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

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

Wellstone plane was flying too slowly, investigators say

The chartered airplane that carried Sen. Paul Wellstone to his death was flying perilously slow on its final approach, federal...

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

More criticism of Wellstone pilots

Pilot Richard Conry made critical mistakes on two previous flights with Sen. Paul Wellstone, prompting copilots in both instances to...

Updated: March 05, 2003, - 10:00 PM

Wellstone's pilot balked at flying on morning of crash

The captain of Sen. Paul Wellstone's fatal flight to Eveleth was so concerned about the weather that he briefly canceled...

Updated: February 22, 2003, - 10:00 PM

NTSB probe on Wellstone crash has strong focus on pilots, former investigator says

A former investigator for the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said the ongoing probe into the plane crash that killed...

Updated: February 22, 2003, - 10:00 PM

Wellstone's pilot balked at flying on morning of crash

The captain of Sen. Paul Wellstone's fatal flight to Eveleth was so concerned about the weather that he briefly canceled...

Updated: February 21, 2003, - 10:00 PM

More information on Wellstone crash to be released Friday

More information about the October plane crash that killed Sen. Paul Wellstone will be released Friday, the National Transportation Safety...

Updated: February 19, 2003, - 10:00 PM

Pilot in command of Wellstone flight often let copilot fly

The captain on Sen. Paul Wellstone's fatal flight had put his less-experienced copilot at the controls on at least two...

Updated: December 21, 2002, - 10:00 PM

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