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A timeline of Minnesota’s gay-marriage debate
Looking back on the last two years of gay marriage rights in Minnesota.
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A timeline of Minnesota’s gay-marriage debate

Looking back on the last two years of gay marriage rights in Minnesota.

    • #lgbtq
    • #gay marriage
    • #gay rights
    • #mnmarriage
    • #minnesota
    • #Minnesota History
    • #interactive
    • #data journalism
    • #politics
    • #news
  • 6 days ago
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Launching the Minnesota Legislative Bill Tracker - from Source: An OpenNews project
Feeling some data journalism warm fuzzies over here thanks to the fine folks at Source, who spoke with us about how we built our legislative bill tracker.
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Launching the Minnesota Legislative Bill Tracker - from Source: An OpenNews project

Feeling some data journalism warm fuzzies over here thanks to the fine folks at Source, who spoke with us about how we built our legislative bill tracker.

    • #minnesota
    • #source
    • #open news
    • #data journalism
    • #minnpost
    • #minnesota legislature
    • #interactive
    • #show your work
  • 1 month ago
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MinnPost’s interactive team and political reporters have joined forces to track the most important legislative bills during the 2013 session.
Follow legislation throughout the session, and read our reporters’ straight-forward descriptions of why these bills matter to you.
Think we’re missing a vital bill? Let us know: data [at] minnpost . com.
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MinnPost’s interactive team and political reporters have joined forces to track the most important legislative bills during the 2013 session.

Follow legislation throughout the session, and read our reporters’ straight-forward descriptions of why these bills matter to you.

Think we’re missing a vital bill? Let us know: data [at] minnpost . com.

    • #mnleg
    • #minnesota legislature
    • #Politics
    • #interactive
    • #minnesota
    • #mark dayton
    • #data visualization
  • 1 month ago
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Curious what gun bills the Minnesota Legislature has proposed so far this session? There are a lot.
Have no fear, we’ve got a chart for that.
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Curious what gun bills the Minnesota Legislature has proposed so far this session? There are a lot.

Have no fear, we’ve got a chart for that.

    • #guns
    • #gun control
    • #Politics
    • #minnesota
    • #minnesota legislature
    • #interactive
  • 3 months ago
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We launched a new interactive project today! Go get your Budget 101: A graphic primer to Dayton’s budget proposal
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We launched a new interactive project today! Go get your Budget 101: A graphic primer to Dayton’s budget proposal

    • #Budget
    • #minnesota
    • #Politics
    • #interactive
    • #journalism
    • #Mark Dayton
  • 3 months ago
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28 minutes until data starts populating in our live election dashboard. 
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28 minutes until data starts populating in our live election dashboard. 

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    • #election
    • #interactive
    • #minnesota
  • 6 months ago
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Interactive election results from around the country

As Dan Sinker put it so eloquently this morning, “Election season is the Super Bowl for news-application teams.”

MinnPost news coder extraordinaire Alan Palazzolo put together a round-up of interactive election results apps by newsrooms from across the country.

And be sure to checkout MinnPost’s own app, where we will be displaying live Minnesota election results starting at 8 PM Central.

What awesome election apps have you found?

    • #election
    • #election 2012
    • #interactive
    • #news
    • #news apps
    • #minnesota
  • 6 months ago
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Interactive: Who will control the 2013 Minnesota Legislature?
We just launched our election app all about the Minnesota Legislature.
Use the tool to explore a number of scenarios, get detailed information about each Senate and House race, or build your own election results.
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Interactive: Who will control the 2013 Minnesota Legislature?

We just launched our election app all about the Minnesota Legislature.

Use the tool to explore a number of scenarios, get detailed information about each Senate and House race, or build your own election results.

    • #election 2012
    • #minnesota legislature
    • #politics
    • #news apps
    • #interactive
  • 7 months ago
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Mapping the Twin Cities’ most dangerous intersections
Using five-year data from MnDOT, MinnPost mapped the intersections deemed to be the Twin Cities’ most dangerous. The ranking includes fatalities, injuries and accident rates.
Click the image to explore the interactive map, or read more in Marlys’s story: Where are Minnesota’s most crash-prone intersections?
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Mapping the Twin Cities’ most dangerous intersections

Using five-year data from MnDOT, MinnPost mapped the intersections deemed to be the Twin Cities’ most dangerous. The ranking includes fatalities, injuries and accident rates.

Click the image to explore the interactive map, or read more in Marlys’s story: Where are Minnesota’s most crash-prone intersections?

    • #transit
    • #transportation
    • #minneapolis
    • #st. paul
    • #twin cities
    • #interactive
    • #maps
  • 9 months ago
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The 2012 Legislative session: What did they pass?
Browse bills by category, see what Dayton vetoed, and find out what your legislators were up to this session.
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The 2012 Legislative session: What did they pass?

Browse bills by category, see what Dayton vetoed, and find out what your legislators were up to this session.

    • #interactive
    • #data
    • #minnesota legislature
    • #minnesota
    • #politics
  • 1 year ago
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Visualizing presidential campaign contributions throughout Minnesota
We’ve mapped the donations in each ZIP code in the state. The results show an interesting picture of the community clusters in Minnesota.
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Visualizing presidential campaign contributions throughout Minnesota

We’ve mapped the donations in each ZIP code in the state. The results show an interesting picture of the community clusters in Minnesota.

    • #election 2012
    • #Campaign Finance
    • #politics
    • #interactive
    • #maps
  • 1 year ago
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Minnesota presidential campaign contributions in first quarter

Find out which Minnesotans are giving big bucks to the various presidential campaigns.

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    • #2012
    • #politics
    • #campaign finance
    • #FEC
  • 1 year ago
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Taxes in Minnesota: Where do they come from?
It’s not a space shuttle, but it is a pretty cool project from MinnPost’s interactive team. Click through the visualization to see where tax money is from in Minnesota.
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Taxes in Minnesota: Where do they come from?

It’s not a space shuttle, but it is a pretty cool project from MinnPost’s interactive team. Click through the visualization to see where tax money is from in Minnesota.

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    • #politics
    • #tax day
    • #taxes
    • #minnesota
    • #bubble tree
  • 1 year ago
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Mapping record-breaking temperatures in 2012
We’ve put together an interactive map of the record temps in Minnesota so far this year. Check it out — we think it turned out quite lovely.
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Mapping record-breaking temperatures in 2012

We’ve put together an interactive map of the record temps in Minnesota so far this year. Check it out — we think it turned out quite lovely.

    • #weather
    • #minnesota
    • #interactive
    • #maps
  • 1 year ago
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An interactive history of constitutional amendments in Minnesota
Minnesota has a sordid history of amending the state constitution. Check out the full list — including the 1914 attempt to tax dog owners and give the money to owners of animals attacked by dogs.
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An interactive history of constitutional amendments in Minnesota

Minnesota has a sordid history of amending the state constitution. Check out the full list — including the 1914 attempt to tax dog owners and give the money to owners of animals attacked by dogs.

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    • #data
    • #interactive
    • #amendments
    • #minnesota
    • #history
  • 1 year ago
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