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Tony Kennedy

Reporter | Investigative, General Assignment
Phone: 612-673-4213
Tony Kennedy has been an investigative reporter at the Star Tribune since 2002. His work includes a 2012 collection of stories on executive compensation at the University of Minnesota; a four-part series on judicial penalties against BNSF Corp.; and an examination of factors leading to the collapse of the I-35W Bridge. Kennedy has uncovered corruption and lax oversight within Minnesota’s legal guardianship system for vulnerable adults, conflicts of interests that plagued Minnesota’s first lottery director at the time of his suicide in 2004 and the inside story of failure at Excelsior-Henderson Motorcycle Co. The St. Paul native holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Marquette University. He worked at the Frankfort (Ind.) Times, St. Cloud Times, Business Journal of Milwaukee and the Associated Press before joining the Star Tribune in 1991.

Recent content from Tony Kennedy

McGuire may get $5.09 million a year for life

Paydays might continue into retirement for departing CEO William McGuire, and regulatory investigations into the company's actions could carry on for months to come.

Updated: October 17, 2006, - 12:07 AM

Aug. 20, 2001: Puckett bobblehead giveaway gets vigorous nod from fans

As a Twins promotion, it was a grand slam. Eager fans claimed all 15,000 Kirby Puckett Hall of Fame bobblehead dolls...

Updated: March 06, 2006, - 11:04 AM

Turmoil thwarts drug probes at Red Lake

The reservation's police force is facing suspected corruption in the department as it tries to stop a drug trade linked to the Twin Cities.

Updated: February 27, 2006, - 12:48 PM

The covert wars of Vang Pao

V ang Pao rode shotgun, his CIA man in the rear seat. Their single-engine plane, buffeted by strong crosswinds, aimed...

Updated: July 02, 2005, - 11:00 PM

Affair muddied probe of drug suspect

For more than a decade, federal authorities painstakingly built a criminal case against the man they suspected of being the...

Updated: September 25, 2004, - 11:00 PM

Deception and betrayal: The unraveling of Pat Forciea

Pat Forciea was desperate. Sitting in his office in Naples, Fla., three months ago, he picked up a pen and forged...

Updated: June 26, 2004, - 11:00 PM

Lucrative pensions strain fire, police fund

Hundreds of Minnesota police officers and firefighters have used a loophole in state law to win lucrative disability pensions meant...

Updated: February 21, 2004, - 10:00 PM

A peek at St. Paul's glitzy Upper Landing development

Standing on Mississippi River frontage that was once St. Paul's flood-prone Little Italy, Golden Valley resident Don Yager clutched brochures...

Updated: October 26, 2003, - 10:00 PM

Frauds find fortune in daycare

In April 2001, Zhia Vang applied for state-subsidized day care assistance, claiming that she and her husband supported their four...

Updated: June 14, 2003, - 11:00 PM

Fact-finding completed in Wellstone crash

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has completed its major fact-finding in the plane crash that killed Sen. Paul Wellstone,...

Updated: April 29, 2003, - 11:00 PM

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