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Minnesota Star Tribune columnist 🥳 Your source for dumpster fires. I think you're pretty great. Mostly @stribrooks-ing on other platforms these days.

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Jennifer Brooks’s Biography

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Minnesota Life reporter January 2026-present

Star Tribune columnist 2018-2026

Star Tribune Washington correspondent 2017-2018

Legislative and state team reporter for the Star Tribune, January 2012 to 2016.

Enterprise, legislative and higher education reporter for the Nashville Tennessean, 2007-2011

Congressional reporter for Gannett News Service in Washington, D.C., 2005-2007

Enterprise reporter, Detroit News, 2000-2004

Congressional and White House reporter, United Press International, 1998-19…

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MnDOT has a way with words; we rated their funniest freeway signs

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By Rachel Hutton Verified, Jennifer Brooks Verified
| The Minnesota Star Tribune Verified
MnDOT has a way with words; we rated their funniest freeway signs Our favorites reference “Heated Rivalry,” Burma-Shave and Taylor Swift. Find out how you, too, can promote road safety with pop culture puns. The internet debated if this MnDOT road safety message was a "Heated Rivalry" reference or a sign of Wisconsinites invading cabin country. (Minnesota Department of Transportation) Comment Gift Share “Going to the cottage?” the sign greeted Monday commuters.
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This comedy tour will have audiences rolling in the produce aisles

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By Jennifer Brooks Verified
| The Minnesota Star Tribune Verified
This comedy tour will have audiences rolling in the produce aisles Now heading to Minneapolis, the Good Egg Immigrant Grocery Store Standup Comedy Tour turns immigrant supermarkets into comedy clubs. Jenny Yang is on a nationwide standup comedy tour, using immigrant-owned supermarkets as backdrops. Her Good Egg Immigrant Grocery Store Standup Comedy Tour reaches the Shuang Hur Supermarket in Minneapolis on July 11. Comment Gift Share Comedian Jenny Yang is coming soon to a grocery aisle near you.
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One town’s Pride festival defused hate with harmony and humor

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By Jennifer Brooks Verified
| The Minnesota Star Tribune Verified
One town’s Pride festival defused hate with harmony and humor Clergy and the Singing Resistance helped deflect angry protesters at Northfield Pride, keeping the focus on celebration, not conflict. Northfield Mayor Erica Zweifel, right, kicked off the 2026 Pride in the Park festivities earlier this month. Every year, protesters disrupt the celebration. But this year, Northfield Pride organizers like Emy Farley, left, had a plan.
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