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A collection of MinnPost's maps, datasets and other interactive projects. We believe in showing our work, contributing to the open source community, and building useful, beautiful news apps.

Interactive projects are led by Kaeti Hinck, coded by Alan Palazzolo and Kevin Schaul, number-crunched and styled by Tom Nehil.

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How we built the legislative bill explorer

By Alan Palazzolo | 05/17/12

A look behind the scenes of how we built the legislative bill explorer.

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The 2012 Legislative session: What did they pass?

By Alan Palazzolo, Tom Nehil, Kevin Schaul and Kaeti Hinck | 05/14/12

Explore bills by category, investigate which bills Gov. Dayton vetoed, and search by your legislators.

Senate Roll Call
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Senate passes Vikings stadium bill

By MinnPost staff | 05/10/12

With the Senate's approval vote Thursday afternoon, the bill now goes to Gov. Dayton's desk for his signature.

Senate Roll Call
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Vikings bill: How the Senate voted

05/09/12

See how Minnesota Senators voted on the Vikings stadium bill.

Vikings stadium vote in the Minnesota House
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House Stadium bill: How they voted

By Alan Palazzolo and Tom Nehil | 05/08/12

See how each member of the Minnesota House of Representatives voted on the Vikings stadium bill.

FEC map
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Visualizing presidential campaign contributions throughout Minnesota

By Alan Palazzolo | 04/30/12

Find out which candidates the donors in your ZIP code supported.

Dollars by Tracy O
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Minnesota presidential campaign contributions in first quarter

By Alan Palazzolo | 04/24/12

Search through Minnesota's top contributors to presidential campaigns in the first quarter of 2012.

Open Seats Chart
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Calculating political lean of new legislative districts

By Kevin Schaul and Tom Nehil | 04/23/12

How we built the partisan index map of the new legislative districts and what the numbers show.

District map
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After redistricting, which legislative districts are vulnerable in 2012 election?

By Kevin Schaul, Tom Nehil and Alan Palazzolo | 04/23/12

Explore the political leaning of the new Minnesota legislative districts, and discover which districts may be vulnerable in the upcoming election.

Bubble tree
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Taxes in Minnesota: Where do they come from?

By Alan Palazzolo | 04/17/12

An interactive breakdown of tax sources in Minnesota.

Weather map
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Mapping record-breaking temperatures in 2012

By Alan Palazzolo | 04/11/12

We've visualized this year's record-breaking temperatures at airports throughout Minnesota.

Minnesota Constitution
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An interactive history of constitutional amendments in Minnesota

By Alan Palazzolo and Tom Nehil | 03/30/12

Browse our sortable table of all constitutional amendments that have been proposed in Minnesota since 1858.

TileMill screenshot
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How we built the same-day registration map

By Kevin Schaul | 03/09/12

A step-by-step guide on how MinnPost's interactive team built the same-day registration map.

Voter ID map
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Mapping voter same-day registrations in Minnesota

By Kevin Schaul, Tom Nehil and Kaeti Hinck | 03/07/12
redistricting map
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Minnesota's 2012 congressional districts

By Kevin Schaul, Tom Nehil and Kaeti Hinck | 02/21/12

View Minnesota's final congressional redistricting on an interactive map.

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Who supports the same-sex marriage ban?

By Beth Hawkins and Kevin Schaul | 02/08/12

Explore our interactive table of marriage amendment donors.

Gay marriage equal sign
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Who opposes the same-sex marriage ban?

By Kevin Schaul and Beth Hawkins | 02/07/12

Search the interactive table of donations made in opposition to the same-sex marriage ban.

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Minneapolis residents living below the poverty line

By Jeff Severns Guntzel | 11/19/11

The Minneapolis neighborhoods on this map are shaded according to the percentage of residents estimated to be living below the poverty line.

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Contributions to Barack Obama by ZIP code

By Jeff Severns Guntzel | 11/15/11

It probably wouldn't surprise you that contributors in the metro area have given the most money to the re-election campaign of Barack Obama.

School levy map
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Which districts passed 2011 school levies?

By Kevin Schaul | 11/13/11

Voters this week approved 80 percent of the requests for operating levies on ballots in 114 communities.

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Minnesota's Failed Banks

By Jeff Severns Guntzel and Kevin Schaul | 11/07/11

The Minnesota Department of Commerce keeps a watch list of problem banks in Minnesota. Just over 36 percent of Minnesota's FDIC-insured banks were on that list in September.