Brian Arola
brianarola.bsky.social
Brian Arola
@brianarola.bsky.social
Greater MN Reporter at MinnPost. Sign up for my newsletter: https://www.minnpost.com/greater-minnesota-newsletter/
Demuth, speaking at MinnPost Festival right now, says there is bipartisan opposition to gun bans. She sees additional mental health funding as being more realistic in a special session.
September 27, 2025 at 6:54 PM
@apnews.com compiled county data on food insecurity to include in our stories. It put in context what affordability and access look like by region.

Yesterday we found out the Trump administration will no longer collect this data, calling it "overly politicized."
apnews.com/article/trum...
After cuts to food stamps, Trump administration ends government's annual report on hunger in America
The Trump administration is ending the federal government’s annual report on hunger in America, saying it had become “overly politicized″ and ”rife with inaccuracies.″ The decision comes two and a hal...
apnews.com
September 23, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Nine newsrooms around the country participated in Sowing Resilience, which will be updated here: inn.org/inn-collabor...
Sowing Resilience
Sowing Resilience features 9 stories on how communities are navigating — and reimagining — the systems that have left them hungry.
inn.org
September 23, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Reposted by Brian Arola
Print is not dead! Greater Minnesota reporter @brianarola.bsky.social wrote about three local, family-owned newspapers in a western Minnesota county that are hanging on in part through collaboration: www.minnpost.com/greater-minn...
Tiny Swift County bucks trend with three family owned papers
In this western Minnesota county of 9,900 people, three independent, print-focused publications keep the news flowing.
www.minnpost.com
August 22, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Forgot to get a pic of a koshari bowl from Kosharina Egyptian Cuisine because I ate it too fast. Can you tell I skew way toward savory over sweet?

Thus concludes my Steele County Free Fair food diary.
August 18, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Finished my fair days with these tater kegs, basically jumbo sized tots.
August 18, 2025 at 1:11 AM
The hard part about fairs is I love trying new foods, but I can’t not get a gyro. So naturally I end up getting new foods AND a gyro.
August 18, 2025 at 1:09 AM