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Jay Boller

Co-owner/editor of Racket.

Drones, Rap, and Fests in Your Complete Concert Calendar: July 16-22

Pretty much all the music you can catch in the Twin Cities this week.

July 16, 2024

Chugga-Chugga Cha-Ching: Amtrak Borealis Line Turns Pretty Profit on Robust Ridership

Plus meet our biochar king, litigious music fests, and a lovely obit in today's Flyover news roundup.

Gov. Walz: 2024 VP Candidate?

Plus Cat Tour goes national, mourning a slain DJ, and remembering MN's Civil War trophy in today's Flyover news roundup.

Ann Kim, Daniel del Prado, and Unionizing the Top of the Twin Cities Dining World

The bold new strategy of local hospitality union Unite Here Local 17? Unionize the trendiest restaurants in town, even as well-heeled ownership fights back.

Kim’s Union Wins!

Plus let's help Minneapolis Voices, a movie theater is reborn, and Bigfoot = Minnesotan in today's Flyover news roundup.

Read Ann Kim’s Anti-Union Messages to Staff

Plus 19 Bar fighting on, the Minnesota Marx, and dire dam disaster dispatches in today's Flyover news roundup.

‘Somebody Has to Do It’: Meet the Man Archiving Retro Twin Cities TV

Tom Oszman's 15-year-old nonprofit, TC Media Now, is dedicated to unearthing and digitizing local TV broadcasts of yore.

Racket Racks Up 5 Journalism Awards: A Conversation with Keith Harris, Our Big Winner

Harris scored a hat trick, including two first-places finishes.