Minnesota Reformer

This story was first published by ProPublica. 

In early August, election workers north of Spokane, Washington, went across the street to the post office to check for late mail-in ballots. It was three days after the primary an...

Doug Chapin says he had an epiphany on the first day of President Donald Trump’s second term. 

“He pardoned the Jan. 6 rioters, and I thought, ‘You know, I need to do something about this,’” Chapin told me recently. 

The D.C.-based firm where he did research for the U.S. Election Assistance Commission was hit hard by DOGE cuts, so he was suddenly ready to take o...

Two months after taking office as Hennepin County Attorney in 1999, Amy Klobuchar rearranged the furniture in the office’s reception area. The next day, the furniture had been moved back.

Klobuchar moved the furniture again. Someone moved it back. Klobuchar moved it again. One staffer told Klobuchar that the rest of the office liked the office’s original layout and man...

Republican House Speaker Lisa Demuth and Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar each focused on  guilt by association during their final gubernatorial debate Wednesday.

Repeating a theme on display up and down the ballot this year, Demuth argued that Klobuchar is aligned with Gov. Tim Walz and would govern similarly, while Klobuchar argued that Demuth would not stand up to Pres...

We need to stop treating homelessness among people raised in the foster care system as a problem that begins when they leave the state’s care. By then, we may already be years late.

At Foster Advocates, a foster-founded and foster-led organization, we have been telling Minnesota about the instability that can follow repeated moves, disrupted relationships, and support ...