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Redistricting: Competition or safe seats? Mike Dean, executive...

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:08:11 -0600

Redistricting: Competition or safe seats?

Mike Dean, executive director of Common Cause Minnesota, calculates that the new district boundaries set the scene for competitive races in at least 51 House seats and 26 seats on the Senate side.

We just added Minnesota’s new congressional districts to...

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:34:48 -0600

We just added Minnesota’s new congressional districts to an interactive map. Check out the changes, and see how the new districts slice through Minnesota demographic data.

Beth Hawkins: Bullying Gay and Lesbian Kids

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:41:58 -0600

Beth Hawkins: Bullying Gay and Lesbian Kids:

ladyjournos:

How a school district became a suicide contagion area.

MinnPost || December 7, 2011

Darby Nelson: A modern-day Thoreau Nelson has written a book...

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:08:53 -0600

Darby Nelson: A modern-day Thoreau

Nelson has written a book with the title “For Love of Lakes.” It is a finalist for the Minnesota Book Award. Darby draws his inspiration from Thoreau and has packed the new book with observations both emotional and scientific, much like his muse.

Fresh food from small farms: New guide helps consumers find a...

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 11:43:24 -0600

Fresh food from small farms: New guide helps consumers find a CSA

With as many as 18,000 households now signed up, our region has become a national leader in community-supported agriculture.

Photo courtesy of landstewardshipproject.org.

With Brodkorb gone, new GOP Senate style emerges The dust-up...

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 11:03:35 -0600

With Brodkorb gone, new GOP Senate style emerges

The dust-up over the state Senate Republicans’ distribution of pamphlets at caucuses, while not Watergate, has allowed the DFL to draw the first blood of the legislative session.

Some of MinnPost’s editors are cleaning up their desks,...

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:15:19 -0600

Some of MinnPost’s editors are cleaning up their desks, and we stumbled upon this reporter’s guide from our early years. Electronic messaging! Wireless printing!

Family Academy’s ‘cradle to career’ effort under way in north...

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:51:35 -0600

Family Academy’s ‘cradle to career’ effort under way in north Minneapolis

Here among a dense concentration of poor African-American families, only 3 of 10 children finish high school and fewer yet go on to college.

The Northside Achievement Zone (NAZ) and its Family Academy program are out to change that trajectory.

‘Downton Abbey’ gets the flu — but does it get it...

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:33:23 -0600

‘Downton Abbey’ gets the flu — but does it get it right?

Susan Perry explores whether the show’s depiction of the Spanish flu was accurate.

Minnesota is in the midst of redrawing its legislative and...

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:32:52 -0600

Minnesota is in the midst of redrawing its legislative and congressional districts.

This begins as a partisan process, with representatives of the state DFL and GOP submitting plans that they hope will give an edge to their party in the next elections.

Check out our interactive where you can view the DFL and GOP proposed plans layered onto demographic maps. When the districts are finalized by the courts next week, we’ll post those, too.

We’ve launched the new MinnPost! Read about the redesign...

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 08:34:45 -0600

We’ve launched the new MinnPost!

Read about the redesign and let us know what you think. We’re pretty excited (especially about the responsive design).

MinnPost's redesign is live

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:44:38 -0600

MinnPost's redesign is live:

For those of you checking Tumblr this evening, our new website is live! Check it out and let us know what you think.

MinnPost prepares to launch its new website One of the most...

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:11:54 -0600

MinnPost prepares to launch its new website

One of the most exciting prospects of moving to an open source system is that our development won’t stop when we launch the site. We’ll continue to push iterations, add features, make improvements and experiment in the rapidly evolving sandbox of online news. We don’t think journalism should be a static endeavor.

Who is funding Minnesota's gay marriage ban amendment?

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:15:07 -0600

Who is funding Minnesota's gay marriage ban amendment?:

We’ve created two interactive tables: one of donations from marriage ban opponents, one of the supporter donations.

You’ll see a huge discrepancy in the financial disclosure from the supporters of the ban. Read more about it here.

Reserve your spot at the third annual Book Club...

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:14:15 -0600

Reserve your spot at the third annual Book Club Blast

Bibliophiles young and old are invited to MinnPost’s third annual Book Club Blast on Sunday, Feb. 12, featuring keynote speaker Kate DiCamillo.

St. Paul Winter Carnival parade, ice sculptures in focus Even...

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:59:44 -0600

St. Paul Winter Carnival parade, ice sculptures in focus

Even though the weather isn’t as “seasonal” as most years, the St. Paul Winter Carnival is in full swing. MinnPost photographer Steve Date shot photos of the 2012 parade.

Scenes from the pond hockey championships at Lake Nokomis The...

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:05:16 -0600

Scenes from the pond hockey championships at Lake Nokomis

The 7th annual U.S. Pond Hockey Championships were held last weekend at Lake Nokomis in Minneapolis. It’s the largest outdoor hockey event in the country, with over 270 teams and some 1,700 players participating. Check out more of Steve Date’s photos.

Yes, Uptown suffers from a personality crisis, but it’s...

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:22:24 -0600

Yes, Uptown suffers from a personality crisis, but it’s also vibrant and undeniably walkable

It’s caught between a low-rent, artsy McPunk past and an absurdly gentrified present. But Miriam Rudolph’s etchings, Dave Eggers’ drawings and two side-by-side windows beckon.

A new column by the one and only Andy Sturdevant.

Rep. Tony Cornish outdazzled everyone with his Opening Day...

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:57:12 -0600

Rep. Tony Cornish outdazzled everyone with his Opening Day sartorial splendor

Remember this guy?

"I’m not sure what it would serve to talk openly about what happened, not the people who sent..."

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:08:22 -0600

“I’m not sure what it would serve to talk openly about what happened, not the people who sent me here, the people whom I work with, and my family.

It involves people who didn’t put their names on a ballot, and I’m just never going to talk about that.”

- Former Senate majority leader Amy Koch, on trying to put the past behind her