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.

Briefly barring reporters upheld

Kevin Featherly May 12, 2020

Authorities wand Byron Smith, left, as he enters Morrison County Courthouse on Tuesday, April 29, 2014, in Little Falls, Minnesota. Smith shot and killed two teenagers during a 2012 Thanksgiving Day break-in, and he was convicted of premeditated murder. (AP file photo: Star Tribune)

Meshbesher plans to appeal 8th Circuit ruling to U.S. Supreme Court.

Budget-cutting special session looms at Capitol

Kevin Featherly May 11, 2020

State economic consultant IHS Markit predicts a three-quarter economic recession marked by a 5.4% drop-off in national gross domestic product. (Image: Minnesota Management and Budget)

Governor says prospect is ‘more than likely’.

Bar Buzz: Barnette elected Hennepin chief judge

Kevin Featherly May 11, 2020

Becomes first person of color to hold post.

In the Hopper: Privacy mini-omnibus legislation advances

Kevin Featherly May 8, 2020

Sen. Warren Limmer, author of a privacy mini-omnibus bill that passed 66-0 in the Minnesota Senate, presents the bill on the floor Monday. (Image courtesy of Senate Media Services)

If it gets signed into law, its author says, a bill passed unanimously by the Senate on Monday would be the state’s first major data-privacy legislation in about six years.

Ruling means man huffed, but might get compensation

Kevin Featherly May 7, 2020

It’s possibly fair to assume the Legislature never meant to compensate a man convicted of huffing an intoxicating chemical behind the wheel, the Court of Appeals said.