpost.bsky.social #MinnPostFestival
The calm before the storm. #MinnPostFestival
September 27, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The calm before the storm. #MinnPostFestival
It used to be that a 500-word essay on what I did over summer vacation was a task that would vex me for weeks. Now I just wrote 600 words on what my colleagues did last week in 40 minutes.
September 5, 2025 at 4:26 PM
It used to be that a 500-word essay on what I did over summer vacation was a task that would vex me for weeks. Now I just wrote 600 words on what my colleagues did last week in 40 minutes.
If I were to tweak a good song I wrote, would I fine-tune a fine tune?
August 26, 2025 at 7:22 PM
If I were to tweak a good song I wrote, would I fine-tune a fine tune?
Bill is correct.
I finally wrote about the Twin Cities' "opt-out" transit agencies and why they're dumb. www.minnpost.com/news/2025/08...
Does the Twin Cities need the “opt-out” transit agencies anymore? - MinnPost
The Met Council will decide how much regional sales tax money to give to opt-out providers that actually may be hurting regional transit efforts.
www.minnpost.com
August 26, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Bill is correct.
@photoellen.bsky.social really captured the essence of the State Fair in this photo gallery. Have a look and tell me you couldn't smell the mini donuts, hear the Midway and feel the energy. www.minnpost.com/galleries/20...
Photos: Minnesota State Fair - MinnPost
MinnPost's photojournalist captures the essence of the Great Minnesota Get-Together.
www.minnpost.com
August 26, 2025 at 5:55 PM
@photoellen.bsky.social really captured the essence of the State Fair in this photo gallery. Have a look and tell me you couldn't smell the mini donuts, hear the Midway and feel the energy. www.minnpost.com/galleries/20...
Biking to the State Fair is where it’s at: free, guarded and right outside the entrance.
August 22, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Biking to the State Fair is where it’s at: free, guarded and right outside the entrance.
I'm officially offering naming rights to my Frogtown home to the highest bidder (reserve must be met).
July 1, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I'm officially offering naming rights to my Frogtown home to the highest bidder (reserve must be met).
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz comforted this woman at the candlelight vigil for Melissa and Mark Hortman last night at the State Capitol. He gave no remarks, had no visible security, and mourned with the Hortman family and all Minnesotans. #leadership
June 19, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz comforted this woman at the candlelight vigil for Melissa and Mark Hortman last night at the State Capitol. He gave no remarks, had no visible security, and mourned with the Hortman family and all Minnesotans. #leadership
In a rarity, I am currently both gruntled and combobulated.
May 16, 2025 at 5:56 PM
In a rarity, I am currently both gruntled and combobulated.
How many smoked pork chops in 48 hours is excessive? Surely not one or two. Four? Six?
May 16, 2025 at 4:19 PM
How many smoked pork chops in 48 hours is excessive? Surely not one or two. Four? Six?
Here's some good political reporting by Matthew Blake.
Yesterday's budget compromise "is especially impressive, the governor said, 'at a time of chaos and dysfunction at the federal level.
'I think the country would be appreciative of this, because it can still work. Democracy is hard, but it can still work.'
And then chaos and dysfunction happened."
'I think the country would be appreciative of this, because it can still work. Democracy is hard, but it can still work.'
And then chaos and dysfunction happened."
Budget breakthrough? What MN lawmakers did and didn't do
Explaining Thursday’s State Capitol budget news amid the bipartisan boasting and a frenzied pushback in Gov. Tim Walz's office.
www.minnpost.com
May 16, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Here's some good political reporting by Matthew Blake.
Man, a phlegmy smoker’s cough is a trigger for me.
May 12, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Man, a phlegmy smoker’s cough is a trigger for me.
A lady is wandering up and down the street yelling "Courtney! Courtney, I'm sorry!"
May 12, 2025 at 4:29 PM
A lady is wandering up and down the street yelling "Courtney! Courtney, I'm sorry!"
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It's been 100 days since the second Trump administration took office. Since then, tariffs, the clawbacks of federal funding and an immigration crackdown have hit the state’s economy and policies. Our reporters break down some of the effects on Minnesota: www.minnpost.com/national/202...
Trump 2.0: How the president’s first 100 days have impacted Minnesota - MinnPost
Tariffs, the clawbacks of federal funding and an immigration crackdown have hit the state’s economy and policies.
www.minnpost.com
April 24, 2025 at 1:22 PM
It's been 100 days since the second Trump administration took office. Since then, tariffs, the clawbacks of federal funding and an immigration crackdown have hit the state’s economy and policies. Our reporters break down some of the effects on Minnesota: www.minnpost.com/national/202...
How can 6 months of the employer's portion of her health care costs total $85,000?
HCMC’s exiting leader could get more than $1 million in severance
CEO Jennifer DeCubellis resigned in March and is eligible for up to a year’s pay and six months of health benefits.
www.startribune.com
April 22, 2025 at 4:55 PM
How can 6 months of the employer's portion of her health care costs total $85,000?
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Got my new American made smartphone today and it shot me in the chest
April 22, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Got my new American made smartphone today and it shot me in the chest
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Imagine losing the key to your house, your business, or your car – then finding out you can’t legally replace it in Minnesota.
Don’t lose your keys, Minnesotans – they might soon be illegal - MinnPost
A state law slated to go into effect in July bans the manufacture and sale of items containing small amounts of lead – like your brass keys.
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April 21, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Imagine losing the key to your house, your business, or your car – then finding out you can’t legally replace it in Minnesota.
This is true. When I was flat broke and living in an infested hovel in Costa Rica, we would eat "comida de puta," or "whore food," which was just a can of oily tuna with vegetables mixed with rice. Even today the thought of returning to those lean, fish-smelling times makes me ill.
April 17, 2025 at 4:13 PM
This is true. When I was flat broke and living in an infested hovel in Costa Rica, we would eat "comida de puta," or "whore food," which was just a can of oily tuna with vegetables mixed with rice. Even today the thought of returning to those lean, fish-smelling times makes me ill.
A Minnesota small-business owner is becoming the face of how new tariffs are affecting our entrepreneurs:
Oronoco baby products business sees tariffs as 'sudden death'
Busy Baby's owner says she's been unable to find domestic manufacturers to make her products since President Trump's tariffs announcement.
www.minnpost.com
April 17, 2025 at 3:52 PM
A Minnesota small-business owner is becoming the face of how new tariffs are affecting our entrepreneurs:
I scared the garbage man this morning when I sprinted down the alley in my pijamas to snap a pick of St. Paul’s new trucks.
April 17, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I scared the garbage man this morning when I sprinted down the alley in my pijamas to snap a pick of St. Paul’s new trucks.
Matthew Blake is a new MN state government reporter at @minnpost.bsky.social, and he has great way of conveying the drudgery of lawmaking in a breezy, easy-to-understand way. Here's what he's learned about our budgeting process over his first three weeks on the job.
Human Services cuts, other challenges afoot for Minnesota budget
An already quirky process faces major challenges this spring with economic swings and expected federal cuts to human services.
www.minnpost.com
April 11, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Matthew Blake is a new MN state government reporter at @minnpost.bsky.social, and he has great way of conveying the drudgery of lawmaking in a breezy, easy-to-understand way. Here's what he's learned about our budgeting process over his first three weeks on the job.