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Jay Boller

Co-owner/editor of Racket.

Arf! Meow! …Ribbit? Let’s Talk About Your Pets on This Week’s Open Thread.

As we do every Friday, we're turning Racket over to you, the readers.

February 7, 2025

Who Is Ken Martin, the Minnesotan Now in Charge of the DNC?

Plus the U of M caves to Trump, meet Duluth's in-your-face reporter, and we welcome the elk in today's Flyover news roundup.

February 3, 2025

All 50 of MnDOT’s 2025 Name-a-Snowplow Finalists, Ranked

Our annual exercise in plow name reviewing trudges ahead.

January 28, 2025

Target, Amazon Face Local Blowback Over DEI Rollbacks

Plus lawsuit filed over inmate death, 'Love Is Blind' mania hits, and a whole lotta Bob updates in today's Flyover news roundup.

January 27, 2025

Best Budget Bites: $8.75 Olive Burger From Sandy’s Tavern

Quality-wise, did the 'world famous' menu item survive a semi-recent ownership transfer?

January 22, 2025

Leonard Peltier, Member of MN-Launched American Indian Movement, Granted Presidential Clemency

Plus Revival is cooked, Klobes drops Dylan ref., and remembering MLK in MN in today's Flyover news roundup.

January 20, 2025

UnitedHealth Group: Accused of Overcharging Patients by 1,000%; Reports $100B Quarterly Revenue

Plus transparency around policing improves, Graze adds 3 tenants, and RIP Uecker and Lynch in today's Flyover news roundup.

January 16, 2025

A 25th(ish) Anniversary Oral History of Mitch Hedberg’s Never-Released Movie

The Minnesota-shot comedy 'Los Enchiladas!' premiered at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival, but never received a proper release. Twenty years after the death of its writer/director/star, that could soon change.

January 15, 2025

Workers at The Athletic, Home to Powerhouse MN Sportswriters, Move to Unionize

Plus the homelessness crisis, the creator of the MN-shaped forest, and big changes for MPD in today's Flyover news roundup.

January 6, 2025