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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2006 Stories by Paul Demko

• Dirty Work

  published December 6, 2006

  After a union victory in Houston, local janitors are gearing up for new labor negotiations. More >>

• R.I.P.: The 2006 Political Boneyard

  published November 15, 2006

  Many fell and few are likely to rise again. More >>

• Mass Consumption

  published November 8, 2006

  A once-local author talks about the perils of big-box retailers. More >>

• Billion Dollar Dreamer

  published November 8, 2006

  Jerry Trooien has already spent millions promoting The Bridges, the $1.5 billion St. Paul riverfront development that city government keeps on... More >>

• Grudge Match

  published October 11, 2006

  Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher and former St. Paul Police Chief Bill Finney both have long and proud histories in St. Paul policing... More >>

• Same Old Song and Dance

  published September 13, 2006

  People are still accusing Mary Kiffmeyer of election high jinks. But this time, they're after her job. More >>

• Courting Trouble

  published September 6, 2006

  Judicial candidates in Minnesota can now be endorsed by a political party. The money hasn't flowed yet, but some races have already been politicized. More >>

• Something in the Air

  published August 23, 2006

  Air America Minnesota struggles to get off the ground. More >>

• Drawing Dead

  published August 23, 2006

  Tony Tran and Laura Xiong started out as small-time gamblers. Then they became lovers. And then her husband turned up murdered. More >>

• But Seriously, Folks

  published August 16, 2006

  Did you hear the one about the Green Party pol who was convicted of bribery? More >>

• Testify, Johnny, Testify!

  published August 9, 2006

  A car-trunk kidnapping? Four new bullets to the body? Minneapolis's favorite one-legged snitch must be up to his old tricks. More >>

• Carrying the Weight

  published August 2, 2006

  Former members of Slobberbone try to live up to themselves. More >>

• Bar Fight

  published July 12, 2006

  Two troubled businesses, one big financial mess. More >>

• White Noise

  published June 14, 2006

  KSTP targets a U of M instructor in the name of protecting America's borders. More >>

• Code Green

  published June 7, 2006

  Hospitals fight union on health care costs. More >>

• Black on Blonde

  published June 7, 2006

  Where's the best place in the Twin Cities to murder a drifter? More >>

• A Hunk of Burning Love

  published May 31, 2006

  Minneapolis Fire Chief Bonnie Bleskachek had a way with the ladies--as firefighter Kristina Lemon claims she learned the hard way. More >>

• A Little Song, A Little Dance...

  published April 19, 2006

  Oak Street's founders face off with the MFA over the cinema's future. More >>

• McClatchy Madness

  published April 12, 2006

  The Strib puts the squeeze on production workers. More >>

• Congressional Idol

  published March 29, 2006

  At least 14 local pols vie to be the next Martin Olav Sabo. More >>

• Meat Is Murder

  published March 22, 2006

  Minnesota beef industries falls on lean times. More >>

• The Wanted Man

  published March 15, 2006

  When a couple of students objected to the course materials in Stephen Philion's race and culture class at Hamline University, he thought the... More >>

• The Final Frontier

  published March 8, 2006

  A little-noticed movement led to a law that bans abortion in South Dakota. How it will play out nationally? More >>

• High on Stress: Moonlight Girls

  published March 8, 2006

  High on Stress Moonlight Girls OBT Records At its worst, Moonlight Girls is a sleepy,... More >>

• Charlie Parr's New Weird America

  published February 22, 2006

  Duluth's Charlie Parr plays music for gamblers, bar-fighters, and ordinary eccentrics. More >>