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Kristoffer Tigue

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Kristoffer Tigue is a reporter for the Minnesota Star Tribune.

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Police identify victim of homicide on St. Paul's West Side

James Baker, 20, died Wednesday of a gunshot wound to the torso. No arrests have been made.
A man walks through storm debris following a deadly tornado Tuesday, March 3, 2020, in Nashville, Tenn. Tornadoes ripped across Tennessee early Tuesda

Do tornadoes avoid hitting downtowns? Some research says yes, but scientists urge caution.

While some studies found that twisters tend to avoid urban cores, dozens of major cities, including Minneapolis, have been pummeled in the past.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Building is shown in Washington, Sept. 21, 2017.

Minneapolis Foundation is suing the EPA over frozen environmental justice grants

The EPA froze $60 million awarded to the nonprofit to fund public health and environmental remediation projects in the Midwest.
The cost of adding wind energy in Minnesota continues to go down, an industry report found. Shown is a wind farm near Alden, Minn. (ANTHONY SOUFFLE/ a

Clean-energy developer suspends wind project in Minnesota, cites tariffs as a factor

Delays and costs played a larger role, but Trump's trade war exacerbated the situation, a company representative said.
The U's Melissa Kenney is one of eight Minnesota scientists who contributed to the last National Climate Assessment. Last week, the Trump administrati

Minnesota scientists defend climate report after White House dismisses its authors

The future of the National Climate Assessment is uncertain as Trump administration slashes funding for climate initiatives.
Lee Zeldin, administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, called the $20 billion funding for green banks a "gold bar scheme."

Climate solution or '$20 billion gold bar scheme'? Explaining Minnesota's lawsuit against Trump's EPA.

How green banks became a target for a federal funding freeze.
Roughly one in four U.S. adults and nearly one in five children suffer from seasonal allergies, which in the spring are largely caused by tree pollen.

Sneezing already? Allergy season grows with warming weather in Minnesota.

An analysis of weather data reveals that the season of itches and sniffles is longer than it was 50 years ago.
Pedestrians walk through puddles of water in the St. Anthony Main neighborhood as the recent snow melted with temperatures reaching 60 degrees on Sund

Is winter weather whiplash becoming Minnesota's new normal?

Longtime Minnesotans puzzle over the unpredictability of the state's coldest months.
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Commissioner Katrina Kessler, shown last May, said the EPA recently released funds for a $200 million program to cu

EPA restores Minnesota's access to $200 million carbon cutting plan

But other would-be recipients of federal environmental grants remain in limbo, and some wait to be paid for work already done.