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Minnesota Now

Minnesota Public Radio

Live, down to earth, unscripted interviews that aim to connect, inform and entertain. Real people share real stories with MPR News host Nina Moini. It’s journalism that doesn’t take itself too seriously and puts people first.

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Minnesota Now: March 17, 2025

Minnesota Now ·

2025/03/17

The Trump administration is ignoring judge’s orders in immigration cases, most notably on the deportation of hundreds of Venezuelan immigrants to El Salvador. We talked to a University of Minnesota immigration law expert about what this move means. It’s been five years since the COVID-19 pandemic began. We learned how the virus exposed racial disparities in health care. We also looked at how the pandemic impacted downtown Duluth and how the city is trying to bring people back.A Minnesota

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00:09:15

Where are the women in history books and federal...

Minnesota Now ·

2025/03/17

Over 100 years ago Monday, a group of suffragists met with the new president, Woodrow Wilson, to ask him to support votes for women. The women left that meeting without any promises and spent years fighting for the passage of the 19th Amendment. They picketed the White House and endured violent harassment, arrests and jail time.In a new book, a Minnesota law professor argues that their struggle — and others like it — are still obscured by stories that keep men at the center. Jill Hasday is

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00:11:10

March Madness: A Minnesotan is trying to get her team...

Minnesota Now ·

2025/03/17

March Madness begins this week. You wouldn’t find a Minnesotan team if you were to check out the brackets for the men’s and women’s NCAA basketball tournaments this year. But a Minnesotan is a face of the women's tournament. Paige Bueckers is in her final season with the number two seed, the University of Connecticut.Wally Langfellow is the founder of Minnesota Score Sports Magazine and co-host of the sports talk show 10,000 Takes. Eric Nelson is the other host of that show and

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00:10:52

U of M professor: Trump deportation of Venezuelans is...

Minnesota Now ·

2025/03/17

On Saturday the Trump administration announced that it would use a law from 1798 to deport members of a gang. It did not provide evidence that the roughly 250 immigrants from Venezuela that were getting deported belonged to a gang. On Sunday, a federal judge ordered the administration to stop the deportations and turn the deportation flights around. The Trump Administration has said that because the flights were over international waters when the order came down, it did not need to comply

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00:12:49

Five years after COVID-19 lockdown, racial health...

Minnesota Now ·

2025/03/17

Five years ago, the state of Minnesota and the rest of the world was experiencing the first weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since then, we’ve learned people of color experienced a disproportionate burden of COVID-19 cases and deaths. In Minnesota, deaths from COVID-19 were concentrated in socioeconomically disadvantaged neighborhoods.Elizabeth Wrigley-Field is the associate director of the Minnesota Population Center and a sociology professor at the University of Minnesota. She is part of a

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00:58:45

Minnesota Now special episode: 31 Minnesotans reflect...

Minnesota Now ·

2025/03/13

On March 13, 2020, Gov. Tim Walz declared the COVID-19 pandemic a peacetime emergency. Unmasked and unaware of what was to come, Walz announced that day that cases had increased from nine to 14 from the previous day. That has turned into 1.9 million cases in Minnesota as counted by the health department. And the deaths of more than 17,000 Minnesotans. The Minnesota Now team has spent the last month going out across the state and asking listeners and readers to share their story.

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00:14:18

Out to Lunch: Bishop Richard Howell leads north...

Minnesota Now ·

2025/03/12

On Minnesota Now, we hear from many different people in Minnesota over the phone and in the studio. But we don’t often meet them in the community, where news — and life — happens. In our “Out to Lunch” series, MPR News host Nina Moini sits down for a meal with people from Minnesota news and culture to get to know them better.Bishop Richard Howell has been a pastor at Shiloh Temple International Ministries in north Minneapolis for more than 40 years. And he's led the ministry through a

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00:04:45

Fickle week of weather expected to end with storms

Minnesota Now ·

2025/03/12

Minnesota is seeing rollercoaster weather this week, with temperatures swinging from the 30s to the 70s. MPR Chief Meteorologist Paul Huttner joins MPR News host Nina Moini with details on what’s next, including a possible spring storm in the forecast.

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00:13:13

5 years after the pandemic, Jan Malcolm says we are...

Minnesota Now ·

2025/03/12

Thursday marks five years since Gov. Tim Walz declared a “peacetime emergency” and the state went into lockdown for the COVID-19 pandemic. Schools moved to remote learning, bars and restaurants were shuttered and people were told to stay home. Nearly 17,000 Minnesotans have lost their lives to the virus. Former Minnesota Department of Health Commissioner Jan Malcolm led the state through the first two years of the pandemic. She frequently hosted the state’s daily COVID press conferences

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00:09:35

Shoreview Democrat David Gottfried on tying the...

Minnesota Now ·

2025/03/12

Democrat David Gottfried defeated Republican opponent Paul Wikstrom in a Tuesday special election to fill a vacant Minnesota House seat representing Roseville and Shoreview.The results bring the House into a tie, with 67 Republicans and 67 Democrats. It also prompts a reset at the Capitol and returns the chamber to a bipartisan power sharing agreement reached earlier this year.Gottfried joins MPR News host Nina Moini to talk about his plans as a new lawmaker. And MPR News senior politics

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00:55:02

Minnesota Now: March 11, 2025

Minnesota Now ·

2025/03/11

You may have seen a notice on a restaurant menu that says items containing eggs will cost extra. It's one way businesses are responding to record-high egg prices. We talked with a deli owner who took that step. Agricultural communities in the Midwest and Mexico are linked by immigrants who come to the U.S. to work on farms. A Wisconsin group is building bridges by bringing dairy farmers to Mexico. Residents of a mobile home park outside of Duluth may lose their homes in an area

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00:11:31

Program connects Midwest dairy farmers with migrant...

Minnesota Now ·

2025/03/11

Dairy farms in Minnesota and around the country rely on immigrant workers, many of whom are undocumented. Dairy workers’ families often count on the portion of their wages they send back to their home countries. A group of farmers in Minnesota and Wisconsin have been following these connections to Mexico to meet the families of their employees. Mercedes Falk is the president of the Wisconsin-based organization Puentes/Bridges, which leads the trips. Cole Hoscheit is a board member and dairy

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Restaurants scramble for solution to record egg prices

Minnesota Now ·

2025/03/11

You can’t miss it at the grocery store: egg prices are at a record high. The latest report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture found in the Midwest, wholesale prices for large white eggs is $8.42 per dozen. Many grocery stores are even putting limits on how many eggs you can buy. Egg prices are hitting restaurants hard. Several Twin Cities restaurants have added temporary egg surcharges. Marty's Deli in northeast Minneapolis announced they are adding $1 to all sandwiches with eggs

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What is an outsider's perspective on Love is Blind...

Minnesota Now ·

2025/03/11

Now that the Love is Blind Minneapolis season has come to a close, everyone fan has their own take. Some have dubbed it “Love is Bland.” The Wall Street Journal's headline was “The Problem With Hosting ‘Love Is Blind’ in Minnesota: Everything.” Many Minnesotans believe the lack of drama had to do with our own culture. We wanted to get an outside perspective, so a journalist who covers reality television and pop culture from the U.K. joined the show. Kieran Galpin writes for the outlet

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00:09:11

Hermantown mobile home park in disrepair may close,...

Minnesota Now ·

2025/03/11

A mobile home park in Hermantown, Minn., is in the midst of a legal dispute that's pushing its residents toward homelessness. It has potential to contribute to the affordable housing shortage in the region.Elevated Management LLC acquired Maple Fields mobile home park in 2021 and says it can’t afford to make repairs to improve living conditions to residents. Duluth News Tribune reporter Peter Passi has been following the story. He joined MPR News host Nina Moini to explain the

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00:10:30

‘Happy football new year’: Vikings begin building...

Minnesota Now ·

2025/03/10

NFL teams can start reshaping their rosters by signing free agents this week. There’s plenty of attention on the quarterbacks, including the Minnesota Vikings’ Sam Darnold.Plus, the playoff picture is starting to shape up for the Timberwolves and Wild. Joining Minnesota Now with the latest on all of Minnesota’s sports teams are sports contributors Wally Langfellow and Eric Nelson.Read the latest: QB Sam Darnold gets a 3-year, $110.5 million deal with Seahawks

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00:54:42

Minnesota Now: March 10, 2025

Minnesota Now ·

2025/03/10

Downtowns around the country lost money and foot traffic when offices went remote during the pandemic. We'll hear from the St. Paul Downtown Alliance about what the closure of downtown St. Paul's only grocery store means for efforts to revitalize the city center. A lawsuit argues pollution from a metal foundry in St. Paul violated the property rights and wellbeing of neighbors. We'll get a breakdown from a reporter covering the legal battle.Plus, a 40-day Target boycott is

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Shopper loyalty will be put to the test with Target...

Minnesota Now ·

2025/03/10

A 40-day boycott of Target is underway. It calls for supporters to give up shopping at the Minneapolis-based company during Lent. The boycott comes after Target announced that it would phase out a handful of diversity, iquity and inclusion, or DEI, initiatives. They followed several other corporations who made similar moves. But will the boycott make a dent on profit?Joining Minnesota Now to explain is Aaron Sackett. He’s a marketing professor at the University of St. Thomas, with an

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00:09:27

Downtown St. Paul leader hopes new grocer will come...

Minnesota Now ·

2025/03/10

Downtown St. Paul's only grocery store, Lunds & Byerlys, is closing this month. It's sparked conversations about the health of the state's capitol city. This week marks five years since the start of the COVID-19 lockdown, which took a major toll on downtowns across the country. As St. Paul makes its way out of that low point, Minnesota Now wanted to talk to someone with a pulse on the area. Joe Spencer is the president of the St. Paul Downtown Alliance, he joined MPR News

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00:11:10

St. Paul woman files class action lawsuit against...

Minnesota Now ·

2025/03/10

A woman has filed a class-action lawsuit against a factory that produces metal parts near her home. The suit says the Northern Iron metal foundry is releasing pollution that is harming health and property values in the area. The company that owns the foundry is also in a legal battle with the state of Minnesota over its permit. Reporter Andrew Hazzard has been following the situation for Sahan Journal and joined Minnesota Now to talk about what he’s learned.

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