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Paul Tosto

Public Insight Journalism Analyst
Minnesota Public Radio

Paul Tosto Feature Archive

MinnEcon@work: The Coffee Guru

Nate Hrobak has gone from "slinging lattes" at an Uptown Minneapolis shop to one of four green coffee buyers for Caribou Coffee. (10/29/2009)

Fire, flood devastate town north of Fargo

First the floodwaters hit. The water was so deep that more than 120 people had to be rescued by boat. Then a home caught fire and burned to the ground. (03/27/2009)

Budget deficit: Pawlenty remains opposed to tax increases

Minnesota is facing a projected budget deficit of more than $5.27 billion over the next two and a half years. Gov. Pawlenty is again ruling out tax increases as a way to close the gap. We're updating the story throughout the day. (12/04/2008)

Minnesotans react to Obama victory

Barack Obama came to St. Paul in June to claim the Democratic nomination, a milestone that resident Brian Grandison said at the time would be "empty and meaningless" if the Illinois senator wasn't elected president. (11/05/2008)

Incumbents win in 6 of 8 House races

Incumbents continued to win the night in Minnesota's congressional elections. Incumbent U.S. Rep. in the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, 7th and 8th Districts have all been re-elected. (11/04/2008)

Poll close in Minn.; pushing to record turnout numbers

Polls closed minutes ago across Minnesota after voters packed high school gyms, churchs and community halls across the state to have their say on issues from school levies to the next president. (11/04/2008)

Not a Protester? Thou Doth Protest Too Much

On the last day of the Republican National Convention, John McCain calls for a shakeup in Washington. But for many living in the host city, business as usual sounds pretty good. (09/04/2008)