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Tony Kennedy

Investigative reporter  |  General assignment, education, transportation

Phone: 612-673-4213

E-mail: tony.kennedy@startribune.com

Tony Kennedy has been an investigative reporter at the Star Tribune since 2002. His investigations include “The Informant,” on the FBI’s 2007-08 corruption probe inside the Minneapolis Police Department; an examination of factors leading to the collapse of the I-35W Bridge, including the series “Money vs. Safety”; the plane crash that killed U.S. Sen. Paul Wellstone; and the unsavory fund-raising machine of Vietnam-era Hmong warrior Gen. Vang Pao. He 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. As aviation beat reporter, he led the Star Tribune’s coverage of the 1998 pilots’ strike at Northwest Airlines.

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

• Kazeminy questions credibility of ex-associate
  His comment was about B.J. Thomas, who has said Kazeminy tried to funnel money to a firm that employed Norm Coleman's wife.
  Mar 27, 2009
• Minneapolis police officer embroiled in corruption case is suspended
  A Minneapolis police lieutenant, who was cleared of criminal wrongdoing in a federal corruption investigation, has been suspended without pay for related departmental violations.
  Jan 30, 2009
• Officer won't face charges over gang probe
  The Minneapolis lieutenant was under investigation for his contacts with a Gangster Disciple.
  Jan 9, 2009
• Coleman will use campaign funds to pay legal fees
  Lawsuits allege $75,000 was steered to Coleman last year through his wife's employer. Coleman says the allegations are false and he welcomes an investigation.
  Dec 17, 2008
• Colemans tap top lawyers, as does friend named in suit
  The FBI is investigating allegations against Nasser Kazeminy; Sen. Norm and Laurie Coleman and Jim Hays are not named.
  Dec 15, 2008
• Coleman link raises millionaire's low profile
  The self-made businessman who hired Laurie Coleman has quietly supported Sen. Norm Coleman's political career. A lawsuit has spotlighted all three.
  Dec 14, 2008
• FBI looking into alleged cash gift to Sen. Coleman
  The FBI is investigating allegations in two lawsuits accusing a friend and political supporter of Sen. Norm Coleman of attempting to funnel $75,000 to Coleman from the coffers of a Texas company that the friend controls.
  Dec 10, 2008
• FBI investigating allegations against Coleman supporter
  A lawsuit has alleged that Nasser Kazeminy tried to funnel $75,000 to Sen. Norm Coleman through a Texas company that Kazeminy controls.
  Dec 10, 2008
• Group wants probe of lawsuits that mention Coleman
  
  Nov 13, 2008
• Oct. 26: I-35W bridge was doomed from the start
  Investigators will say the blame lies with designers who erred in calculating the size of key gusset plates, sources say.
  Nov 12, 2008

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