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PRM publishes original stories based on the records acquired through public record requests. PRM’s document-driven reporting takes readers inside government decision-making processes, revealing operations through the words and actions of those who undertook them.
PRM varied coverage has included detailed examinations of proposed copper-sulfide mining projects in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area, government use of surveillance technology, and government tax benefits provided to corporate entities, such as Alphabet. Notably, PRM’s reporting led to the public release of the State of Minnesota’s bid for Amazon’s second corporate headquarters — a document the state denied to the public until PRM intervened in court.
PRM’s publishing operations are helmed by executive editor Mike Kaszuba, who has over four decades of experience in journalism, including writing for major market newspapers such as the Minneapolis Star Tribune.
Stories by topic
Antonin Scalia, death of
Presidio County Sheriffs’ documents reveal details of Justice Scalia’s death
COVID Vaccinations
Amid a pandemic, a struggle to get Minnesota health care workers vaccinated
Dakota Access Pipeline
Records reveal costs, logistics of Dakota Access Pipeline deployment
Dakota pipeline deployment came amid Hennepin County budget review process
Tracking A Data Request budget review Regarding
The Dakota Access Pipeline
Government entity drone use
Hennepin County Sheriff adopts drone use as legal landscape evolves
Government surveillance
The Marv Davidov files: A Life Under Surveillance
Davidov an army intelligence officer?
Marv Davidov, the FBI, and J. Edgar Hoover
Documents: A surveillance project attracts “too much media attention”
Government regulation of private drones
FAA records show problems posed by private drones
MnDOT issuing cease and desist orders for unregistered drone use
Governor Mark Dayton
Documents show interplay between MN Governor, news media
Few details available regarding Governor Dayton’s viewing of Jamar Clark video
Governor Tim Pawlenty
Financial Services Roundtable keeps Pawlenty connected to national politics
Governor Tim Walz
THE GOVERNOR’S EMAILS: A CONVERSATION WITH GOV. WALZ’ PRESS SECRETARY
Greater MSP
Invoices detail payments from DEED to Greater MSP
Examining Greater MSP
Records show Greater MSP pressured public officials to keep Amazon bid secret
Hennepin County, Minnesota politics
Looking back at the ten year effort to end homelessness in Hennepin County
For Hennepin County’s new sheriff: A quick pivot to encryption
Kenneth Dahlberg
FBI records: Revisiting Watergate, and Kenneth Dahlberg
Military training in urban environments
Twin Cities Military Training: St. Paul documents
Minneapolis police records shed light on 2014 military training
St. Paul produces additional documents on
2014 military training
New federal documents describe 2014 "Brass Star" military training exercise
Minnesota Attorney General
Documents: “Help Seal My Record” project draws interest, but relatively few sealed records
Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve Board: Regional Banks Have Limited FOIA obligations
Kashkari’s calendars: A look into the push for the Page
Amendment
Minneapolis Police Department
Police told to watch for threats, Boogaloo Boys at Minnesota polling places
Minnesota public health care management
The Management of the DHS "Value Report" on HMO care
Public benefits for private companies
Looking back at Shakopee's Amazon warehouse subsidies
Searching for Minnesota's Amazon bid
Records show how Greater MSP took control of state’s Amazon bid
Details on Scott County bids for Amazon headquarters released
After more than a year, Amazon bid released
After obtaining a non-disclosure agreement, Google comes to Minnesota
Documents shed renewed light on Wisconsin's Foxconn deal
Minnesota education policy
Minnesota Department of Education and Student Data Sharing
Minnesota radiation levels
Examining Minnesota's historical radiation data
Minnesota riots, 2020
Following George Floyd’s death, little help from adjoining states
Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority
MSFA board members continued to use suites after investigation began
Minnesota state bond offerings
SEC cited State of Minnesota for misstatements in bond offerings
Minnesota State Fair
Last night at the State Fair: Guns, police fears, and hints of shortened hours
Minnesota State Patrol
Disciplinary Files Show Cases against Minnesota State Patrol members
Minnesota United stadium
Looking at the ownership structure of Minnesota United
For St. Paul’s soccer stadium, a behind-the-scenes tussle for federal approval
Minnesota Vikings
Inside the Vikings' move to Eagan
The Union Depot Hosts a Vikings Party
Northern Minnesota mining
Looking at water modeling for NorthMet
EPA documents reveal agency, Nolan discussions about PolyMet
Documents: Federal regulators quickly changed course on Boundary Waters mining
PRM receives documents from U.S. Interior Department related to canceled Superior National Forest land withdrawal
Records: For years, federal regulators pushed for mining near Boundary Waters as they eyed financial royalties
Peter Smith, death of
A Republican operative’s death in Rochester
Mueller Report: Republican Peter Smith’s activities drew scrutiny
President Donald Trump
U of M documents show Painter's clashes with Trump administration
Getting reimbursed for a Trump rally gets complicated for Minneapolis
A look back at a Trump lawsuit against a Wisconsin TV station
Prince
City e-mails show the aftermath of the death of Prince
PRM legal affairs
PRM files friend-of-the-court brief in Webster v. City of Bloomington data lawsuit
DOJ: "No documents" in PRM lawsuit
PRM's Amazon bid lawsuit heads to a hearing
PRM litigation reveals DOJ records about Espionage Act, investigations of media
Ramsey County, Minnesota politics and policy
In Ramsey County, a glimpse at the confusion surrounding Trump's immigration stance
Saint Louis Park, Minnesota politics
Records: Backbiting and backtracking behind a City’s Pledge of Allegiance drama
St Paul, Minnesota politics
Looking at Mayor Coleman's e-mails
Saint Paul grapples with immigration issues in wake of Trump election
In St. Paul, a transparency change
Senator Rod Grams
FBI releases agency files pertaining to former Senator Rod Grams
Stillwater Minnesota bridge construction
Stillwater Bridge controversy lived on in MnDOT-commissioned book project
Superbowl
Minnesota Super Bowl Host Committee files financial report
New Super Bowl Records Show NFL’s Reach, But Yield No Bid Document
Super Bowl: Bodyguards, climatologists, and trial postponements
FAA flight data: A glimpse at the jet set for Super Bowl, Final Four
For the Super Bowl, the NFL gets into airport management
Tesla car accidents
A Tesla Crashes in Minnesota
US Bank
After tax reform, the charitable giving at U.S. Bank gets muddled
US Bank Stadium
FBI to mount antenna system in US Bank Stadium
Public spending on Vikings Stadium continues to rise
The politics behind U.S. Bank Stadium's pedestrian bridge
University of Minnesota politics and policy
The U honors the Hubbards, but with complications
The University of Minnesota courts the military
Politics, the Vikings, and the U.S. Bank Stadium pedestrian bridge
Looking at the U’s “Row the Boat” agreement
PRM looks at coach Jerry Kill contract amendments
Records: University of Minnesota tried to obtain Bob Dylan’s archives
At the U: A hesitancy to distance from Huawei
DOCUMENTS: U struggled to address, recover from public relations hit over COVID refunds
At the U, a banking change has big impact on the football stadium
Voter fraud
In Minneapolis: 2020 voter fraud investigations continue
White Bear Lake, Minnesota politics
Documents show White Bear Lake City Council disputes over bus line plan