Nathaniel Minor
@nbminor.bsky.social
Politics reporter for the Minnesota Star Tribune. DM me your tips. Signal: nbminor.08
Had tickets to Neko Case at First Ave and sold ‘em so I could see Sir Paul and I’ve gotta say the man delivered.
October 18, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Had tickets to Neko Case at First Ave and sold ‘em so I could see Sir Paul and I’ve gotta say the man delivered.
Reading up on MN transpo stuff and came across this series from editorial writer Steve Berg the Strib ran back in 2002. Lots of talk of induced demand, freeway blight, etc
August 7, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Reading up on MN transpo stuff and came across this series from editorial writer Steve Berg the Strib ran back in 2002. Lots of talk of induced demand, freeway blight, etc
NEW: Minnesota rebuffs DOJ demand for voter rolls, says feds don’t have legal right to it --> www.startribune.com/minnesota-re...
Minnesota rejects fed demand for state’s voter rolls
State elections officials say the U.S. Department of Justice doesn’t have a legal right to the state’s voter registration list.
www.startribune.com
July 25, 2025 at 8:13 PM
NEW: Minnesota rebuffs DOJ demand for voter rolls, says feds don’t have legal right to it --> www.startribune.com/minnesota-re...
NEW: Republican bill in Congress would explicitly ban federal funding for train between Twin Cities and Duluth, gut grant program that would fund Blue Line extension
www.startribune.com/republican-b...
www.startribune.com/republican-b...
Republican bill would ban federal funding for train between Twin Cities and Duluth
It also would gut funding for a federal grant program the Metropolitan Council is counting on for a planned extension of the Blue Line light rail project and a planned bus rapid transit line.
www.startribune.com
July 16, 2025 at 8:19 PM
NEW: Republican bill in Congress would explicitly ban federal funding for train between Twin Cities and Duluth, gut grant program that would fund Blue Line extension
www.startribune.com/republican-b...
www.startribune.com/republican-b...
Coming from Denver, where RTD was somewhere around 70-75% of pre-pandemic service and really didn’t want to talk about it, this is remarkable.
With August's changes, Metro Transit says that BRT and local bus service levels will exceed those of 2019, for the first time since COVID.
July 12, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Coming from Denver, where RTD was somewhere around 70-75% of pre-pandemic service and really didn’t want to talk about it, this is remarkable.
Former President Biden paid his respects to Melissa and Mark Hortman today at the Minnesota State Capitol.
www.startribune.com/joe-biden-vi...
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June 27, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Former President Biden paid his respects to Melissa and Mark Hortman today at the Minnesota State Capitol.
www.startribune.com/joe-biden-vi...
www.startribune.com/joe-biden-vi...
In reading and learning more about the Minnesota State Capitol for return-to-office stories and now security concerns, I was curious how the built environment around the cap has changed over the years.
Folks, it's a lot.
1945 at left, current day at right
Folks, it's a lot.
1945 at left, current day at right
June 23, 2025 at 6:39 PM
In reading and learning more about the Minnesota State Capitol for return-to-office stories and now security concerns, I was curious how the built environment around the cap has changed over the years.
Folks, it's a lot.
1945 at left, current day at right
Folks, it's a lot.
1945 at left, current day at right
Gov Walz with some crispy comments at Rep. Jim Clyburn's South Carolina fish fry last night -->
In key 2028 state, Tim Walz says Democrats need to ‘beat the hell out of these dictators’
The Minnnesota governor, who says he’s open to a presidential run, also slammed the “corruption and the cruelty that’s happening under Donald Trump’s watch.”
www.startribune.com
May 31, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Gov Walz with some crispy comments at Rep. Jim Clyburn's South Carolina fish fry last night -->
A St. Louis Co Commissioner says USDOT staff told him last week that federal money was still coming for the Twin Cities-Duluth train.
Then MN's four congressional Republicans asked USDOT to eliminate that $.
“I’m extremely disappointed," the commissioner said.
www.startribune.com/republicans-...
Then MN's four congressional Republicans asked USDOT to eliminate that $.
“I’m extremely disappointed," the commissioner said.
www.startribune.com/republicans-...
Republicans seek to gut federal funding for three Minnesota transit projects
One project, the Northern Lights Express, has bipartisan support, and the Republican advocating for it said he’s disappointed by the delegation’s letter urging elimination of funding.
www.startribune.com
May 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM
A St. Louis Co Commissioner says USDOT staff told him last week that federal money was still coming for the Twin Cities-Duluth train.
Then MN's four congressional Republicans asked USDOT to eliminate that $.
“I’m extremely disappointed," the commissioner said.
www.startribune.com/republicans-...
Then MN's four congressional Republicans asked USDOT to eliminate that $.
“I’m extremely disappointed," the commissioner said.
www.startribune.com/republicans-...
Moved to Minnesota just in time to see a men's pro sports team embarrass itself in the playoffs.
Good to be home.
Good to be home.
May 29, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Moved to Minnesota just in time to see a men's pro sports team embarrass itself in the playoffs.
Good to be home.
Good to be home.
TIL that one of the first Buffalo Wild Wings (er, BW3) restaurants was in Steamboat Springs, Colorado
www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org?a=d&d=STP198...
www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org?a=d&d=STP198...
May 28, 2025 at 7:13 PM
TIL that one of the first Buffalo Wild Wings (er, BW3) restaurants was in Steamboat Springs, Colorado
www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org?a=d&d=STP198...
www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org?a=d&d=STP198...
Pour one out for the RTD slow zone debacle, June 3, 2024 - May 27, 2025.
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denverite.com/2025/05/27/r...
RTD ends ‘slow zones’ as a crew of 100 completes a year of repairs
Since last spring, the agency’s trains had traveled at just 10 mph for stretches of some routes.
denverite.com
May 28, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Pour one out for the RTD slow zone debacle, June 3, 2024 - May 27, 2025.
denverite.com/2025/05/27/r...
denverite.com/2025/05/27/r...
Local newspaper man rides bus, has a good time (no, not me) www.startribune.com/roper-lets-c...
Roper: Let’s celebrate improvements to the local bus
A lot has changed in the last decade, with more promising upgrades to come.
www.startribune.com
May 24, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Local newspaper man rides bus, has a good time (no, not me) www.startribune.com/roper-lets-c...
Rep. Emmer and the rest of the MN Republican Congressional delegation are targeting federal funding for three rail projects here: Northstar, NLX, and Blue Line Extension. Read their letter: emmer.house.gov/_cache/files...
emmer.house.gov
May 23, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Rep. Emmer and the rest of the MN Republican Congressional delegation are targeting federal funding for three rail projects here: Northstar, NLX, and Blue Line Extension. Read their letter: emmer.house.gov/_cache/files...
Me, a reasonably experienced public policy reporter, trying to understand and follow the Minnesota legislature's process of debating and passing the state budget
May 22, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Me, a reasonably experienced public policy reporter, trying to understand and follow the Minnesota legislature's process of debating and passing the state budget
NEW: Minnesota legislators are negotiating their $66 billion budget in private. "It's wrong," one legislator says.
www.startribune.com/this-is-wron...
www.startribune.com/this-is-wron...
‘This is wrong’: Minnesota legislators negotiating biggest pieces of $66 billion budget in private
Legislators kicked a Star Tribune reporter out of their Human Services working group meeting on Wednesday after initially allowing them in.
www.startribune.com
May 21, 2025 at 5:56 PM
NEW: Minnesota legislators are negotiating their $66 billion budget in private. "It's wrong," one legislator says.
www.startribune.com/this-is-wron...
www.startribune.com/this-is-wron...
NEW: Minnesota legislators are eyeing up a $77 million cut to the planned Duluth-Twin Cities Northern Lights Express train as part of a bigger state budget deal.
They say they'll still have enough to match federal dollars, but rail advocates are not happy.
www.startribune.com/minnesota-le...
They say they'll still have enough to match federal dollars, but rail advocates are not happy.
www.startribune.com/minnesota-le...
Minnesota legislators eye $77 million cut to planned Duluth train
But they say they’ve left enough state money to still land federal dollars.
www.startribune.com
May 16, 2025 at 6:53 PM
NEW: Minnesota legislators are eyeing up a $77 million cut to the planned Duluth-Twin Cities Northern Lights Express train as part of a bigger state budget deal.
They say they'll still have enough to match federal dollars, but rail advocates are not happy.
www.startribune.com/minnesota-le...
They say they'll still have enough to match federal dollars, but rail advocates are not happy.
www.startribune.com/minnesota-le...
Learned today that two important stories I reported last year for @cprnews.bsky.social won an @rtdna.bsky.social Murrow award!
This piece: www.cpr.org/2024/07/26/r...
This piece: www.cpr.org/2024/07/26/r...
Records show RTD chief of police, now under investigation, routinely drove agency vehicle over 100 mph
If the speeding was not during an emergency response related to his duties as police chief, it violated RTD’s internal rules and the law.
www.cpr.org
May 14, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Learned today that two important stories I reported last year for @cprnews.bsky.social won an @rtdna.bsky.social Murrow award!
This piece: www.cpr.org/2024/07/26/r...
This piece: www.cpr.org/2024/07/26/r...
Colorado’s gonna legalize kei trucks
The Senate gave final approval to House Bill 1281, which would allow small cars called "kei vehicles" on Colorado roads (except highways).
The lightweight vehicles are common in Japan, but Colorado's law has been "gray" on whether they're allowed here, Rep. Lindstedt said.
The lightweight vehicles are common in Japan, but Colorado's law has been "gray" on whether they're allowed here, Rep. Lindstedt said.
Live updates: Colorado Senate approves small “kei” cars for Colorado roads, hospital showdown drags on
The Colorado legislature has seven days left in the 2025 session and is working Thursday to push legislation through committee and floor votes. With several ongoing debates unresolved, our reporter…
www.denverpost.com
May 1, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Colorado’s gonna legalize kei trucks
God bless @kevinjbeaty.bsky.social, my favorite journalist
Thousands of you have met Kevin. The Denver library just confirmed he's great
Kevin Beaty has recently been honored with the 2025 Eleanor Gehres Award for his curiosity, compassion and, of course, skill with a camera.
denverite.com
April 30, 2025 at 2:18 AM
God bless @kevinjbeaty.bsky.social, my favorite journalist
Good morning! I’m the new guy at @startribune.com where I’ll be covering politics.
I grew up in MN/WI but spent the last decade in Denver writing about transportation and other stuff for @cprnews.bsky.social
I grew up in MN/WI but spent the last decade in Denver writing about transportation and other stuff for @cprnews.bsky.social
April 28, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Good morning! I’m the new guy at @startribune.com where I’ll be covering politics.
I grew up in MN/WI but spent the last decade in Denver writing about transportation and other stuff for @cprnews.bsky.social
I grew up in MN/WI but spent the last decade in Denver writing about transportation and other stuff for @cprnews.bsky.social
Holy smokes that’s a lot of people.
Denver Bike Fest going strong today. 1000+ people showing up to celebrate all that is biking in Denver. Great work by organizers. People in Denver love to bike.
April 27, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Holy smokes that’s a lot of people.
Thank you to Bree and @paulkarolyi.bsky.social for having me on City Cast one last time to talk transpo in Denver 🥲 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
Will Denver’s Car Culture Ever Change? Plus, Vision Zero, a ‘Diverging Diamond’ and a Spicy Prediction
Podcast Episode · City Cast Denver · 04/17/2025 · 36m
podcasts.apple.com
April 17, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Thank you to Bree and @paulkarolyi.bsky.social for having me on City Cast one last time to talk transpo in Denver 🥲 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
OK, *here's* my last piece for CPR/Denverite. Of note: the Broncos were part of the coalition pushing to keep the on/off ramps at 23rd. And they got what they wanted. denverite.com/2025/04/11/d...
Denver’s first ‘diverging diamond’ interchange planned for Speer and I-25
Meanwhile, the Broncos get their wish for 23rd Avenue intersection.
denverite.com
April 11, 2025 at 8:47 PM
OK, *here's* my last piece for CPR/Denverite. Of note: the Broncos were part of the coalition pushing to keep the on/off ramps at 23rd. And they got what they wanted. denverite.com/2025/04/11/d...
New: Colorado bill would increase penalties for careless drivers who kill with their cars -->
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www.cpr.org/2025/04/10/c...
Colorado bill would increase penalties for careless drivers who kill with their cars
Supporters say the bill would send a message to drivers that careless driving needs to be taken more seriously.
www.cpr.org
April 10, 2025 at 7:11 PM
New: Colorado bill would increase penalties for careless drivers who kill with their cars -->
www.cpr.org/2025/04/10/c...
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