Kristoffer Tigue

1 week ago | startribune.com | Kristoffer Tigue

By Kristoffer Tigue St. Paul police have identified the victim of Wednesday's shooting on the city's West Side as 20-year-old James Baker. The suspect remains at large, and no arrests have been made as of Thursday evening, police said. Baker died Wednesday afternoon at Regions Hospital, where he was being treated for a gunshot wound to the torso. The incident marks St. Paul's fourth homicide of the year and the city's first involving a gun.

2 weeks ago | startribune.com | Kristoffer Tigue

The Twin Cities is no stranger to tornadoes. In 1981, an F3 strength tornado traveled from Edina to Roseville, killing one person and injuring 83 more on its path. Another Minnesotan died three years later when a tornado tore through St. Anthony Village and New Brighton. A tornado struck south Minneapolis in 2009 and a second lashed north Minneapolis in 2011, killing two people.

2 weeks ago | startribune.com | Kristoffer Tigue

The Minneapolis Foundation is suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, alleging the EPA illegally froze tens of millions of dollars in federal grants intended to address environmental harms and economic disparities in some of the nation's most disadvantaged communities.

3 weeks ago | thebrunswicknews.com | Kristoffer Tigue |Walker Orenstein

By Kristoffer Tigue and Walker Orenstein, The Minnesota Star Tribune A clean energy developer is temporarily halting its proposed wind farm in southwest Minnesota, saying the Trump administration's tariffs are partly to blame. The decision has alarmed some clean energy advocates, who say President Donald Trump's ongoing trade war is making the already difficult process of connecting renewable energy projects to the electrical grid even harder.

3 weeks ago | miamiherald.com | Kristoffer Tigue |Walker Orenstein

A clean energy developer is temporarily halting its proposed wind farm in southwest Minnesota, saying the Trump administration's tariffs are partly to blame. The decision has alarmed some clean energy advocates, who say President Donald Trump's ongoing trade war is making the already difficult process of connecting renewable energy projects to the electrical grid even harder.