good show @kellygordonmn.com ! www.mprnews.org/episode/2025...

Do you have questions about vaccine recommendations and changes? After a flurry of state and federal news last week around vaccines and who should get them, Minnesotans may be struggling to keep up. Here are answers to some of the most frequently asked questions.

1st #jobsreport after the Trump administration's dismissal of BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer (following last month's less-than-stellar report): little change in number of jobs (+22K) in Aug and net downward June-July revisions of 21K. www.bls.gov/news.release...

COVID levels up by another 18% over the past two weeks in Twin Cities wastewater according to latest data from U of MN wastewater.uspatial.umn.edu/sars-cov-2/ Also up in my household right now! Stay healthy out there!

Nice #dataviz in today's @startribune.bsky.social coverage of MN's test scores @maryjowebster.bsky.social! www.startribune.com/mn-school-te...

A summary of what is going on with new COVID-19 vaccines this fall, via @ylepidemiologist.bsky.social yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/covid-19-v...

Find a bit more info, and a lot of gratitude, here: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Reporting by @peterncox.bsky.social , graph by @mikusmatt.bsky.social 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

Results are in for: 🗳️ Duluth Council Member At Large (Elect 2) and 🗳️Duluth School Board Member At Large (Elect 2) www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0... @apmresearchlab.org @mprnews.org

Results are in for St. Paul City Council Ward 4 special election www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0... @mprnews.org @apmresearchlab.org

Results are in for White Bear Lake primary election for Mayor www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0... @apmresearchlab.org @mprnews.org

Results are in for the City of Isanti's special election for Mayor www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0... @apmresearchlab.org @mprnews.org

Results in for Duluth City Council Member District 2 www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0... @apmresearchlab.org @mprnews.org

House District 34B primary results are in! www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0... @apmresearchlab.org @mprnews.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...

As a Minnesotan, it pains me to report... My latest via @mprnews.org www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0... cc @apmresearchlab.org

Explore the database of nursing homes in the story. For each one, see: • Percent of residents with a serious mental illness • Number of abuse-related citations • Nurse staffing rating www.apmreports.org/story/2025/0...

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

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

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

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

Every two weeks for the past three years, a police officer has boarded a plane near his home in Sydney, Australia, to commute to work – in Bethel, Alaska. A story with @sgsmly.bsky.social at KYUK. www.kyuk.org/public-safet...

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.wsiu.org/state-of-ill... by @egawthrop.bsky.social @apmresearchlab.org / @apmreports.org via WSIU

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.wvik.org/wvik-top-sto... by @egawthrop.bsky.social, @apmresearchlab.org & @apmreports.org via WVIK

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

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-...

The stock market's closing readings yesterday, via The @marketplace.org Dozen www.marketplace.org/story/2025/0... cc: @apmresearchlab.org

A look at revisions to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ monthly jobs report data in light of President Donald Trump’s firing the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It turns out that the revisions issued this month, while large, are not at all unprecedented.

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.

As a Minnesotan, it pains me to report... My latest via @mprnews.org www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0... cc @apmresearchlab.org

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...

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

Wow! After a Weak Jobs Report, Trump Says He’s Firing That Agency’s Commissioner www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07...

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...

Our latest, via @marketplace.org

Florida is one of the country’s top producers of fruits and vegetables. Historically, the state’s warm climate has made it ideal for agriculture. But climate change has already altered patterns of temperature and precipitation. And that's pushing up prices.

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

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

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