Changes have come to American Public Media, including the APM Research Lab www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0... Thanks for everything! If you'd like, you can follow our staff @craigstetter.bsky.social & @alyclary.bsky.social and @egawthrop.bsky.social

Great reporting by Dan Kraker, and great mapping by our own @alyclary.bsky.social in the latest article in @mprnews.org's Troubled by the water series Across northern Minnesota’s pristine lake country, mercury contamination is growing www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0...

New on the #LabNotes blog, by @craigstetter On second look, nation favors Wisconsin slightly more than Minnesota or Iowa. And much more than California. www.apmresearchlab.org/blog/on-seco... Features data from @ipsosus.bsky.social

We are helping @mprnews.org track MN's elections tonight! 🗳️MN House: District 34B primaries 🗳️St. Paul: City Council, ward 4 🗳️Stearns County: Commissioner 🗳️White Bear Lake: Mayor 🗳️Isanti: Mayor 🗳️Two Harbors: City Council 🗳️Duluth: City Council, School Board www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0...

Democrat Xp Lee and Republican Ruth Bittner will move forward to a special general election next month to fill the seat formerly held by the late House DFL Leader Melissa Hortman www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0... reported by @mprnews.org's @bydanaferguson.bsky.social, graphic by @apmresearchlab.org

We are helping @mprnews.org track MN's elections tonight! 🗳️MN House: District 34B primaries 🗳️St. Paul: City Council, ward 4 🗳️Stearns County: Commissioner 🗳️White Bear Lake: Mayor 🗳️Isanti: Mayor 🗳️Two Harbors: City Council 🗳️Duluth: City Council, School Board www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0...

Just updated on The @marketplace.org Dozen: ⛽Average price per gallon of gas was $3.29 in July, down by over 9% from 1 year ago 🍳Average price for a dozen eggs was $3.60 in July, falling but still nearly 17% higher than 1 year ago More: www.marketplace.org/story/2025/0...

NEW investigation by @egawthrop.bsky.social 1 in 5 nursing home residents is diagnosed with a serious mental illness, which few facilities are equipped to handle. Analysis shows this can lead to higher levels of abuse, putting both residents & staff at risk www.apmresearchlab.org/abuse-rates-...

1 in 5 nursing home residents has been diagnosed with a serious mental illness -- which few of the facilities are equipped to handle www.nprillinois.org/illinois/202... by @egawthrop.bsky.social @apmresearchlab.org / @apmreports.org via NPR Illinois

Nursing homes are designed to care for patients with physical infirmities. But 1 in 5 residents has been diagnosed with a serious mental illness, which few of the facilities are equipped to handle www.wglt.org/illinois/202... by @apmresearchlab.org's @egawthrop.bsky.social w/@apmreports.org via WGLT

1 in 5 nursing home residents has been diagnosed with a serious mental illness -- which few of the facilities are well equipped to handle www.northernpublicradio.org/illinois/202... by @egawthrop.bsky.social @apmresearchlab.org & @apmreports.org via Northern Public Radio

Check out this great, interactive map of skilled nursing facilities in the U.S. by @alyclary.bsky.social, as well as a table by @egawthrop.bsky.social that allows you to look up your local nursing home's staff rating www.apmresearchlab.org/abuse-rates-... @apmresearchlab.org / @apmreports.org

1 in 5 nursing home residents has been diagnosed with a serious mental illness -- which few of the facilities are well-equipped to handle www.tspr.org/illinois-pub... by @egawthrop.bsky.social @apmresearchlab.org & @apmreports.org via @tsprnews.bsky.social

Nursing homes are designed to care for patients with physical infirmities. But nationwide, 1 in 5 residents has been diagnosed with a serious mental illness. A new data analysis from APM Research Lab shows that can lead to higher levels of abuse, putting both residents and staff at risk.

NIHCM Journalism Grantee, Elisabeth Gawthrop @egawthrop.bsky.social from @apmresearchlab.org releases a new article on nursing homes managing abuse and other patient care challenges. Read the article today: bit.ly/458xN1V

Nursing homes are designed to care for patients with physical infirmities. But nationwide, 1 in 5 residents has been diagnosed with a serious mental illness — conditions few of the facilities are equipped to handle. By @egawthrop.bsky.social: www.apmreports.org/story/2025/0...

NEW investigation by @egawthrop.bsky.social 1 in 5 nursing home residents is diagnosed with a serious mental illness, which few facilities are equipped to handle. Analysis shows this can lead to higher levels of abuse, putting both residents & staff at risk www.apmresearchlab.org/abuse-rates-...

Earlier this summer we reported that the “nation thinks Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa are ‘equally good.’” New data suggests that Wisconsin has a slight edge. However, Democrats favor Minnesota and Republicans favor Iowa.

New on the #LabNotes blog, by @craigstetter On second look, nation favors Wisconsin slightly more than Minnesota or Iowa. And much more than California. www.apmresearchlab.org/blog/on-seco... Features data from @ipsosus.bsky.social

Great reporting by Dan Kraker, and great mapping by our own @alyclary.bsky.social in the latest article in @mprnews.org's Troubled by the water series Across northern Minnesota’s pristine lake country, mercury contamination is growing www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0...

New on #LabNotes www.apmresearchlab.org/blog/how-abn... by @craigstetter.bsky.social

My latest, for @mprnews.org

New on #LabNotes www.apmresearchlab.org/blog/how-abn... by @craigstetter.bsky.social

NEW on The Marketplace Dozen July #JobsReport data show 🧑‍💼 Unemployment: Up slightly to 4.2% 👷‍♀️ Jobs: Up 73,000 (+.05%) since June 💰 Average hourly wage $36.44: Up $0.12 (+0.33%) since June More: www.marketplace.org/data via @marketplace.org

Inflation data just updated on The @marketplace.org Dozen 💸 Personal Consumption Expenditures 💸 The June PCE price index increased 0.3% since May, 2.6% from one year ago Excluding food & energy, the core PCE increased 0.3% since may, 2.8% from one year ago www.marketplace.org/story/2025/0...

Just updated on The @marketplace.org Dozen: 🏦 Federal Funds Rate 🏦 Today the FOMC voted to hold rates steady. See the data: www.marketplace.org/story/2025/0...

Just updated on The @marketplace.org Dozen: 🏭 Gross domestic product 🏭 The Bureau of Economic Analysis' newly-issued 2nd quarter 'advance estimate' shows real GDP increased by an annual rate of 3 percent! (following to an annualized 0.5% decrease in Q1) www.marketplace.org/story/2025/0...

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The latest in our "Dozens of Questions" series, from our Ten Across data journalism fellow, Maya Chari: www.apmresearchlab.org/10x/dozens-o...

Hospitalization and mortality data from the Minnesota Department of Health do not signal a COVID-19 flare-up in the state so far this summer. U of MN wastewater measurements of the disease, however, are trending upward. www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0... by @craigstetter.bsky.social via @mprnews.org

Just updated on The @marketplace.org Dozen: 🏠 Median home sales prices in the U.S. is now $373,125, up by 2.4% May-June and up 2.6% in past year 🏢 Average rent in the U.S. is now $2,069, up 0.3% May-June and up 2.9% in past year www.marketplace.org/story/2025/0...

Just updated on The @marketplace.org Dozen: ⛽ The average price of a gallon of gas ($3.31) stayed level May-June, and is 8.2% lower than 12 months ago 🍳 The average price of a dozen eggs ($3.78) fell by 17% May-June, but remains 39% higher than 12 months ago www.marketplace.org/story/2025/0...

Announcing the 2025 #NIHCM Journalism Grantees covering rural health, artificial intelligence, health care costs and quality. Read the press release for more: bit.ly/jgrants2025 @texastribune.org @statnews.com @apmresearchlab.org @healthjournalism.org @tradeoffs.org @sabew.bsky.social @wbur.org

Proud to be on the stellar list of @nihcm.bsky.social journalism grantees! Led by @egawthrop.bsky.social, the grant will allow us to dig into opioid use, specifically identifying areas that have been most successful in lowering opioid-related ER admissions Thanks #NIHCM! nihcm.org/news/nihcm-s...

📉The stock market 📈 Major indices closed down for the day yesterday, but are up over the past month and year. More at The @marketplace.org Dozen www.marketplace.org/story/2025/0...

Gas currently costs about $2.00 more in San Diego than it does in Houston. Both are heavily car-dependent cities, but housing costs and urban sprawl also factor in to the commute-time equation. NEW from our Ten Across data journalism fellow, Maya Chari www.apmresearchlab.org/10x/dozens-o...

Gas currently costs about $2.00 more in San Diego than it does in Houston. Both are heavily car-dependent cities, but housing costs and urban sprawl also factor in to the commute-time equation. NEW from our Ten Across data journalism fellow, Maya Chari www.apmresearchlab.org/10x/dozens-o...

NEW on The Marketplace Dozen June #JobsReport data show 🧑‍💼 Unemployment: changed little at 4.1% 👷‍♀️ Jobs: Up by 147,000 (+.09%) since May 💰 Wages: Up $0.08 (+0.22%) since May More: www.marketplace.org/data via @marketplace.org

In her latest "Dozens of Questions" article -- this one on rising housing costs in the sunbelt -- our Ten Across data journalism fellow, Maya Chari, finds that "we might not be able to blame the Boomers for this one" More: www.apmresearchlab.org/10x/dozens-o...

Mexico and Canada have largely avoided auto parts tariffs, but levies on imports from other regions remain in place. Now, industry experts say car prices are likely to rise — even for vehicles made in North America and not subject to those tariffs.

Also available via @marketplace.org www.marketplace.org/story/2025/0...

Maya Chari digs into the question: "How are Trump’s auto parts tariffs affecting the broader economy?" Today's new inflation numbers show consumer prices continuing to creep up. But not so much for "motor vehicles and parts" More: www.apmresearchlab.org/10x/dozens-o...

Just updated on The @marketplace.org Dozen: 💸INFLATION 💸 May readings of PCE show annual rate of inflation up just slightly to 2.3% (or 2.7% by the core PCE, excluding more volatile food and energy prices) More: www.marketplace.org/story/2025/0...

Just updated on The @marketplaceapm Dozen: 🏭 Gross domestic product 🏭 The Bureau of Economic Analysis' third revision of GDP, 1st Quarter 2025, results in a slightly lower annualized growth rate: -0.5% More: www.marketplace.org/story/2025/0...

🎲 As of April 2025, Nevada had the highest unemployment rate in the U.S.. The state’s economy depends heavily on tourism and was hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. But while tourism recovered in 2023, Nevada’s employment numbers haven’t yet followed suit.

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Just updated on The @marketplace.org Dozen: State-level data for May… 🧑‍💼 Unemployment: 1.8% (SD) to 5.9% (DC) 👷‍♀️ Jobs (monthly change): -0.4% (CT) to +0.4% (NM) 💰 Ave. hourly wage: $28 (MS) to $53 (DC) More: www.marketplace.org/story/2025/0...

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This week's health dept. data show declines in COVID-related hospitalizations and deaths in Minnesota Similarly, new U of MN wastewater data show that COVID-19 levels are low & declining in most regions of the state. More: www.apmresearchlab.org/covid/mn-key... for @mprnews.org

🏦 Federal Funds Rate 🏦 Unchanged at 4.5% Tune in to @marketplace.org and find more at: www.marketplace.org/story/2025/0...