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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: Feb. 13, 2025

Minnesota Now ·

2025/02/14

U.S. Senator Tina Smith will not be running for reelection in 2026. We hear from her about the choice to step away and we learn about some of the candidates already vying for her seat, like Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan. MPR’s politics editor Brian Bakst will join us with the latest.The DNR and the Fond du Lac band are working on a plan to reintroduce elk to the reservation. It's one of the first times that a tribe has worked with the DNR on a management plan. We hear from the

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00:09:26

Route 1 helps farmers of color put down roots

Minnesota Now ·

2025/02/13

Despite the freezing temperatures, the farmers at Route 1 Farms are already deep into harvesting lettuce and herbs this winter. They are growing food through a new creative way of indoor farming. The organization specifically focuses on supporting emerging farmers of color in the state. Route 1 Farm's executive director Marcus Carpenter joined Minnesota Now to talk about the project.

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00:07:45

Partnership between Minnesota DNR, Fond du Lac Band...

Minnesota Now ·

2025/02/13

Elk used to roam across the entire state of Minnesota. Today there are just a few hundred, and only in the northwestern part of the state. But that could soon change. On Thursday night, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa will have a public meeting to discuss the reintroduction of elk to the Fond du Lac Reservation and surrounding areas in northeastern Minnesota. It’s a project that started more than ten years ago, and now is on its

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00:12:50

What Sen. Tina Smith’s retirement means for Minnesota...

Minnesota Now ·

2025/02/13

U.S. Senator Tina Smith is not running for reelection in 2026. The Democrat posted a video to social media this morning saying the decision is "not political -- it's entirely personal,” citing a desire to spend more time with her family in Minnesota. Smith joined the Senate in 2018, when then-governor Mark Dayton appointed her to fill the seat Al Franken left when he resigned.Just last week on Politics Friday, Smith told MPR's Politics Editor Brian Bakst she was planning to run

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00:54:45

Minnesota Now: Feb. 12, 2025

Minnesota Now ·

2025/02/12

Gov. Tim Walz is negotiating with ten of Minnesota’s tribal nations on an agreement allowing them a larger role in the state’s burgeoning cannabis industry. We learn more about how the tribes could lead the rollout of marijuana legalization in Minnesota.With smartphones taking up more and more of teenagers’ attention, English teachers are rethinking how to teach reading to their students. We meet one teacher who is working with social media to get her kids excited about books.And in another

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00:09:12

Are kids not reading like they used to? A Minnesota...

Minnesota Now ·

2025/02/12

Minnesota legislators have been considering a law that would prohibit cell phones in elementary and middle schools and restrict them in high schools. Part of that push comes from educators who are concerned that student attention span is negatively affected by chronic smartphone use.In many English classrooms across the U.S., assignments to read full-length novels are becoming less common, according to the National Council of Teachers of English. It’s a result of the perception that

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00:09:53

Minnesota's state government, tribal nations close to...

Minnesota Now ·

2025/02/12

Pending agreements between Gov. Tim Walz and ten of Minnesota’s 11 tribal nations are close to being finalized. They would give a share of the new cannabis industry to tribal nations and businesses they license both on and off reservation land, including in urban areas, according to new reporting from MinnPost. Minnesota’s 2023 cannabis law authorized Walz to negotiate contracts between the state and tribal nations. Under the agreements, cannabis businesses licensed by tribes would be

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00:59:01

Minnesota Now: Feb. 11, 2025

Minnesota Now ·

2025/02/11

A major focus of the Minnesota state legislature is rooting out fraud in government programs. We heard about a new committee in the Republican-led House and talked to a DFL Senator about a bill to create a new agency aimed at finding and stopping fraud. Before he was former President Joe Biden’s National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan was a star student in Minneapolis. We heard more on his Minnesota roots and where he thinks U.S. foreign policy stands today. A chef is bringing African

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00:09:01

Out to Lunch: Minneapolis musician Laamar doesn't...

Minnesota Now ·

2025/02/11

On Minnesota Now, we get to hear from so 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 a new series we are calling Out to Lunch, we sit down for a meal with people from Minnesota news and culture to get to know them better.Today, we hear a conversation with Geoffrey Lamar Wilson, the singer-songwriter behind the project Laamar.Laamar burst onto the Twin Cities music scene in 2023 with

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00:08:41

What‘s for Lunch: Gullah Geechee food with chef James...

Minnesota Now ·

2025/02/11

Minnesota Now runs over the lunch hour and often covers what chefs around the state are making for lunch, but it’s not every day that the show gets to dig into the stories of food. There’s a history behind everything we eat. On Feb. 15, a Minneapolis chef is celebrating Black History Month with a workshop about preserving the Gullah Geechee food traditions. Gullah Geechee people are descendants of Africans who were enslaved in coastal areas of the southeastern United States. They held onto

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00:05:23

Focused on fraud: lawmakers aim to snuff out state...

Minnesota Now ·

2025/02/11

With the Minnesota House session finally underway, lawmakers are tackling fraud. On Tuesday morning, a house committee heard several bills aimed at eliminating fraud in state agencies. That afternoon, a senate committee heard a bill that looks to create an Office of the Inspector General, which would devote an entire agency dedicated to identifying fraud.The bill’s author is Sen. Heather Gustafson, DFL-Vadnais Heights. Gustafson spoke in front of the committee. She joined MPR News host Nina

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What’s next for Jake Sullivan, a Minnesotan and...

Minnesota Now ·

2025/02/11

It’s been three weeks since President Donald Trump took the oath of office and former President Joe Biden boarded a plane out of Washington, D.C. A Minnesotan also left the White House as part of the outgoing administration. As National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan helped shape Biden’s foreign policy agenda and was involved in the U.S. response to events like the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the Israel-Hamas war. Years before that, he was a champion debater, student council president

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00:54:44

Minnesota Now: Feb. 10, 2025

Minnesota Now ·

2025/02/10

The Minneapolis City Council is deciding whether to have Hennepin County temporarily take over the city's violence intervention programs. Some city council members say the program is mismanaging the funds. Reporter Cari Spencer will join us with the latest.A local author is helping support survivors through the aftermath of sexual assault. She'll join us to talk about her resource handbook, which is a finalist for a Minnesota Book Award in nonfiction.And our sports contributors

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00:09:30

Breaking down the Super Bowl, plus Timberwolves...

Minnesota Now ·

2025/02/10

The Philadelphia Eagles handed it to the defending champions, the Kansas City Chiefs, winning 40 to 22. Back in Philly, fans took to the streets, climbing street poles and city trucks that were parked to block off roads. The last time the Eagles had a Super Bowl win to celebrate was in 2018, when they beat the New England Patriots right here in Minnesota. And we’re expected to find out who will be the majority owner of the Minnesota Timberwolves and Lynx after a court battle. Joining

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00:09:32

Minnesota woman’s book uses her personal experience...

Minnesota Now ·

2025/02/10

Monday afternoon at the state capitol, the Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault and other organizations will gather to push for funding for victim services. A local author is working in a different way to support survivors through the aftermath of a sexual assault. Cheyenne Wilson turned to a wide range of experts – including lawyers, detectives, therapists and other survivors – to learn about reporting sexual violence, pursuing justice and healing. Then she packaged it all into a

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00:05:06

Some Minneapolis council members want county help...

Minnesota Now ·

2025/02/07

On Monday afternoon, the Minneapolis City Council are going to hold a press conference about their support for a proposal to have Hennepin County temporarily take over the city’s violence intervention programs. These council members say the city’s Neighborhood Safety Department is mismanaging the funds. However, city officials including the former director of the department are pushing back on some of the council’s criticisms. Cari Spencer has been following developments in this story and

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00:09:06

Van Gogh or no? Painting found at Minnesota garage...

Minnesota Now ·

2025/02/06

A painting purchased for 50 dollars at a garage sale in Minnesota that some believe is an unknown portrait by Vincent Van Gogh is tearing the art world apart. Experts with New York-based LMI Group, an art research firm, believe the Dutch artist painted the portrait during his stay at a psychiatric hospital in the south of France in 1889, and that it could be worth 15 million dollars. But some in the art world disagree. Last Friday, the Van Gogh Museum denied the painting's attribution

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00:54:10

Minnesota Now: Feb 6, 2025

Minnesota Now ·

2025/02/06

The political standoff that has lasted more than three weeks is ending in the Minnesota House. We learn about the deal that state legislators struck to get the chamber up and running with a live update from reporter Peter Cox at the Capitol. A Minnesota university is partnering with a small Hawaiian community to revitalize an indigenous dialect that has only two hundred speakers. We learn more about the program.Many young people agree that friendship or romantic connection is growing harder

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00:09:38

Girlhood Social Club creating belonging among women...

Minnesota Now ·

2025/02/06

February is often a month of the year that people get together to celebrate love, relationships, friendships and connection.But finding those friendships and relationships has become more and more difficult for young people as they try to make connections coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic, especially as they graduate college, move to a new city and begin their careers. In 2023, the World Health Organization declared loneliness a pressing public health concern and a study from Northwestern

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00:06:40

Help me date IRL (in real life)

Minnesota Now ·

2025/02/06

Valentine's Day is around the corner and many couples are making plans to celebrate their love. The holiday goes by another name for some, singles awareness day. And while it sounds like a day of pity, it's actually a day to celebrate that there's nothing wrong with being single! But with dating apps and the pandemic, it seems a lot of people have forgotten or never really learned how to flirt and date. So we turned to get some Professional Help.Our ask: Help me date IRL (in

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