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Jennifer Brooks

Columnist
News & Politics
Previously as a Star Tribune reporter, Brooks covered the State Capitol and the Minnesota congressional delegation in Washington.

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jennifer.brooks@startribune.com
PHONE
612-673-4008

Latest from Jennifer Brooks

News & Politics

Brooks: Bishop Mariann Budde bends her knee to God, not Trump

The former Minnesotan has no plans to apologize for asking the president to show mercy.
January 23, 2025
News & Politics

Brooks: Attacks from Trump’s White House spark fear and resolve in the ‘trans refuge’ state of Minnesota

This is how it feels to feel terrorized by your own government.
January 22, 2025
Rep. Leigh Finke, DFL-St. Paul, author of the "trans refuge" bill hugged Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan Thursday morning at the signing ceremony.
Politics

Brooks: Iowa and Canada want to take over Minnesota. Can you blame them?

Excuse me, despite what the windchill might indicate, we are not actually Greenland.
January 15, 2025
It wouldn't be very Minnesota Nice of us to reject a compliment.
Politics

Brooks: Pete Hegseth makes his pitch to be defense secretary. No qualifications? No problem.

“This nominee is unconventional,” say supporters of the Minneapolis-born Fox News personality Trump wants to put in charge of our armed forces.
January 14, 2025
Twin Cities Suburbs

Brooks: Catholic church flashes anti-drag queen message, hastily backpedals

Transfiguration Catholic Church posted an apology over the weekend for the sign.
January 14, 2025
At Transfiguration Catholic Church in Oakdale, parishioners were able to attend a service by Father John Paul Erickson on Wednesday as pews were closed off to allow social distancing and a maximum capacity of 250 or less than 25%.
Politics

Brooks: Small change in law makes big difference for Minnesotans with cancer

Wigs are now free to cancer patients, thanks to a Minnesota law that changed for the better on Jan. 1.
January 11, 2025
News & Politics

Brooks: The sore winners and gracious losers of Jan. 6, 2025

This peaceful transfer of power may be the last bit of civility and calm America sees for some time.
January 6, 2025
FILE - Insurrectionists loyal to President Donald Trump try to break through a police barrier, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, at the Capitol in Washington. Top House and Senate leaders will present law enforcement officers who defended the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, with Congressional Gold Medals on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, awarding them Congress's highest honor nearly two years after they fought with former President Donald Trump's supporters in a brutal and bloody attack. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
News & Politics

Brooks: An incomplete list of things that went right for Minnesota in 2024

Not everything this year was doom and gloom and total eclipses of the solar eclipse.
December 31, 2024
Twin Cities Suburbs

Brooks: Catholic church flashes anti-drag queen message, hastily backpedals

Transfiguration Catholic Church posted an apology over the weekend for the sign.
January 14, 2025
At Transfiguration Catholic Church in Oakdale, parishioners were able to attend a service by Father John Paul Erickson on Wednesday as pews were closed off to allow social distancing and a maximum capacity of 250 or less than 25%.
Politics

Brooks: Small change in law makes big difference for Minnesotans with cancer

Wigs are now free to cancer patients, thanks to a Minnesota law that changed for the better on Jan. 1.
January 11, 2025
News & Politics

Brooks: The sore winners and gracious losers of Jan. 6, 2025

This peaceful transfer of power may be the last bit of civility and calm America sees for some time.
January 6, 2025
FILE - Insurrectionists loyal to President Donald Trump try to break through a police barrier, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, at the Capitol in Washington. Top House and Senate leaders will present law enforcement officers who defended the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, with Congressional Gold Medals on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, awarding them Congress's highest honor nearly two years after they fought with former President Donald Trump's supporters in a brutal and bloody attack. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
News & Politics

Brooks: An incomplete list of things that went right for Minnesota in 2024

Not everything this year was doom and gloom and total eclipses of the solar eclipse.
December 31, 2024
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