Email Author Paul Demko

Awards

• 2008 - Page One Contest/Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists, published July 25, 2007

  "Trials & Stribulations"

• 2008 - Page One Contest/Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists, published April 18, 2007

  "Newspaper War"

• 2006 - Investigative Reporters and Editors, published July 20, 2005

  "The Hit Parade Revisited"

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2003 Stories by Paul Demko

• Stopping the Status Seekers

  published December 17, 2003

  St. Paul considers safeguards against federal immigration policies. More >>

• The Death Trap

  published December 10, 2003

  What's wrong with Pawlenty's execution song. More >>

• Frequently Asked Questions

  published December 10, 2003

  Getting to the bottom of Minnesota's liquor laws. More >>

• Lifetime Commitment

  published November 19, 2003

  Two lawyers challenge the governor's new policy on sex offenders. More >>

• Playing Ball in St. Paul

  published November 12, 2003

  Two of Kelly's heroes whiff; One makes history. More >>

• Return to Sender

  published November 5, 2003

  The justice department fights to deport a Somali refugee. More >>

• Resident Alien

  published October 29, 2003

  Ms. Reiter goes to St. Paul. More >>

• The Lost Tribes of Faribault

  published October 8, 2003

  Latinos, Somalis, and the American dream in southern Minnesota. More >>

• Flight Time

  published October 8, 2003

  Gary Hegner figures that his obsession with pigeons began around the age of six. He was in the school library and came across a book dealing with... More >>

• The Bull Fight

  published October 8, 2003

  James "Brazen Bull" Nora wanted his daughter to publish his collection of poetry on mid-list press. She refused. Now, both are engaged in a... More >>

• Borders Battle: Still No Contract

  published October 1, 2003

  A year after employees of the Uptown Borders bookstore voted to join United Food and Commercial Workers Local 789, no progress has been made in... More >>

• Feeling Strangely Done

  published September 24, 2003

  John Kuker spent two years painstakingly constructing the Seedy Underbelly recording studio in Minneapolis. He now has less than two weeks to... More >>

• A Face-Lift for the St. Paul City Council?

  published September 3, 2003

  Primaries could mean a stronger, tougher lineup. More >>

• I Wanna F*&% All Night, and F*&% Every Day

  published July 30, 2003

  Radio maven and metal monger Earl Root, bringing you the f-word since 1987. More >>

• Say No to War with Ohio

  published July 2, 2003

  Marie Braun was worried that she had the wrong sign posted in her front yard. Like thousands of similar protest placards across the Twin... More >>

• Labor of Love

  published June 18, 2003

  Checking in with the starting gate crew at Canterbury Park. More >>

• What's the Frequency, Marvin?

  published June 11, 2003

  If the St. Paul City Council had its druthers, Marvin Liszt would no longer exist. In recent weeks, the attorney for Clear Channel... More >>

• Something for the Little People

  published May 28, 2003

  The Twin Cities-based Northwest Area Foundation has a $450 million endowment to use on charitable programs. So why has it been nearly invisible... More >>

• Shot to Hell

  published May 21, 2003

  Duy Ngo, The Minneapolis police officer wounded by one of his own colleagues in a February drug stakeout, speaks out for the first time. More >>

• Dog Bites Man

  published May 7, 2003

  Why did an MPD officer let a K-9 unit dog savage a man who already surrendered? More >>

• Beer-Busted Bladders & Honky Tonk Highs

  published April 23, 2003

  Trashing motels and crashing wheelchairs with the White Iron Band. More >>

• Party of Nine

  published April 9, 2003

  The ward one race in St. Paul promises to be one nasty scrum. More >>

• Gogol Bordello: Multi Kontra Culti vs. Irony

  published March 26, 2003

  Gogol Bordello Multi Kontra Culti vs. Irony Rubric Gogol Bordello's second full-length album is an... More >>

• Off Beat

  published March 12, 2003

  Saving America's Youth One Video Game at a Time. More >>

• Desert Fatigues

  published March 5, 2003

  In a new memoir, former marine Joel Turnipseed loses his personal philosophy while winning the Gulf War. More >>