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Kevin Diaz

Reporter | Washington Bureau
Phone: 202-408-2753
Kevin Diaz has worked for the Star Tribune on and off since 1984, starting out as a night cops reporter. During his tenure in Minneapolis, he won awards for his coverage of gang crime and city hall. He also taught public affairs reporting at the University of Minnesota, where he received his master’s degree. After a stint at the Washington (D.C.) City Paper, Kevin returned to the Star Tribune as a Washington correspondent, winning national awards for articles on globalization and immigration. He also covered the 9/11 terrorist attacks from Washington and New York. Born and raised in Italy, Kevin has reported from Italy, Brazil, Mexico, and Cuba, where he covered Jesse Ventura’s 2002 trade mission. In 2003, he filed daily Iraq War dispatches from the U.S. Central Command in Qatar. He has also covered Washington for the Anchorage Daily News and the Idaho Statesman.

Recent content from Kevin Diaz

Paul's partisans dig in after strong showing in Minn. caucuses

He was a distant second, but he could have pull with delegates.

Updated: February 08, 2012, - 09:41 PM

Calif. gay marriage ruling's effect in Minn. is mainly as a symbol

The federal appeals court ruling that a voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage in California is unconstitutional is likely to have more symbolic than practical effect in Minnesota, scholars and activists say.

Updated: February 07, 2012, - 10:46 PM

Redistricting talks fall short

U.S. House Democrats rejected a plan that may have helped Reps. Bachmann and Cravaack. The court will likely impose its own plan.

Updated: February 02, 2012, - 10:04 PM

Rise of super PACs riles Franken

Democrats called for more disclosure. Republicans said rules are same for both.

Updated: February 01, 2012, - 10:04 PM

Franken calls for Super PAC reform

Sen. Al Franken, joined by Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), decries the growing influence of anonymous unlimited contributions...

Updated: February 01, 2012, - 10:03 PM

Bachmann and Pawlenty ended campaigns in debt

Pawlenty gets help from his friends - like Romney.

Updated: January 31, 2012, - 08:36 PM

Bachmann back in race -- for her seat in Congress

She will face a new hurdle in her bid for a fourth term. Bachmann's fast-growing north-suburban district must shed tens of thousands of residents under once-a-decade redistricting.

Updated: January 25, 2012, - 10:36 PM

Minnesotans set sights low in election year

Politics likely to dominate Obama's and others' agendas.

Updated: January 24, 2012, - 09:38 AM

St. Croix bridge clears Senate, but prospects still uncertain

The $700 million project must now pass the House, where a similar bill has been stymied despite bipartisan agreement in support of the project from numerous Minnesota and Wisconsin lawmakers as well as the states' governors.

Updated: January 23, 2012, - 11:03 PM

Pawlenty joins Romney's attacks on Gingrich

A "questionable" nominee at best, he said.

Updated: January 23, 2012, - 10:46 PM

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