Elizabeth Dunbar

As I look back on 2025, I have immense gratitude for the MinnPost journalists who have brought our readers over 2,600 stories and newsletters that keep Minnesotans informed and engaged.

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This story about gender-affirming care was written by Three-Sixty Journalism students Wendy Xiong, Johnson Senior High School, Juan Miguel Adams, St.

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MinnPost contributor Brian Martucci's latest project looks at the future of Minnesota's energy supply and the ways utilities, businesses and consumers are leaning toward carbon-free sources.

Menahga has the state's lowest measles vaccination rate among kindergartners. Nationally the vaccination rate is 92%.

The MinnPost newsroom is growing again, investing in two areas important to our audiences: visuals and environmental reporting.

While the Twin Metals plan to dig for copper, nickel, cobalt and other metals within the Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA) watershed gets most of

Niron Magnetics is considering MN's Iron Range for a $1.8B plant that could create 700 new jobs. The company is already opening a plant in Sartell.