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Greta Kaul

Greta Kaul

Greta Kaul is MinnPost's data reporter. She previously covered tech at the San Francisco Chronicle and education at the San Antonio Express-News as a Hearst fellow. A Minnesota Daily alumna, she holds bachelor's degrees in journalism and political science from the University of Minnesota.

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Politics & Policy

Can Koochiching County come back from the brink of demographic doom?

By Greta Kaul | 05/16/17

The county’s population peaked at around 18,000 in 1960. By 2050, it could be less than half that.

Politics & Policy

If someone tells you they know how much restaurant servers make, don’t believe them

By Greta Kaul | 05/09/17

At the heart of the fight in Minneapolis over the “tip credit” is the question of how much tipped servers actually earn. It’s a question without any good answers.

Business

Trump ordered a review of the program for bringing foreign skilled workers to the U.S. What’s he likely to find in Minnesota?

By Greta Kaul | 05/05/17

For one thing, applications for H-1B visas in Minnesota have been on the rise. But not all those applications are the same.

Politics & Policy

By at least one standard, Minnesota’s political districting looks pretty fair

By Greta Kaul | 04/21/17

The efficiency gap standard recently helped convince a panel of federal judges that Wisconsin’s legislative districts are illegally gerrymandered.

Politics & Policy

Minnesota is the king of state rankings. Is the state really among the best, or just among the best at getting good grades?

By Greta Kaul | 04/21/17

What’s in a ranking, after all?

Oregon Trail changed the role of software in education
Education

Almost 50 years ago, Oregon Trail revolutionized educational software. Can the game’s creators do it again?

By Greta Kaul | 04/14/17

Veterans of the Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium are making a new piece of educational software called “Re@l Experiences at Life.”

Politics & Policy

Minnesota’s researchers have been dealing with dwindling federal funding for years. Now Trump wants to make that problem a lot worse

By Greta Kaul | 04/14/17

Institutions like the University of Minnesota and Mayo Clinic get a lot of research funding from the feds. But soon, there might be a lot less to go around.

Oxycodone pills
Politics & Policy

Amid opioid crisis, Minnesota sees significant decline in painkiller prescriptions

By Greta Kaul | 04/07/17

Altogether, opioid prescriptions dropped from about 3.9 million in 2015 to 3.5 million in 2016. 

Minnesota Native Americans’ high rates of chronic school absence
Education

The long history behind American Indian students' high rates of chronic absenteeism in Minnesota

By Greta Kaul | 04/04/17

In Minnesota, 38 percent of American Indian students missed 10 percent or more days of school last year — the highest rate of any racial or ethnic group. Why? 

Never been called for jury duty in Minnesota? You’re not alone
Politics & Policy

Never been called for jury duty in Minnesota? You’re not alone

By Greta Kaul | 03/27/17

Minnesota’s jury summons rate is much lower than the national average. That might not be a bad thing, though.