The beauty of Minneapolis’ grid
The city’s rigid grid system shows a high degree of planning.
Alan Palazzolo
Alan Palazzolo is an interactive developer at MinnPost focused on open source software, data visualization, and mapping.
2014 Campaign Finance Dashboard
See the latest fundraising totals for governor, U.S. Senate and U.S. House.
How Minneapolis is zoned
Ever wondered how your neighborhood is zoned? Here’s a map.
More than 25% of students at Minnesota’s colleges must take remedial classes
Between 2006 and 2012 at least 1 in 4 graduates of Minnesota public high schools who went to Minnesota colleges/universities had to take remedial courses.
Voter turnout in Minnesota, mapped
A look at turnout rates throughout Minnesota for the 2014 general elections. What’s going on, Winona County?
Visualizing where the GOP made its gains in the MN House
After targeting suburban and Greater Minnesota districts, the GOP made nearly all of its gains in the latter.
The outsiders: how big money flows through Minnesota elections
An analysis of the 20 biggest outside groups spending money on state elections: how they work together — and how the money is funneled to individual races.
One week out, an updated look at the 20 races that will decide who controls the Minnesota House
Republicans, now in the minority, need a net gain of seven seats to retake control of the 134-member chamber.
Minnesota’s most competitive House districts
The GOP needs to net seven seats in November to gain control of the House. 36 districts could be close.
Center for Urban and Regional Affairs awards $65,000 to civic technology groups
Sparked by the global civic tech movement, the program aims to give concrete resources to groups that would not otherwise get funding for these activities.
Who lives along the proposed Southwest Light Rail route?
Here’s a demographic snapshot of the communities near the Green Line extension between Minneapolis and Eden Prairie.
Lacu, 13,000+ lakes visualized
As a part of Northern Spark 2014, MinnPost created Lacu, a visualization of 13,000 lakes in Minnesota.
Who lives on the Green Line?
A visual exploration of select demographic characteristics of neighborhoods along the new light rail line.
The 2014 Legislative session: What did they pass?
Browse Minnesota’s new laws by category, or search for your legislators.
Mapping residential parcel values in the Twin Cities metro
Explore the most — and least — valuable property in the Twin Cities metro.
Hennepin County property values: Where the wealth is
For Hennepin County property values as elsewhere, location matters.
The Last-Minute Hennepin County Candidate-Picking Tool
If you’re still stumped for a choice in Tuesday’s Hennepin County Commissioner election to succeed Gail Dorfman, have we got a tool for you!
Go back in time with MinnPost’s weather app
We’ve added new features to our historical weather application.
Minnesota 2014 Legislative Bill Tracker
Follow the status of key legislation and learn what those bills mean for you.
Are these temperatures normal?
Putting Minnesota’s current weather into a historical context.
