Craig Helmstetter

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Craig Helmstetter

@craigstetter.bsky.social

Managing Partner, APM Research Lab (https://www.apmresearchlab.org), research & data journalism hub for American Public Media Group and beyond.

Ph.D. sociologist, Masters in community and regional planning, all-around data geek.
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While still relatively low, weekly COVID-19 hospital admissions exceeded 100 in Minnesota for the first time since March, according to data released today by MN Dept of Health More at @apmresearch.bsky.social / MPR News #COVIDinMN key data page: www.apmresearchlab.org/covid/mn-key...
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In St. Paul, Minnesota the Mississippi River is still flooding, but river levels have now receded below the 'major flood threshold' More rivers & coverage via MPR News: www.mprnews.org/weather-and-...
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Just updated: #COVIDinMN key data page that we maintain for MPR News Latest wastewater data shows an 8% one-week increase in COVID-19 levels, but a decline of 16.5% compared to 4 weeks ago More: www.apmresearchlab.org/covid/mn-key...
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Just updated: Minnesota Poll Watch 2024: Forecasters say the state still leans toward Biden www.mprnews.org/story/2024/0... via @apmresearch.bsky.social for MPR News ...one forecaster just downgraded Biden's chances of winning the state from "likely" to "leans," joining two others
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New MN Health Dept data today: COVID-19 deaths continue to trend down, while hospitalizations bounce around. Weekly admissions had not exceeded 80 since early April, but now have done so twice in June www.apmresearchlab.org/covid/mn-key... via @apmresearch.bsky.social for MPR News
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Just updated! Minnesota Poll Watch via MPR News & @apmresearch.bsky.social Two June polls have the presidential race currently too close to call, and a third one shows the race literally tied in MN More: www.mprnews.org/story/2024/0...
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Our most recent health data roundup for MPR News: Cows infected by bird flu in Minnesota, but human threat very low, Measles remains on the watch list, COVID-19’s presence is low www.mprnews.org/story/2024/0...
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For more than 20 years Micronesians have made Milan their home New article by MPR News' Regina Medina features two graphs that we provided of US Census Bureau data "The Micronesian community has boosted Milan [Minnesota]’s once declining population..." www.mprnews.org/story/2024/0...
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Minnesota poll watch: To date polls in Minnesota have Biden ahead--but never by more than 5 points, and recently only a 2 percentage point difference (statistically tied) mprnews.org/story/2024/0... via MPR News and @apmresearch.bsky.social
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Happy to be here in Atlanta representing @apmresearch! #AAPOR24 check out our survey-based reporting here www.apmresearchlab.org/surveys
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According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection data, encounters with smuggling boats rose in recent years off the California coast... laist.com/news/what-a-... by Leslie Berestein Rojas via LAist with #dataviz by @apmresearch.bsky.social
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U.S. COVID-19 Hospitalizations reach lowest numbers since pandemic’s start www.mprnews.org/story/2024/0... via MPR News (h/t to U of MN's CIDRAP)
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NEW: The Census Bureau plans to test asking people age 15 and older these questions about sexual orientation and gender identity through the American Community Survey starting in August to help with civil rights and equal employment enforcement www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
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By any measure, Americans are angry. Only 10% answered “nothing made me angry.” Nearly half, 46%, indicated they were “extremely angry" #MoodOfTheNation poll results www.apmresearchlab.org/motn/what-ma... @apmresearch.bsky.social