Author Archives: Kevin Featherly

Kevin Featherly, who joined BridgeTower Media in mid-2016, is a journalist and former freelance writer who has covered politics, law, business, technology and popular culture for publications and websites in the Twin Cities and nationally since the mid-1990s.

Group sues AG over enviro-lawyer

Kevin Featherly August 19, 2019

The controversy involves Pete Surdo, a former intellectual property and antitrust law principal at the Robins Kaplan law firm. He started working with Ellison’s office on June 26 as a New York University School of Law fellow. (File photo)

Pete Surdo said to work for Ellison on Bloomberg’s dime.

Bar Buzz: Judicial Center will have enhanced security next year

Kevin Featherly August 16, 2019

Upgrades to the Minnesota Judicial Center will include new metal detectors and a security kiosk surrounded by bulletproof glass. (File photo: Kevin Featherly)

By the fall of 2020, the state’s Judicial Center should have new metal detectors.

Walz feels judiciary’s tech pain

Kevin Featherly August 16, 2019

Gov. Tim Walz, right, introduced new DHS Commissioner Jodi Harpstead on Monday. Harpstead takes over on Sept. 3. (Staff photo: Kevin Featherly)

Migrating IT always a headache, he says.

Merging amid immigration tensions

Kevin Featherly August 14, 2019

Trump policies ‘an accelerant’ in Dorsey’s acquisition of Webber.

Capitol Retort: PolyMet drama, ‘front and center,’ going bananas

Kevin Featherly August 14, 2019

PolyMet plans to repurpose former LTV Steel processing facilities on property the company now owns in Hoyt Lakes, Minnesota. (Submitted photo)

Our review of issues in state and national news, with a rotating cast of political people in the know.

Charged with felonies, hemp farmer still operates

Kevin Featherly August 13, 2019

A recent post on Luis Miguel Hummel’s public Facebook page shows him giving a thumb’s up in front of his thriving hemp crop. (Submitted photo)

Though hemp license is revoked, Hummel might not be violating law.

Lawyer suspended for repeated lies

Kevin Featherly August 12, 2019

This photo, taken from streamed video, shows attorney Bobby Gordon Okechuku Onyemeh Sea making his case before the Minnesota Supreme Court.

Thissen dissent argues lawyer ‘panicked,’ deserves lighter sanction.

Bar Buzz: Aligada is new Ramsey County judge

Kevin Featherly August 9, 2019

Reynaldo Aligada will replace former Ramsey County District Court Judge David C. Higgs, who retired on March 1. (Submitted photo)

Reynaldo “Reggie” Aligada, first assistant in the Office of the Federal Defender, has been named the 2nd Judicial District’s newest judge. Gov. Tim Walz made ...

Court reverses post-conviction petition ruling

Kevin Featherly August 8, 2019

Judge Mark A. Munger, Judge Renee L. Worke

Convicted heroin dealer alleged unfair trial, prosecutorial misconduct.

Capitol Retort: Losing interest, Dem-olition, Gopher State wine

Kevin Featherly August 7, 2019

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference following a two-day Federal Open Market Committee meeting in Washington, Wednesday, July 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Our review of issues in state and national news, with a rotating cast of political people in the know.