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Jon Collins

Reporter
Minnesota Public Radio
jon.collins@mpr.org

Jon Collins is an online reporter for MPR News. His duties include filing breaking news and working on enterprise stories. Before joining MPR, Collins was an editor and reporter at the Minnesota Independent. He was also the editor of the Southwest Minneapolis Patch and a legislative correspondent for the American Consolidated newspaper chain in northeast Minnesota. Jon received degrees in history and journalism from the University of Minnesota, where he also worked as a projects reporter for the Minnesota Daily. He is a member of the Society of Professional Journalists and Investigative Reporters and Editors.

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Minn. medical pot bill won't make deadline

A bill legalizing marijuana for medical uses won't be introduced in time to meet deadlines at the state Legislature this year. (03/13/2013)

EPA says it should not be forced to further limit Xcel power plant emissions

The Environmental Protection Agency said Friday that it should not be forced to further limit Xcel Energy's emissions from a power plant in Sherburne County. (02/01/2013)
Nizzel George

Nizzel George's killer pleads guilty

A teenager pleaded guilty Friday in the shooting death of 5-year-old Nizzel George last summer in Minneapolis. George was struck and killed by a bullet fired from outside his grandmother's house, as he was sitting on her couch. (02/01/2013)

Ellison invites slain businessman's son to State of the Union speech

The son of a Minneapolis business owner who was gunned down in September has been invited to President Barack Obama's State of the Union address. (01/31/2013)

Seminar teaches businesses how to hire, retain veterans

A seminar to help businesses learn how best to hire and retain veterans will take place in Duluth on Friday. (01/10/2013)

Man pleads guilty in Minneapolis homicide

Bryant Deshawn Elliott, 20, of Minneapolis has pleaded guilty to a fatal shooting in north Minneapolis last June. (01/09/2013)

Grants to build 8 new biking, hiking trails

Grants to build eight new biking and hiking trails across the state have been awarded by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. (01/07/2013)

Repairs nearly complete on damaged Mpls. water main

Repairs are nearly complete on the downtown Minneapolis water main that ruptured on Thursday. (01/07/2013)

Metro Transit workers approve new contract

Metro Transit workers voted Monday to approve a new three-year contract. (01/07/2013)

Izzy's recalls ice cream over glass scare

Izzy's Ice Cream pulls three ice cream flavors over concerns that cinnamon from an outside supplier was contaminated. (12/31/2012)

Suspect charged in Mpls. stabbing death

Hennepin County authorities have charged a 34-year-old man for a fatal stabbing in south Minneapolis over the weekend. (12/31/2012)

Hennepin Co. celebrates success of DWI court

Minnesotans for Safe Driving are highlighting the success of Hennepin County's DWI court in rehabilitating people charged with drunken driving. (12/23/2012)

Red Lake shooting survivors travel to support Newtown community

Survivors of the 2005 shooting at Red Lake Senior High School traveled to Connecticut this week to offer support to residents of Newtown. Twenty-six people died in a shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School a week ago Friday. (12/21/2012)

SPCO former director optimistic on labor dispute

Amid a contentious labor dispute, locked-out musicians of the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra are bringing their former music director back for a performance of Handel's Messiah on Thursday and Friday. (12/21/2012)

Hennepin County Sheriff Stanek, Biden huddle on gun violence

Hennepin County Sheriff Rich Stanek was among a group of law enforcement officials that met with Vice President Joe Biden to talk about gun violence on Thursday. (12/21/2012)