Saturday January 5, 2013
James Shiffer
Team leader | Minneapolis and Whistleblower
Phone: 612-673-4271
James Eli Shiffer supervises coverage of the city of Minneapolis, overseeing a team of reporters assigned to City Hall, city schools, public safety and general news. He also oversees Whistleblower column and blog, which investigates reader complaints about injustices, rip-offs and red tape. Shiffer joined the Star Tribune in 2005.
A native of Scarsdale, N.Y., Shiffer previously worked at The News & Observer of Raleigh, N.C. He holds a bachelor’s degree in English from Wesleyan University in Connecticut.
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Recent content from James Shiffer
Abercrombie's appeal in MOA autism case thrown out on mail glitch
Abercrombie & Fitch's appeal of a $115,264 fine for discriminating against a disabled teenage customer was thrown out last week because the company failed to send a document by certified mail.
Updated: September 22, 2009, - 12:07 AM
Girl: I was treated like a 'misfit' at Abercrombie & Fitch
Four years after Abercrombie & Fitch refused to let a teenager help her autistic sister try on clothes at its Mall of America store, state officials have fined the company $115,264 for discriminating against a disabled person.
Updated: September 09, 2009, - 04:45 PM
Ex-owner goes from locked in to letting go
Two months after the city boarded him into his house, Ted Poetsch has gone from heir to the property to apartment dweller who lost interest in the home.
Updated: August 14, 2009, - 11:29 PM
An unwelcome tenant
When mold moved in, a couple decided it was time to move out.
Updated: August 03, 2009, - 10:48 AM
Whistleblower: The check was good, so why was it rejected?
Whistleblower: To get control of his spending, Tom Campbell decided to put away the credit card and take out the checkbook. But switching from plastic to paper wasn't as easy as he thought.
Updated: July 31, 2009, - 10:36 PM
Scam artist guilty; victims poorer
Saying God was on his side, Alabama's newest prisoner duped Minnesotan, others.
Updated: July 29, 2009, - 06:37 AM
Widows seethe over headstone shuffle
A Brooklyn Center cemetery moved their husbands' headstones to make room for another grave.
Updated: July 24, 2009, - 06:49 AM
Asbestos costs family now, maybe later
A botched job and an emergency cleanup have cost thousands and caused worries about future health problems.
Updated: July 12, 2009, - 07:53 AM
Park Board tributes aren't forever
Renewal fees on a Minneapolis memorial bench come as a surprise.
Updated: July 04, 2009, - 09:25 PM
Minneapolis man boarded in his house
In many ways, Ted Poetsch's experience is emblematic of the forces that have fastened plywood over so much of the North Side and urban neighborhoods across America.
Updated: July 02, 2009, - 12:00 PM
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