Nathaniel Minor
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Politics reporter for the Minnesota Star Tribune. DM me your tips. Signal: nbminor.08
My feed is mostly Denver and Minneapolis folks and they may as well be on different planets rn
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Wrote about a train š„²
www.startribune.com/minnesotas-n...
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Minnesotaās Northstar rail line, which never met its potential or expectations, winds down service
After years of sparse ridership, the last train will run on Sunday, Jan. 4.
https://www.startribune.com/minnesotas-northstar-rail-line-which-never-met-its-potential-or-expectations-winds-down-service/601552483?utm_source=gift
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š„² Denverite still doing the lordās work, aka filing records requests with DOTI
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2 months ago
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Winter also wrote or co-wrote just about every significant transpo bill over the last decade. Funding, speed cameras, etc. She was a giant in that world. What a terrible thing. Rest in peace, Senator.
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2 months ago
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Had tickets to Neko Case at First Ave and sold āem so I could see Sir Paul and Iāve gotta say the man delivered.
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4 months ago
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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
6 months ago
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NEW: Minnesota rebuffs DOJ demand for voter rolls, says feds donāt have legal right to it -->
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Minnesota rejects fed demand for stateās voter rolls
State elections officials say the U.S. Department of Justice doesnāt have a legal right to the stateās voter registration list.
https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-rebuffs-doj-demand-for-voter-rolls-says-feds-dont-have-legal-right-to-it/601443871?utm_source=gift
7 months ago
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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
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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.
https://www.startribune.com/republican-bill-would-ban-federal-funding-for-twin-cities-to-duluth-passenger-rail-line/601428237
7 months ago
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Coming from Denver, where RTD was somewhere around 70-75% of pre-pandemic service and really didnāt want to talk about it, this is remarkable.
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7 months ago
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Former President Biden paid his respects to Melissa and Mark Hortman today at the Minnesota State Capitol.
www.startribune.com/joe-biden-vi...
7 months ago
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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
8 months ago
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Gov Walz with some crispy comments at Rep. Jim Clyburn's South Carolina fish fry last night -->
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In key 2028 state, Tim Walz says Democrats need to ābeat the hell out of these dictatorsā
The Minnnesota governor, who says heās open to a presidential run, also slammed the ācorruption and the cruelty thatās happening under Donald Trumpās watch.ā
https://www.startribune.com/in-key-2028-state-tim-walz-says-democrats-need-to-beat-the-hell-out-of-these-dictators/601364648
8 months ago
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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 $. āIām extremely disappointed," the commissioner said.
www.startribune.com/republicans-...
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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 heās disappointed by the delegationās letter urging elimination of funding.
https://www.startribune.com/republicans-seeks-to-gut-federal-funding-for-three-minnesota-transit-projects/601363515
8 months ago
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Moved to Minnesota just in time to see a men's pro sports team embarrass itself in the playoffs. Good to be home.
8 months ago
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TIL that one of the first Buffalo Wild Wings (er, BW3) restaurants was in Steamboat Springs, Colorado
www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org?a=d&d=STP198...
8 months ago
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Pour one out for the RTD slow zone debacle, June 3, 2024 - May 27, 2025.
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RTD ends āslow zonesā as a crew of 100 completes a year of repairs
Since last spring, the agencyās trains had traveled at just 10 mph for stretches of some routes.
https://denverite.com/2025/05/27/rtd-slow-zones-over/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR5OF0ZHk6inGXwzQ9eKBRaHyj904Fhg-NBU_FyHNi0H8HK5MZtBwZgLksoJaQ_aem_4cTVE2z9k1MUCey2h3CU5g
8 months ago
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Local newspaper man rides bus, has a good time (no, not me)
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Roper: Letās celebrate improvements to the local bus
A lot has changed in the last decade, with more promising upgrades to come.
https://www.startribune.com/roper-lets-celebrate-improvements-to-the-local-bus/601358174
9 months ago
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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:
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https://emmer.house.gov/_cache/files/5/8/58c53111-7023-4e7c-91e1-2670407827be/8A07FCA8517F9B43D39CF0068DA27DC8F79C3323C6A191BF65363588A21EC2D2.fy26thudletterfinal.5.23.25.pdf
9 months ago
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Me, a reasonably experienced public policy reporter, trying to understand and follow the Minnesota legislature's process of debating and passing the state budget
9 months ago
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NEW: Minnesota legislators are negotiating their $66 billion budget in private. "It's wrong," one legislator says.
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āThis is wrongā: 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.
https://www.startribune.com/this-is-wrong-minnesota-legislators-negotiating-biggest-pieces-of-66-billion-budget-in-private/601358675
9 months ago
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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.
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Minnesota legislators eye $77 million cut to planned Duluth train
But they say theyāve left enough state money to still land federal dollars.
https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-legislators-eye-77-million-cut-to-planned-duluth-train/601354828
9 months ago
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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...
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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 RTDās internal rules and the law.
https://www.cpr.org/2024/07/26/rtd-chief-of-police-under-investigation-drove-agency-vehicle-over-100-mph/
9 months ago
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Coloradoās gonna legalize kei trucks
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9 months ago
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God bless
@kevinjbeaty.bsky.social
, my favorite journalist
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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.
https://denverite.com/2025/04/28/kevin-beaty-denver-public-library-eleanor-gehres-award/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR4AmMQfoei6BILc51q6JdkO0DIwmHD3iaEng_UR9pk_9bahhtUu69dLrBJmEQ_aem_hftm6UqIeyWUiVoy8hF7Ag
9 months ago
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Good morning! Iām the new guy at
@startribune.com
where Iāll 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
9 months ago
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Holy smokes thatās a lot of people.
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10 months ago
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Thank you to Bree and
@paulkarolyi.bsky.social
for having me on City Cast one last time to talk transpo in Denver š„²
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Will Denverās Car Culture Ever Change? Plus, Vision Zero, a āDiverging Diamondā and a Spicy Prediction
Podcast Episode Ā· City Cast Denver Ā· 04/17/2025 Ā· 36m
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/city-cast-denver/id1557798162?i=1000703851678
10 months ago
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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.
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Denverās first ādiverging diamondā interchange planned for Speer and I-25
Meanwhile, the Broncos get their wish for 23rd Avenue intersection.
https://denverite.com/2025/04/11/denver-i25-speer-diverging-diamond/
10 months ago
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New: Colorado bill would increase penalties for careless drivers who kill with their cars -->
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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.
https://www.cpr.org/2025/04/10/colorado-bill-to-increase-penalties-for-careless-driving/
10 months ago
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Hello! A little news from me. Next week is my last at
@cprnews.bsky.social
. Later this month I will join the
@startribune.com
's politics team covering the state Capitol. Denver, Colorado and CPR have all been wonderful to me since I arrived more than a decade ago. I'll miss this place dearly.
10 months ago
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RTD and its largest union have reached a tentative deal -- ~15% raise over three years. Still needs to be approved by members and RTD's board.
www.cpr.org/2025/04/02/r...
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RTD, driverās union reach tentative 3-year deal
The union says it secured a bigger raise than what transit authorities were offering.
https://www.cpr.org/2025/04/02/rtd-drivers-union-reach-tentative-3-year-deal/
10 months ago
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New: With federal funding looking shaky, Colorado will boost state spending for bus rapid transit projects -->
www.cpr.org/2025/04/01/c...
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With federal funding in question, Colorado will boost state spending for bus rapid transit projects
But new state funding wonāt make up the difference if the Trump administration slashes federal transit dollars.
https://www.cpr.org/2025/04/01/colorado-will-fund-bus-rapid-transit-brt/
10 months ago
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Turns out Colfax BRT construction in Denver is actually *good* ā in one specific way.
denverite.com/2025/03/26/c...
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BRT construction has made Colfax a mess. But early data shows it's safer, too
There have been fewer crashes on Colfax while it's under construction than at any point since the pandemic.
https://denverite.com/2025/03/26/colfax-brt-construction-safety/
11 months ago
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Another new one from me: RTD said it would likely eliminate light rail slow zones by March. It didn't, and now says work will be done by end of May -->
www.cpr.org/2025/03/21/r...
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RTD didn't meet its March deadline of eliminating light rail slow zones. It now says work will be done by end of May
The agency says winter weather slowed down repairs.
https://www.cpr.org/2025/03/21/rtd-extends-light-rail-slow-trains-maintenance-to-may/
11 months ago
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RTD light rail crash reports are kept secret. Now, a new law will make them public -->
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RTD light rail crash reports are kept secret. Now, a new law will make them public
Legislators brought the bill after several high-profile derailments in recent years.
https://www.cpr.org/2025/03/21/new-law-requires-rtd-crash-reports-public/
11 months ago
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Someone egged a cybertruck in Denverās Capitol Hill neighborhood and wrote ānaziā and drew swastikas on it
11 months ago
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One might call it induced demand
www.cpr.org/2025/03/20/t...
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The state lowered prices on the Winter Park ski train. Bookings jumped by 25,000
State officials say their investment and boosted service has been āa real successā and they hope to build on it.
https://www.cpr.org/2025/03/20/the-state-lowered-prices-on-the-winter-park-ski-train-bookings-jumped-by-25000/
11 months ago
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Saw a Honda Acty in the wilds of uptown Denver yesterday
11 months ago
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reposted by
Nathaniel Minor
Sam Brasch
11 months ago
This could be such a great addition to southwest Denver, but sandwiching an outdoor soccer stadium between two major urban highways seems like an air quality disaster.
denverite.com/2025/03/18/d...
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Denverās women's soccer team unveils location for its future stadium
Coming to Santa Fe Yards in 2028.
https://denverite.com/2025/03/18/denver-nwsl-stadium-location-announced/
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If this is your illegally parked BMW in Denverās Cap Hill, know that this King Soops truck driver is really really unhappy with you
11 months ago
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"Mayday, mayday!" -- I tracked down the ATC audio from yesterday's American Airlines fire at DIA, and put together a quick timeline of what happened and when.
www.cpr.org/2025/03/14/h...
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11 months ago
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Desperately want an SNL skit about e-bikes from the perspective of a kid whoās 18 inches from their parentās butt
11 months ago
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NEW: Internal memos show the U.S. GSA has "temporarily suspended" orders of zero-emission vehicles, stopped the installation of new EV charging stations, and ordered some existing stations to be shut down. For
@npr.org
:
www.npr.org/2025/03/12/n...
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Trump administration slams brakes on government's adoption of electric vehicles
Memos obtained by NPR show a key federal agency has paused orders of zero-emission vehicles and some federally owned EV chargers will be turned off.
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/12/nx-s1-5310006/trump-government-electric-vehicles-gsa-ev
11 months ago
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NEW: Denver City Council Committee delayed a vote on the PeƱa Blvd project. Councilors say they've received hundreds of emails about it this week. From
@zialcita.bsky.social
w/ assist from me
denverite.com/2025/03/05/p...
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PeƱa Boulevard widening hits turbulence as Denver committee delays vote on $15M contract
The project could cost hundreds of millions of dollars.
https://denverite.com/2025/03/05/pena-boulevard-expansion-denver-international-airport/
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Got confirmation yesterday from Ā”Viva! Streets organizer Downtown Denver Partnership that they do "not have immediate plans to bring it back this year."
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11 months ago
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No big surprise here, but the final numbers are in: Ridership on RTD barely improved in 2024 and actually fell on light rail -->
www.denverpost.com/2025/03/04/r...
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RTD ridership fails to grow in 2024: āWeāve lost customers who used to trust us.ā
Did you utilize RTD last year? In 2024, RTD reported ridership was still 38% below the pre-pandemic 2019 numbers.
https://www.denverpost.com/2025/03/04/rtd-ridership-denver-transit-numbers-rail-bus/
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Viva Streets. 2900 block of Larimer. And now perhaps the August First Friday on Santa Fe. Some big Denver car-free spaces and events have dropped to the wayside, but Johnston admin city officials say they remain committed to pedestrians and cyclists.
denverite.com/2025/03/04/d...
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Despite recent changes, Denver leaders say theyāre committed to pedestrians and cyclists
City officials have taken flak as car-free events and spaces have dropped by the wayside in recent months.
https://denverite.com/2025/03/04/denver-transit-bikes-pedestrians-vision-zero-amy-ford-2025/
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reposted by
Nathaniel Minor
Caitlyn Kim
11 months ago
āThis can be the worst drive of your lifeā: A truck driverās reality on I-70 in winter
www.cpr.org/2025/03/03/c...
via Molly Cruse
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āThis can be the worst drive of your lifeā: A truck driverās reality on I-70 in winter
We spent the day with a truck driver on I-70. Hereās what we saw.
https://www.cpr.org/2025/03/03/colorado-i-70-truck-driver-chain-law-winter/
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FWIW - the internal GSA lists I've obtained list NOAA's Boulder, Colorado facility as "core." I wrote up what *isn't* core here:
www.cpr.org/2025/02/27/t...
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reposted by
Nathaniel Minor
Edward Russell
11 months ago
Colorado could begin passenger rail service between Denver and Fort Collins ā including the long/delayed Denver-Boulder RTD line ā with at least 3 trains each way by January 2029. The cost? About $885 million.
www.cpr.org/2025/02/28/d...
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