NEW! Penn State McCourtney Institute for Democracy asked Americans what they would do (legislatively) with a magic wand, and we have the results: Poll: Americans' legislative wish list for new congress shows frustration with political systems apmresearchlab.org/motn/poll-amer… by Benjamin Clary

That colleague? Benjamin Clary Other findings Americans who would enact a law regarding political and election reform are by and large significantly more likely to identify as male, white and Republican, to have higher levels of educational attainment and higher family income

Minnesota's COVID-19 data is pretty quiet, but our staff has been hearing about a lot of cases lately 🤔 This week's update for MPR News includes a poll, especially for our MN readers, about how much COVID you're seeing in your communities. mprnews.org/story/2023/02/…

Attention #NICAR23: if you happen to be a recent Cronkite School or Arizona State University grad, check out this opportunity with APM Research Lab & Ten Across: get your application in by Friday

In the last 100 years, there have been 99 earthquakes with death tolls over 1,000 people ... The recent earthquake in Turkey ranks as the 10th deadliest More: apmresearchlab.org/2023-earthquak…

Just updated! New region-by-region wastewater analysis from UMN Medical School/U of M Research/ & @USpatial shows COVID wastewater levels dropping throughout the state. More details at our MPR News #COVIDinMN key data page: apmresearchlab.org/covid/mn-key-d…

Happy #StPatricksDay2023! About 1 in 10 Americans claim Irish ancestry, twice as many claim Irish roots in New Hampshire and Massachusetts, which lead the nation. Roughly 1 in 10 Minnesotans claim Irish heritage, on par with the nation. apmresearchlab.org/rootsbeyondrace

"The East Asia and Pacific region, as defined by the World Bank, has experienced 45 earthquakes over the last three decades with more than 50 deaths, the largest number among all world regions. South Asia has the next highest number, with 20 earthquakes." apmresearchlab.org/2023-earthquak…

Just updated! New region-by-region wastewater analysis from UMN Medical School/U of M Research/ & @USpatial shows COVID wastewater levels continuing to drop throughout the state. More details at our MPR News #COVIDinMN key data page: apmresearchlab.org/covid/mn-key-d…

📑We've been diving into documents and data to help #TheUncertainHour of Marketplace answer the question of who's benefitting - and how much - from privatized welfare administration.📊 🎧The podcast's new season launched this week, have a listen!👇

We retired our Minnesota COVID data section, but important data collection continues, thanks to the work of organizations like APM Research Lab, UMN Medical School, U of M Research, and @USpatial.

Officially reported COVID-19 cases & hospitalizations are down (but so is vaccination uptake) Wastewater COVID-19 levels in Twin Cities Metro Plant down 61% from prior month More by Benjamin Clary & Craig Helmstetter via MPR News: mprnews.org/story/2023/03/…

Thanks to Benjamin Clary & sam stroozas for the assists! And to Will Lager for creating the map that appears as the article's "lead image" (hi Will!) cc: Wright County, MN Washington County MN RamseyCounty Hennepin County Isanti County Anoka County Scott County MN Minnesota Counties

Great to work with Benjamin Clary & Michael Olson on this week's #COVIDinMN update! ...but from another of MPR News' articles today (mprnews.org/story/2023/03/…) it looks like we missed the opportunity to title it as: "Less COVID, but more diamond rings, in Minnesota's wastewater"

"Risk of injury and death is far higher among some occupations than others. Those working in farming, fishing and forestry have a far higher rate of on-the-job deaths than is the case for those working in office and administrative support occupations." apmresearchlab.org/workplace-deat…

According to U.S. Census Bureau population estimates released last week, Hennepin and Ramsey County have lost a lot of people so far this decade (21k & 15k, respectively); their surrounding counties are some of the fastest growing in MN mprnews.org/story/2023/03/… MPR News APM Research Lab

The last episode in this season of Marketplace's The Uncertain Hour by krissy clark dropped today! marketplace.org/shows/the-unce… As did a new "data page" feat. some of the work that APM Research Lab's Elisabeth Gawthrop & Benjamin Clary did in support of the pod! apmresearchlab.org/welfare-to-wor…

Psyched to see Elisabeth Gawthrop's #dataviz featured in the latest Marketplace / David "econ extra credit" newsletter Cool newsletter btw. That is, if you like to learn things... marketplace.org/collection/eco…

Check out this cool interactive graph -- conveying important info @apmresearch's Elisabeth Gawthrop & Benjamin Clary uncovered while crunching data for @marketplace's #TheUncertainHour apmresearchlab.org/welfare-to-wor… #dataviz #Wisconsin #welfare #TANF

.Education Week's coverage of Penn State McCourtney Institute for Democracy's most recent Mood of the Nation Poll findings, by Eesha Pendharkar featuring Eric T. Plutzer edweek.org/leadership/mos…