Get to know Minneapolis’ new City Council members
Explore MinnPost’s questionnaire and find out where Minneapolis’ new council members stand on important issues facing the city.
Alan Palazzolo
Alan Palazzolo is an interactive developer at MinnPost focused on open source software, data visualization, and mapping.
Visualizing hazmat incidents in Minnesota
Explore the largest accidents and key data from hazmat incidents over the last 13 years.
MetroGIS recommends 7 counties make geospatial data free and open
Even though the Data Practices Act has been updated many times since the ’70s, many things are still nebulous and open to interpretation.
How well do you remember the Gettysburg Address?
A fill-in-the-blanks quiz on Lincoln’s most famous speech.
Minneapolis mayoral candidate questionnaire
Undecided? We asked the eight leading mayoral candidates about a range of urban policy issues.
Wolf hunt: Minnesota vs. Wisconsin
A comparative look at wolf populations and hunting policies in Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Update: Minneapolis Police Department restores accessible data format
The MPD is no longer releasing monthly crime data in an accessible format, and we asked why.
Mapping fiber Internet in Minneapolis: Where is it and will it expand?
Explore where residential fiber-optic cable is appearing in Minneapolis.
Introducing MinnPost’s Minneapolis crime app
How we built our crime application and what we plan to do next.
Minnesotans join thousands in collaborative National Day of Civic Hacking
Hack for MN draws more than 70 particpants who worked on 13 community-focused projects.
The 2013 legislative session: What did they pass?
Browse Minnesota’s new laws by category, or search for your legislators.
Tracking state bills takes a village: The MinnPost legislature tracker gets launched in N.Y.
Working with ProPublica, we’ve made our legislature tracker reusable for other states.
Meet the Minneapolis mayoral candidates
Get to know the mayoral hopefuls with this interactive candidate browser.
Minnesota 2013 Legislative Bill Tracker
Follow the status of key legislation and learn what those bills mean for you.
Minneapolis launching effort Thursday to help bridge the Digital Divide
This is a far-reaching goal — and why I’m excited that Minneapolis does so much to promote digitial inclusion.
MinnPost’s Knight News Challenge: Help us build All My Governments
Learn more about MinnPost’s proposal to create All My Governments, a tool to help illuminate the levels of government that affect our lives.
Build your own sales tax policy for Dayton’s new budget
Can you raise enough revenue to plug the budget gap while leaving your favorite services untaxed?
Budget 101: A graphic primer to Dayton’s budget proposal
Explore a visual explainer of Gov. Dayton’s new budget plan.
Poverty level and payday lending locations mapped
See where Minnesota’s payday lenders are located, and how their locations correlate to poverty rates.
Firearms in Minnesota: by the numbers
A brief overview of what we know about guns in Minnesota — and what we don’t know.