Winter Keefer

I’m finally getting around to sharing this column I wrote last week. It was hard to write and it’s daunting to share. But I hope it can help someone. Journalism and vicarious trauma in the wake of a school shooting minnpost.com/community-voic… via @MinnPost

“There was nothing memorable, I guess, about him.” “I can’t remember a single thing about him” My colleague @WinterKeefer5 and I try to demystify Vance Boelter’s unremarkable tenure on the Governor’s Workforce Development Board  minnpost.com/state-governme… via @MinnPost

So great to team up with @StoriesByShadi on this one. And shout to to @stribgillespie for the edit and guidance. We're trying to add clarity where we can after a deeply tragic and surreal week. Take care of yourselves. Hold your loved ones close.

Last week, St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter said in an email that the City Council had “plunged the city into crisis” and jeopardized its ability to provide residential trash service. What happens next? 📝 @WinterKeefer5 buff.ly/eWrlw7N

Shooting incidents in north Minneapolis are the lowest they’ve been in more than a decade. Community members living and working in the city’s most disinvested region aren’t surprised by this. 📝 @WinterKeefer5 buff.ly/Y22Sf74

So long. And thanks for all the fish.

Layoffs of more than half of the employees at the U.S. Department of Education this week ramped up uncertainty and anxiety at Minnesota schools that were already reeling from new Trump administration directives and funding cuts. 📝 @radelat @WinterKeefer5 buff.ly/zo3z8js

The word “shame” echoed through the 24-story atrium of the Hennepin County Government Center Tuesday afternoon as up to over 100 sit-in protestors gathered to decry ICE presence in county buildings, including courthouses and jails. 📝 @WinterKeefer5 buff.ly/0opvcEP

With the U.S. Department of Justice suing Illinois and New York over their “sanctuary laws,” Minnesota and the Twin Cities are preparing to defend themselves from a similar legal assault. 📝 @radelat @WinterKeefer5 buff.ly/4hTj2E0

Viewers have flagged at least three ad mixups involving candidates or organizations in the state in recent years — a goofy phenomenon that experts say has minimal impact outside of being, frankly, embarrassing. 📝 @WinterKeefer5 buff.ly/4biV1Un

Registration is now open for our next free virtual event, MinnPost Social: Minnesota and the New Trump Administration with @radelat and @WinterKeefer5 on Monday, Feb. 24 from 5-6 p.m. CT. buff.ly/40SiyGU

Minneapolis Chief Financial Officer Dushani Dye’s face lit up the morning of Feb. 7 when she received notice during a MinnPost interview that federal funding disbursements had officially appeared in the city’s bank account. 📝 @WinterKeefer5 buff.ly/41a3rtF

Administrative citations are not the most exciting conversation starter — for most people, at least. This is not the case for City Council President Mirta Jalali, who has been working to achieve this charter amendment for over five years 📝 @WinterKeefer5 buff.ly/42FlmJX

A policy protecting immigrants in “sensitive zones,” including schools, was rescinded under the new Trump administration. Here’s a look at the policies and practices Minneapolis and St. Paul public schools have in place. 📝 @WinterKeefer5 buff.ly/4gerMmw

Four months after the City Council council approved a $1.5 million grant that was contested by the mayor and staff, Agate Housing has confirmed it will no longer move forward with renovations. 📝 @WinterKeefer5 buff.ly/4he9Mdn

Last week, a judge dismissed a lawsuit that had temporarily blocked projects allowable under the city’s comprehensive plan. Now that roadblock is gone. 📝 @WinterKeefer5 buff.ly/3ElZCZm

Padlock on gates to Minnesota House chambers. Symbolic of the deadlock between DFL and GOP? Or maybe it is like the padlocks that lovers leave on bridges.

Lost in a holiday haze, St. Paul left citizens hanging on which version of the budget ultimately made it into the new year — one that included the mayor’s line-item vetoes or the City Council’s version with a veto override. 📝 @WinterKeefer5 buff.ly/4j64TnU

The Minneapolis Police Department is poised to become the U.S. Justice Department’s 16th institution under federal consent decree and first to have both a state and federal settlement agreement running in tandem. 📝 @WinterKeefer5 buff.ly/40nE47t

No matter what municipality you live in, this year’s budget process was primed to be tough with the looming Dec. 31 expiration of federal American Rescue Plan dollars. 📝 @WinterKeefer5 buff.ly/4fiNSnB