1/ Early voting begins Friday in Minnesota. Here's our 2022 voter's guide: Who's running in the election and where they stand on the issues. startribune.com/minnesota-2022…
2/ The governor's race will dominate Minnesota's midterm elections, but Minnesotans will also vote on the statewide offices of attorney general, secretary of state and state auditor, along with all eight congressional races and all 201 seats in the Minnesota Legislature.
3/ Because of redistricting (the once-a-decade process of redrawing political lines to accommodate changes in population) #mnleg candidates are running in brand-new districts. startribune.com/whos-running-f…
4/ Because there's never been a general election in these districts, they have no history of electing members of one party or the other or favoring a specific incumbent legislator.
5/ To help get a sense of how these new districts might lean politically, we built a map to estimate how voters in the new districts would have voted in the 2020 presidential election. startribune.com/whos-running-f…
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1/ Lower income neighborhoods in Minneapolis are hotter than ever after the 2011 tornado wiped out much of the tree cover. These so-called heat islands can lead to hotter summers, higher bills and more health complications. startribune.com/tree-cover-ine…
2/ The north Minneapolis tornado, which destroyed 150 acres of trees, accounted for most of the city’s tree canopy decline between 2009 and 2015.
A giant scar stretching across north Minneapolis is still evident in satellite imagery.
3/ Despite donations and volunteers to replace the city's trees, replenishing the canopy over the past decade has been a struggle. To this day, an untold number of trees have never been replaced. startribune.com/tree-cover-ine…
1/ Gov. Tim Walz has a 7-point edge over Republican opponent Scott Jensen in the race for governor, according to a new Star Tribune/MPR News/KARE 11 Minnesota Poll.
2/ In the attorney general race, DFL incumbent Keith Ellison and GOP challenger Jim Schultz are nearly deadlocked, according to a Star Tribune/MPR News/KARE 11 Minnesota Poll. Ellison's narrow lead falls within the poll's margin of error. startribune.com/minnesota-poll…
3/ In the fight for secretary of state, DFL incumbent Steve Simon leads GOP candidate Kim Crockett by a margin of almost 8 percentage points, according to the poll. startribune.com/minnesota-poll…
BREAKING: DFL Attorney General Keith Ellison and Republican challenger Jim Schultz are nearly deadlocked in the battle for the state’s top legal office, according to a new Star Tribune/MPR News/KARE 11 Minnesota Poll.
The Wednesday front page of the @startribune. Read the latest on the conviction of Derek Chauvin on all counts in George Floyd's death here: startribune.com/derek-chauvin-…
George Floyd's family says push for policing change cannot end after guilty verdicts against Derek Chauvin. strib.mn/32wXsjB
More images from @startribune photographers on the streets of the Twin Cities after Derek Chauvin was found guilty on all counts in the death of George Floyd. Photo gallery: strib.mn/3sHbhqw
UPDATE: Darnella Frazier, who shot video of Derek Chauvin on George Floyd, said on Facebook after the verdicts, "To know GUILTY ON ALL 3 CHARGES!!! THANK YOU GOD THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU. George Floyd we did it!!! Justice has been served.” strib.mn/3x4klcp
Speaking at the memorial for Daunte Wright before the jury returned its verdicts in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar said the community is stuck in a cycle of injustice she hopes a guilty verdict can break. strib.mn/3sH1Ya4
President Joe Biden calls Chauvin verdicts a potential "giant step forward," adding: "We can't stop here" strib.mn/3dv0g74
BREAKING: Derek Chauvin has been found guilty on all counts: second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the killing of #GeorgeFloyd #DerekChauvinTrialstrib.mn/3grpxRG