Nathaniel Minor

NEW: Minnesota rebuffs DOJ demand for voter rolls, says feds don’t have legal right to it --> startribune.com/minnesota-rebu…

@allengraetz As the story notes, Dems have some cards to play here as the bill needs 60 votes in the Senate. So we'll see!

NEW: Republican bill in Congress would explicitly ban federal funding for train between Twin Cities and Duluth, gut grant program that would fund Blue Line extension startribune.com/republican-bil…

@jawalker64 @CPRNews @StarTribune In St. Paul! Thanks Jeff; I’ll miss seeing you around the neighborhood

@nbminor @CPRNews @StarTribune Which Capitol? U.S. or Minnesota? Either way, thanks for all the reporting. And the only promise in FasTracks was to spend the money on those projects. The projects themselves were conditional. Best wishes to you!! Give my love to Dinkytown.

Hello! A little news from me. Next week is my last at @CPRNews. Later this month I will join the @StarTribune's politics team covering the Capitol. Denver, Colorado and CPR have all been wonderful to me since I arrived more than a decade ago. I'll miss this place dearly.

@kpottermn @CPRNews @StarTribune I’ll hold you to that!

@nbminor @CPRNews @StarTribune Full circle moment for us. Now it’s my turn to buy you a beer and show you around, I think. Congrats!!

@KyleClark @CPRNews @StarTribune Thanks Kyle! Keep RTD honest for me while I'm gone.

@nbminor @CPRNews @StarTribune You've done great work - leading the pack on transit coverage. Good luck in your next adventure!

Oh, and support public media 📻✊

But I'm very excited to join the Strib's growing newsroom and start telling the stories of my own people. I'm sure I'll be back in Colorado from time to time -- especially if that train to Boulder ever starts rolling.

If you are an RTD insider, or otherwise have a story to tell me, please reach out! nathaniel.minor@cpr.org

RTD's board last week approved a ~5% raise to take Johnson's salary to about $420,000 a year. It is scheduled to vote tonight on an 18-month contract extension.

NEW: At least a dozen senior leaders have left RTD in recent years. Some say CEO Debra Johnson is why —> cpr.org/2024/12/10/a-d…

NEW - Wyatts Towing is no more. The towing giant has apparently sold to Elite Towing. On Tuesday, the phone number listed for Wyatts rang to Elite Towing. An operator who answered the phone said “Wyatts Towing no longer exists.” denverpost.com/2024/11/12/wya…

I had no answer for her in the moment; it turns out there is one a few miles ahead. I hope she finds the poultry sandwich she’s looking for

chick*

Woman in car in the middle of Colfax just stopped me, a pedestrian in crosswalk, to ask if there was a chic-fil-a ahead

ICYMI, I checked in with some of the new board members-elect last week: cpr.org/2024/11/08/new…

So the new board in January will be:

The AP has called the last RTD board race. Chris Gutschenritter will rep District D: