Shadi Bushra
@shadib.bsky.social
Reporter, photographer, and some other things. Currently Data Journalist at MinnPost. Will be posting about Minnesota, D.C., and international news; photography and photojournalism; and data, charts, and AI
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How is Minnesota's economy doing? Increasingly, it depends on who you are. A great explainer by @shadib.bsky.social on what the country's K-shaped economy looks like here.
How’s Minnesota’s economy? It depends on your income bracket - MinnPost
On paper, Minnesota’s economy looks solid, but on the ground the story feels different for many. Economists say both impressions are true.
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November 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
How is Minnesota's economy doing? Increasingly, it depends on who you are. A great explainer by @shadib.bsky.social on what the country's K-shaped economy looks like here.
Part 1 of 3 in a series I wrote on Minnesota’s diverging economy/ies. Thank you Joe and Barry for bringing me into your financial realities and letting me share them with our readers! www.minnpost.com/economy/2025...
How’s Minnesota’s economy? It depends on your income bracket - MinnPost
On paper, Minnesota’s economy looks solid, but on the ground the story feels different for many. Economists say both impressions are true.
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November 26, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Part 1 of 3 in a series I wrote on Minnesota’s diverging economy/ies. Thank you Joe and Barry for bringing me into your financial realities and letting me share them with our readers! www.minnpost.com/economy/2025...
I haven’t ready the other finalists, but did happen to go right through Booker prize winner Flesh by Hungarian-British writer David Szalay. If you like the idea of negative space in visual art, imagine it being used in text. This review might explain better. www.npr.org/2025/11/10/n...
'Flesh' wins 2025 Booker Prize: 'We had never read anything quite like it'
David Szalay uses spare and sparse language to follow one Hungarian-British man from his teen years through middle age. The prestigious prize honors the best English-language novels published in the U...
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November 11, 2025 at 5:00 AM
I haven’t ready the other finalists, but did happen to go right through Booker prize winner Flesh by Hungarian-British writer David Szalay. If you like the idea of negative space in visual art, imagine it being used in text. This review might explain better. www.npr.org/2025/11/10/n...
RSF forces have forced army to withdraw from El Fasher, effectively consolidating control in the vast region of Darfur, amid reports of civilian massacres —Fear of mass killings as thousands trapped in besieged Sudan city taken by militia group - BBC News
October 29, 2025 at 1:38 AM
RSF forces have forced army to withdraw from El Fasher, effectively consolidating control in the vast region of Darfur, amid reports of civilian massacres —Fear of mass killings as thousands trapped in besieged Sudan city taken by militia group - BBC News
Wanted to thank the experts at @umnsph.bsky.social and @taxfoundation.bsky.social for weighing in on the health and economic concerns around Minnesota's increased cannabis tax for this article www.minnpost.com/state-govern....
Can Minnesota cannabis dispensaries compete with black market weed?
Minnesota's 15% tax on cannabis products solved a budget problem, but some worry it will drive buyers away from regulated, legal dispensaries.
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August 22, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Wanted to thank the experts at @umnsph.bsky.social and @taxfoundation.bsky.social for weighing in on the health and economic concerns around Minnesota's increased cannabis tax for this article www.minnpost.com/state-govern....
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Latest on the politicization of data -- data we all somehow, somewhere use to understand the world around us.
Latest on the politicization of data -- data we all somehow, somewhere use to understand the world around us.
Minnesota economists, researchers fear politicization of jobs data - MinnPost
Other data exists from other federal, state and private sources, but would be hard to replicate the breadth of what BLS provides.
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August 11, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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Latest on the politicization of data -- data we all somehow, somewhere use to understand the world around us.
Latest on the politicization of data -- data we all somehow, somewhere use to understand the world around us.
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“Man, I wish I could remember him” — my colleague and I dive into the advisory board that was the crux of misinformation that the suspected Minnesota assassin was an “employee” of the governor
“Man, I wish I could remember him” — my colleague and I dive into the advisory board that was the crux of misinformation that the suspected Minnesota assassin was an “employee” of the governor
Demystifying Vance Boelter’s unremarkable tenure on state board
Those who served with him have little recollection of suspected murderer’s time on the nonpartisan Governor's Workforce Development Board.
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June 19, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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“Man, I wish I could remember him” — my colleague and I dive into the advisory board that was the crux of misinformation that the suspected Minnesota assassin was an “employee” of the governor
“Man, I wish I could remember him” — my colleague and I dive into the advisory board that was the crux of misinformation that the suspected Minnesota assassin was an “employee” of the governor
www.minnpost.com/mental-healt... Here’s hoping this expanded wing of Anoka treatment center is built soon and that those suffering in jail and hospitals get the help they need
Expanded Anoka mental health hospital could reduce use of jails
For years local jails have swollen with mentally ill Minnesotans, because of limited capacity at secure state hospitals.
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June 12, 2025 at 6:42 PM
www.minnpost.com/mental-healt... Here’s hoping this expanded wing of Anoka treatment center is built soon and that those suffering in jail and hospitals get the help they need
To reiterate, it took 4 hours of a special session that leaders hope will last less than 24 hours to pass this one bill, with 13 more to go.
The MN Senate, which will now move on to the MinnesotaCare bill, got through five bills in the same time period.
The MN Senate, which will now move on to the MinnesotaCare bill, got through five bills in the same time period.
June 9, 2025 at 7:42 PM
To reiterate, it took 4 hours of a special session that leaders hope will last less than 24 hours to pass this one bill, with 13 more to go.
The MN Senate, which will now move on to the MinnesotaCare bill, got through five bills in the same time period.
The MN Senate, which will now move on to the MinnesotaCare bill, got through five bills in the same time period.
MN House passes, after 4 hours of debate, the measure that will take away access to MinnesotaCare from undocumented adults. The 68 "ayes" were all 67 of the chamber's Republicans, plus DFL Speaker Melissa Hortman, who struck the budget deal that led to this measure. Rep. Fischer (DFL) abstained.
June 9, 2025 at 7:38 PM
MN House passes, after 4 hours of debate, the measure that will take away access to MinnesotaCare from undocumented adults. The 68 "ayes" were all 67 of the chamber's Republicans, plus DFL Speaker Melissa Hortman, who struck the budget deal that led to this measure. Rep. Fischer (DFL) abstained.
Final tally for Rep. Sencer-Mura's aforementioned amendment, which failed: All 67 Republicans voted red, 64 DFL voted green, and three DFLers did not vote (Speaker
Melissas Hortman, Rep. Peter Fischer, and Rep. Huldah Momanyi Hiltsley).
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Melissas Hortman, Rep. Peter Fischer, and Rep. Huldah Momanyi Hiltsley).
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June 9, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Final tally for Rep. Sencer-Mura's aforementioned amendment, which failed: All 67 Republicans voted red, 64 DFL voted green, and three DFLers did not vote (Speaker
Melissas Hortman, Rep. Peter Fischer, and Rep. Huldah Momanyi Hiltsley).
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Melissas Hortman, Rep. Peter Fischer, and Rep. Huldah Momanyi Hiltsley).
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Re: Bill ending access to MinnesotaCare to undocumented adults, Rep. Sencer-Mura introduced amendment that allows continued access for 1) underage who will age out, 2) those over 59 y.o., 3) those with "critical health conditions". Amendment failed 64-67.
June 9, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Re: Bill ending access to MinnesotaCare to undocumented adults, Rep. Sencer-Mura introduced amendment that allows continued access for 1) underage who will age out, 2) those over 59 y.o., 3) those with "critical health conditions". Amendment failed 64-67.
Brings to my mind why the Univ of MN Twin Cities - under investigation by the feds - has stayed mum about what, if anything, they may do to push back, even as other Big Ten schools try to band together.
Academic freedom in the United States has found itself periodically under siege, but the current attacks from the federal government raise a new level of alarm. nyer.cm/u405qvQ
May 25, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Brings to my mind why the Univ of MN Twin Cities - under investigation by the feds - has stayed mum about what, if anything, they may do to push back, even as other Big Ten schools try to band together.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/w... remarkable foresight (if true) on the part of Soviet operatives
As the Soviet Union Fell, Did the K.G.B. Leave a Gift in Brazil for Today’s Spies?
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May 25, 2025 at 8:50 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/w... remarkable foresight (if true) on the part of Soviet operatives
Looks like House GOP members are making it an even tougher sell that their party represents the working class, a key but fickle Trump constituency, pushing back against the president’s suggested tax increases on the ultrarich and private equity in their draft tax bill www.axios.com/2025/05/15/t...
Republican tax bill has some surprising winners and losers
The overall trend is the highest earners will see a bigger boost for income after taxes.
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May 15, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Looks like House GOP members are making it an even tougher sell that their party represents the working class, a key but fickle Trump constituency, pushing back against the president’s suggested tax increases on the ultrarich and private equity in their draft tax bill www.axios.com/2025/05/15/t...
Have not been great at posting my articles in a timely fashion, but that ends now! Here’s the latest on the wildfires up north and how this intense fire season fits into Minnesota’s history: www.minnpost.com/environment/...
Minnesota's 3 major wildfires and how they compare historically
The three major wildfires are among more than 1,000 fires so far this year, which is on track to exceed state averages.
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May 14, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Have not been great at posting my articles in a timely fashion, but that ends now! Here’s the latest on the wildfires up north and how this intense fire season fits into Minnesota’s history: www.minnpost.com/environment/...