Howie: Minnesota’s top online and print journalists, ranked
From Patrick Reusse’s grizzled columns at the Star Tribune to the young lions at the Reformer, here’s who’s shaping the state’s online and print news voice in 2025.
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J. Patrick Coolican
Minnesota Legislature passes gloomy $66B budget
“The budget we are passing will fund the services Minnesotans rely on to live their daily lives, including care for people with disabilities and seniors, maintenance for roads and bridges, funding for courts and correctional facilities, and support for veterans” -- Erin Murphy, DFL-St. Paul
Gov. Tim Walz calls special legislative session for Monday
“The finalized bills will be conveyed to the House and Senate on Monday, June 9, 2025, and must be voted upon or passed by both bodies before 7:00 a.m. on Tuesday, June 10, 2025,” the agreement states.
Democrats made a big bet on themselves
Will Stancil, a scholar of housing and education discrimination at the University of Minnesota Law School, compared it to a state version of the New Deal.