Lori Sturdevant

Editorial Writer/Columnist

Phone: 612-673-4505

E-mail: lsturdevant@startribune.com

Lori Sturdevant writes editorials and a weekly column about topics she has covered for more than 30 years, state government and politics. She joined the Minneapolis Tribune as a summer replacement reporter in 1975, returned as a reporter in 1976, and was lead Capitol reporter and a newsroom assignment editor before joining the editorial staff in 1992. A native of South Dakota, Lori is a graduate of Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and a member of that institution’s Board of Trustees. She has been the editor or co-author of six books, including “A Man’s Reach: The Autobiography of Elmer L. Andersen.” She lives in Minneapolis with her husband; they have three grown children.

Recent content from Lori Sturdevant

• Lori Sturdevant: If not for LGA, cities would spend (and have) less
  'We'd have unlivable communities outside the metro area,' says the mayor of Thief River Falls.
  Mar 19, 2011
• Lori Sturdevant: State, local taxes - still kinder to the rich 
  The affluent are still getting a better deal than other Minnesotans when state and local taxes are collected.
  Mar 16, 2011
• Lori Sturdevant: House GOP misses its tax relief target
  Minnesota House Republicans said last week that they would aim $300 million in unspecified tax relief at low- and middle-income taxpayers.
  Mar 16, 2011
• Lori Sturdevant: The long and winding road to reform
  Foundation leaders are not giving up on making government smarter and less costly.
  Mar 12, 2011
• Lori Sturdevant: Senate GOP targets -- an honest start
  After weeks of saying that $4.2 billion in one-time federal money and an IOU to school districts weren't really "state" spending, the GOP senators incorporated the full sum into their analysis Thursday. 
  Mar 10, 2011
• Lori Sturdevant: Losing LGA would be second blow to Hutchinson
  Given the bad jobs news in Hutchinson this week, I didn’t expect to see Mayor Steve Cook at the Capitol Wednesday with two dozen other mayors and city officials, making the case for sparing local government aid (LGA) from deeper cuts.
  Mar 10, 2011
• Lori Sturdevant: The business lobby finds an open mind in Dayton
  Perhaps that is a good portent for the most difficult issues of this session.
  Mar 5, 2011
• Lori Sturdevant: DFL legislators don't fall for political stunt
  Theater's nice, but tax conformity matters
  Mar 3, 2011
• Lori Sturdevant: Teaching without union protection
  Odd requirements, plenty of threats, mixed messages -- one woman remembers.
  Mar 1, 2011
• Lori Sturdevant: Will young people shun government work?
  These jobs have not been attracting the best and the brightest, but they'll need to as baby boomers retire.
  Feb 27, 2011