Q: Do you think it would've been fitting to lower the flags to half staff when Melissa Hortman, the Minnesota House Speaker, was gunned down by an assassin? TRUMP: I'm not familiar. The who?

Minnesota Star Tribune to sell Minneapolis printing plant, lay off 125 workers www.startribune.com/minnesota-st...

ICYMI, this fun catalog of the Fair smells is a delightful art map visual look at one of the senses we don't often talk about! It's usually all about sights, sounds, tastes. What about smells? Smells of the Minnesota State Fair create a festival for the nose www.startribune.com/smells-of-th...

Minnesota’s only privately owned prison, which has sat vacant for 15 years, may get new life as a detention facility for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

You on the Fair's first day: "It's so crowded, we'll definitely break a record." Our tracker with new data just now: "Sorry, you're about 1,700 shy of last year's record" www.startribune.com/2025-minneso...

A lot of people asking: What happened? How was the convention flawed? Was Mayor Frey behind the revoked endorsement? Answering some of these questions:

We have a lot of fun Fair stuff to offer and more to come, but this is one of my favorites. It's *genuinely useful* in addition to being fun. How far can you stretch $100 at the Minnesota State Fair? www.startribune.com/how-far-can-...

I'm going to publish the entirety of an exchange I just had with the press office of the DOJ. I want you to see how they are talking about truth.

Residents of Juneau, Alaska, have been urged to evacuate after an overflowing glacial lake sent water surging down the Mendenhall River, threatening homes and roads. Forecasters said river levels could break a record between 8 a.m. and noon local time on Wednesday.

NEW: An investigation by ProPublica and @texastribune.org found more than 60 instances of nepotism, self-dealing and conflicts of interest among 27 private schools that likely would have violated state laws had the schools been public. By Lexi Churchill and @emsimani.bsky.social

The Athletic, but make it Minnesota high school sports

"The annual income needed to afford monthly payments on a median-priced home in the US was $126,670 in 2024—a 60% jump from $79,330 in 2021, according to the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies. Meanwhile the US median household income was $80,610 in 2023"

This is very cool

We've solved it, and the argument shall never happen again, we declare. This turned out so fun; come for the answer, stay for the pink and purple map at the end.

in which I take @gretakaul.bsky.social's good data idea and spin it into a dot plot with emoji. It's not just you -- this summer has kind of sucked!!! www.startribune.com/this-summer-...

Uptown vibes (CJ's version)

Smol spoiler: There IS no definition, it's just vibes. But you can tell us where your vibes are in a very cool map-drawing tool, and we'll analyze them all over the next couple weeks and try to build some consensus.

Rarely do I see so many positive comments on a story. If you’re roadtripping around the state this summer and you’re like, “gosh that’s a lot of corn,” well here’s some visual trivia you can break out between bites of your hot dog. www.startribune.com/what-growing...

Timely.

The Minnesota State Patrol has encouraged the public to avoid the planned No Kings Day protests in St. Paul and across the state. Indivisible Twin Cities, one of the groups organizing local No Kings Day protests, said they still planned to demonstrate.

The home invader who shot two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses early Saturday wrote a “manifesto” containing the names of other elected officials.

A White House official asserted there is “no need” for the public to know who’s in DOGE and asserted that there have been no conflict-of-interest violations: “For decades, we’ve been able to operate without these people’s names.”

Small-town newspapers are dying because no one wants to run them. 🦋 www.cjr.org/analysis/sma...

It's a beautiful day to go paddling! And you're in luck -- @gretakaul.bsky.social @jakesteinberg.com @walkerorenstein.bsky.social @cjsinner.bsky.social Susan Du & Tom Nehil put together the ultimate Twin Cities paddling guide. Incredible design work by Anna Boone + 📷 Anthony Souffle, Aaron Lavinsky

The drop is ... not great!

Huge congrats to the design folks at @startribune.com. They're the only American newspaper that's a finalist for the World's Best Print Design award from the Society for News Design:

New editor just dropped www.startribune.com/the-minnesot...

Loved this quick turn breakdown of tax collections 👏🏼

St. Paul could weaken its rent control law in the coming weeks, following pressure from developers, landlords and Mayor Melvin Carter, and worries about the future of the city as construction feels stalled.

Ope, I'm excited!

This is honestly the nicest compliment that @jayboller.bsky.social could give about anyone much less Chris Ingraham ( in @racketmn.com’s must-read flyover newsletter )

Nice lookup tool by my colleague Tom Nehil for our annual look at housing real estate market. www.startribune.com/minnesota-ex...

My sister and I lovvvvve this stuff.

Such a thoughtful move to give these two the dignity of obituaries they never got.

The Minnesota Supreme Court determined Friday that 68 members must be present to conduct business in the state House of Representatives, likely forcing Republicans back into power-sharing discussions with Democrats who have boycotted the state Capitol for two weeks.

I remember what happened the last time that the Trump administration got deeply involved in federal contracting: www.propublica.org/article/a-cl...

I want @kaitlancollins.bsky.social to drop her hair routine. Girl how do you get this level of SHINE?!?

We used to do a look back at "a year in weather" mostly in chart form. This year, @jakesteinberg.com reimagined it in a much more nostalgic and fun way, nary a chart in sight. www.startribune.com/how-does-202...

I've been hearing about this for SO LONG and haven't even heard an episode yet! I am so stoked for it.

"Gov. Tim Walz and Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan haven’t been seen together publicly in seven weeks and the two aren’t communicating or meeting privately, a rift that coincided with his return from the national campaign," Rochelle Olson and Ryan Faircloth report. www.startribune.com/walz-flanaga...

2024 was exhausting. But as I was going through the @startribune.com Graphics Team's work and collaborations this year, I thought it would be fun to post about my Favorite 10, In Chronological Order. Most of them are not on bsky so I won't tag folks, and it's always a team effort anyway!

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