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Josie Albertson-Grove

Reporter
Politics and government reporter
Josie Albertson-Grove has covered state and local government for the Star Tribune since 2022. She has covered state government and the western suburbs. Albertson-Grove spent several years as a reporter in New England, most recently covering education and politics at the New Hampshire Union Leader. Albertson-Grove received a master's from the Columbia Journalism School with a focus in investigative reporting, and has a bachelor's in political science from Beloit College. She is a graduate of St. Paul Central High School and lives in Minneapolis.

Latest from Josie Albertson-Grove

Road construction threatened mom-and-pop shops. This St. Paul neighborhood got help.

The closure of Arcade Street is still worrisome for St. Paul’s East Side, but months of advocacy led to state funds to help the street’s small businesses.
June 27, 2025
A closed street with orange construction barriers on the sidewalk and at an intersection. A maroon awning on a building reads "Shops on Arcade."

Vandals remove 150 St. Paul storm drain covers

Across the city, heavy metal grates in street gutters have been removed and dropped into the drains.
June 27, 2025
A photograph of a concrete gutter in a street, with three long rectangular openings where storm drain covers should be.

After years in limbo, St. Paul’s down payment aid program is open again

Some worry the city fell behind as suburban programs helped low-income, first-time homebuyers.
June 25, 2025
St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter, Mikeya Griffin, Tara Beard and Anthony Bradford, left to right, cut a ceremonial ribbon Wednesday, Sep. 12, 2023, at Bradford's house in St. Paul, Minn. St. Paul's Inheritance Fund is a program designed to give Rondo neighborhood families displaced by the construction of I-94 forgivable loans to purchase or fix a house. Bradford is the first recipient as his great-grandfather was forced to move his family when the highway was built in the 1950s. ]

Construction at troubled St. Paul apartment could signal shift for beleaguered neighborhood

Drug use and crime around Kimball Court worried neighbors, but the building’s owners hope renovation and expansion will bring change.
June 20, 2025

State workers are back in the office this week. What awaits them in downtown St. Paul?

A quick refresher course on downtown St. Paul, for anyone coming back after a long absence.
June 2, 2025

Grand Avenue reconstruction unearths streetcar tracks, showing St. Paul’s past

Street reconstruction means Grand Old Day festivities will start east of Snelling, but there’s a lot to see on the closed road.
May 31, 2025
A yellow backhoe pulls long pieces of rail track from an unpaved roadway. Small shops are visible in the background.

St. Paul police investigating a homicide on the city’s West Side

A man died Wednesday at the hospital shortly after arriving with a gunshot wound.
May 29, 2025

Minnesota Frost celebrate second Walter Cup with downtown St. Paul parade and party

Back-to-back wins in the fledgling PWHL had fans drawing comparisons to the Packers in the first two Super Bowls.
May 28, 2025

State workers are back in the office this week. What awaits them in downtown St. Paul?

A quick refresher course on downtown St. Paul, for anyone coming back after a long absence.
June 2, 2025

Grand Avenue reconstruction unearths streetcar tracks, showing St. Paul’s past

Street reconstruction means Grand Old Day festivities will start east of Snelling, but there’s a lot to see on the closed road.
May 31, 2025
A yellow backhoe pulls long pieces of rail track from an unpaved roadway. Small shops are visible in the background.

St. Paul police investigating a homicide on the city’s West Side

A man died Wednesday at the hospital shortly after arriving with a gunshot wound.
May 29, 2025

Minnesota Frost celebrate second Walter Cup with downtown St. Paul parade and party

Back-to-back wins in the fledgling PWHL had fans drawing comparisons to the Packers in the first two Super Bowls.
May 28, 2025
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