Jennifer Brooks
Star Tribune
Minneapolis, MN, United States
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Past articles by Jennifer:
Brooks: Minnesota businesses chew over new edibles law
This was going be a big summer for Minnesota medical marijuana. This was going to be the summer the state finally let them sell edibles. → Read More
Brooks: A restaurant, an angry customer and a reminder about being kind to the ones who showed up
Community rallies around the Lynhall after reports of a customer's threat to "destroy" it on social media. → Read More
Brooks: In a twist, 'Let's Go Brandon' helps a Minnesota boy let go of his fears
A sign meant to make someone feel bad accidentally made one little boy feel pretty good → Read More
Brooks: Oh say can you see a better flag for Minnesota
Legislature gets serious about finding a state flag with less nudity and racism. → Read More
Brooks: A scaled-back Minnesota fishing opener tries to preserve the traditions that matter
Has Minnesota become the sort of place where political divisions mean we can't even fish together? → Read More
Brooks: Minnesota teacher who fled Kyiv bears witness for Ukraine
Class continues for Ruth Karnowski of Little Falls, who is working now from Slovakia for the sake of some of the war's littlest refugees. → Read More
Brooks: 4-H welcomes LGBTQ+ youth
Minnesota 4-H stands up for, and with, LGBTQ+ youth → Read More
David Hrdlicka has been MIA for 56 years and he's still missed
His former St. John's Prep classmates spent more than a decade seeking answers. They keep going, in honor of their friend. → Read More
Brooks: A family's desperate search for COVID care for their disabled son
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Brooks: Spirits in the steel at Minnesota's memorials to the World Trade Center
That broken beam in Marshall, Minn., is as close as most of us will ever get to ground zero. → Read More
Brooks: Small Minnesota cities hit or miss a crucial census benchmark of 5,000 strong
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Brooks: Jennifer Carnahan wants you to remember the real victim here: Jennifer Carnahan
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Up, up and away to your (adjective) Day at the Minnesota State Fair!
After a no-fair year, the Minnesota State Fair is back. Whether you're planning to get vaccinated, mask up, and attend — or if you're sitting this one out — here's your chance to fill in some blanks and remember what makes Great Minnesota Get-Togethers so great. → Read More
Brooks: In Minneapolis's arsenic triangle, East Phillips residents ask council for a greener future
What Minneapolis wants is not what East Phillips needs. → Read More
Researchers follow trail of sex trafficking to Minnesota massage program
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Brooks: A change of law, a change of heart, on the anniversary of Philando Castile's killing
The Minnesota Legislature changed the law to ban lunch shaming for good five years to the day after he died. → Read More
Brooks: Minnesota Historical Society looks to the future
In the worst days of 2020, MNHS was urging Minnesotans to be mindful of the history we're living through. → Read More
Brooks: Let Derek Chauvin's sentence be the start of the conversation
Sometimes there's no neutral ground. You stand with your neighbors or you stand against them. → Read More
Jennifer Brooks: Deona Knajdek fought so Minneapolis wouldn't look away from its pain
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Brooks: Masked up and vaxed up, Minnesotans are ready to have fun again
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