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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: July 24, 2025

Minnesota Now ·

2025/07/24

Minnesota-based UnitedHealth is under investigation by the Department of Justice for its Medicare billing practices. It’s just the latest in a string of setbacks the powerful insurer has faced recently. We learn more from a Wall Street Journal reporter.Housing in the Twin Cities is pricier than ever. We hear how first-time buyers can cope.And young people are losing confidence in their future social security benefits. We break down why.Plus, summer is the time to swim. But for adults who

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00:08:06

Minnesota Now and Then: A major part of the U.S....

Minnesota Now ·

2025/07/24

Did you know that a major part of the American transit system as we know it got started on the Iron Range in Minnesota? The Greyhound Bus Museum in Hibbing, Minn., tells the story of how the bus line began more than 110 years ago, toting miners from town to town in northern Minnesota. Ron Dicklich has a long history of his own capturing and telling the stories of the Greyhound bus. The volunteer director at the Greyhound Bus Museum and former state senator joined Minnesota Now to share

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00:07:30

Help me learn to swim as an adult

Minnesota Now ·

2025/07/24

We all need a little help to get through life sometimes. From everyday questions to more complex problems, we’re asking the experts to lend us a hand.Throughout the series Professional Help, we’ll hear some direct advice, for us not-so-direct Minnesotans.Summer is a great time to enjoy the Land of 10,000 Lakes. But for adults who didn’t learn to swim during childhood, developing water skills can be daunting. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 40 million

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00:10:44

Confidence in future of Social Security is at 15-year...

Minnesota Now ·

2025/07/24

Confidence in the future of Social Security among younger adults is at a 15-year low, according to a new survey from AARP, the interest group focused on issues affecting Americans over 50.AARP has been tracking public attitudes and opinions about Social Security for decades. AARP Minnesota Director Cathy McLeer and Doug Craig, a retire and volunteer with AARP Minnesota, joined Minnesota Now to discuss the study’s findings and the impact of Social Security in Minnesota.

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00:09:09

Housing prices in Minnesota hitting all-time highs

Minnesota Now ·

2025/07/24

Housing prices in Minnesota and the Twin Cities metro are hitting all-time highs. The latest report from Minnesota Realtors looked at the housing market in June and found that statewide, median home prices rose to a record high of $370,000. In the Twin Cities alone, the median price is $401,000. It’s the first time the metro has seen median prices over $400,000. Andy Babula, the director of the Real Estate Program at the University of St. Thomas, joined Minnesota Now to break down what

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00:08:39

UnitedHealth says it is under a federal investigation...

Minnesota Now ·

2025/07/24

UnitedHealth Group said Thursday it is cooperating with civil and criminal requests from the United States Department of Justice over its Medicare practices. The Wall Street Journal reported in May that the U.S. Department of Justice is investigating the Minnesota-based company for criminal Medicare fraud. This comes after a civil probe into UnitedHealth the newspaper reported earlier this year and a series of articles about the company’s billing practices. The Wall Street Journal found

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00:56:33

Minnesota Now: July 23, 2025

Minnesota Now ·

2025/07/23

Extreme heat is sweeping across parts of the state and some of the humidity may be due to something called corn sweat. And we track the chance of severe weather and get the latest forecast from MPR chief meteorologist Paul Huttner. Minnesota researchers have found that obstetric care is dwindling across the country. The decline is hitting rural communities the hardest. Plus, we learn more about plans for a massive data center in southeastern Minnesota. A Minnesota Star Tribune report is

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00:08:05

Murals to go up in north Minneapolis Saturday in new...

Minnesota Now ·

2025/07/23

Minneapolis will be home to eight new murals after the MPower Northside Arts Festival on Saturday. The festival will scatter local artists to paint murals at grocery stores, churches and other businesses along the West Broadway corridor. Festival organizer Melodee Strong joins MPR News host Nina Moini with details. Editor’s note: Participating artist Esther Osayande was unable to join to do technical difficulties.

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00:11:20

Pregnant people in Minnesota and nationwide have lost...

Minnesota Now ·

2025/07/23

A recent study by the University of Minnesota School of Public Health looks at obstetric care in all 50 states. It found a widespread loss in care for pregnant people that is disproportionately impacting rural communities. The study’s lead author, Katy Backes Kozhimannil, joins MPR News host Nina Moini to dig into its findings. Kozhimannil is a Distinguished McKnight University Professor and co-director of the Rural Health Research Center at the University of Minnesota.

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00:10:27

Native artists working with Minnetonka Moccasin to...

Minnesota Now ·

2025/07/23

The Minnesota-based footwear brand Minnetonka Moccasin has been around since 1946, but it made its mark in the shoe industry by appropriating Native footwear and designs. Since issuing a public apology in 2021 for decades of profiting from Native culture, the company has been working to reconcile with Native American tribes. Their newest initiative is the Minnetonka Reclamation Collaborative, which brings together Native artists to redesign the company’s appropriated designs, create new

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00:10:18

Will Google have a stake in Minnesota's budding data...

Minnesota Now ·

2025/07/23

Across the country, technology companies are searching for land to build large-scale data centers, or physical facilities that house the computers for cloud services and artificial intelligence. About 10 tech giants, such as Microsoft and Meta, have proposed data centers in Minnesota to support their growing AI networks. The Minnesota Star Tribune has found that Google may also be looking for land to build a data center in Minnesota, according to emails obtained through a public records

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00:05:37

Hot, stormy Wednesday brings flood risk, heavy rains...

Minnesota Now ·

2025/07/23

A heat advisory is in effect Wednesday from noon to the evening for the Twin Cities region and southern Minnesota. A serious heat wave has hit the state this week, with high humidity adding to the danger of hot temperatures. MPR News chief meteorologist Paul Huttner joins MPR News host Nina Moini to explain the forecast for the rest of the week.

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00:09:28

Q&A: With ‘Chunkadelic,’ Nur-D doubles down on joy...

Minnesota Now ·

2025/07/22

Since first hitting the scene in 2018 with his pop culture-soaked musicality, Nur-D has stayed busy. His latest album, “Chunkadelic,” is his tenth full-length project in seven years. Ahead of its release, he stopped by Minnesota Public Radio to perform a few tracks and talk with MPR News arts reporter Jacob Aloi.This conversation has been edited for length and clarity. Tell me a little about ‘Chunkadelic.’The whole project spins around this record, which was birthed out of a very mean

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00:55:30

Minnesota Now: July 22, 2025

Minnesota Now ·

2025/07/22

A grocery store in St. Paul is closing, leaving 96 employees out of a job and nearby residents with fewer grocery options. We talked with a councilmember and a leader of a local group about efforts to fill vacant lots and revitalize the area. The man charged in the shootings of Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses could face the death penalty in his federal case. We got some context on how prosecutors and juries make capital punishment decisions. We talked to a reporter who followed two

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00:09:04

How officials will decide on death penalty for Vance...

Minnesota Now ·

2025/07/22

Federal prosecutors say it’s possible they will seek the death penalty in the case of Vance Boelter, the man charged with killing Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, and wounding Senator John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. It’s been more than 100 years since Minnesota’s last state execution. The state abolished capital punishment in 1911. Federal prosecutors have not sought the death penalty in a Minnesota-based case since the Supreme Court reinstated capital punishment in

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00:10:39

Closure of Midway Cub Foods puts damper on...

Minnesota Now ·

2025/07/22

Another grocery store is leaving St. Paul. Cub Foods in the Hamline-Midway neighborhood announced it will close on August 2. The closure will leave just one major grocer nearby, Target, though Aldi and other smaller ethnic grocery stores are in the neighborhood. It also follows the closure of nearby Lunds & Byerlys in downtown St. Paul.The closing Cub Foods will leave an additional vacancy in a neighborhood that is working to revitalize. Interim St. Paul city council member Matt

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00:10:25

They came to the U.S. to attend middle school. Then...

Minnesota Now ·

2025/07/22

In middle school, so much can change over the course of a single school year, or even a semester. A new story by Sahan Journal goes inside a Minneapolis classroom where students who recently moved to the United States are learning to navigate not just a new school but also a new country. Education reporter Becky Dernbach followed two eighth-graders through their first few months of school, which coincided with President Trump’s return to the White House, a federal immigration crackdown –

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00:54:00

Minnesota Now: July 21, 2025

Minnesota Now ·

2025/07/21

Democratic state Sen. Nicole Mitchell will resign her seat after she was found guilty on burglary charges late last week. Politics reporter Dana Ferguson will join us from the Capitol to explain how this could change the political balance of the legislature. Democratic Socialist and state Sen. Omar Fateh won the Minneapolis DFL endorsement for Mayor. He's the first mayoral candidate to do so since 2009.A new report finds that warming is accelerating in the Great Lakes region due to climate

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00:08:39

WNBA All-Star's draw attention off court with Lynx...

Minnesota Now ·

2025/07/21

Two Minnesota Lynx players celebrated the 2025 All-Star Weekend by livestreaming basically the entire thing on the platform Twitch. Courtney Williams and Natisha Hiedeman took viewers inside practices and parties, picking up 500,000 views and reaching 70,000 followers to their account, StudBudz. Sports Illustrated called it a "generation-defining piece of WNBA content."During warm ups, the players wore shirts that said “Pay Us What You Owe Us.”Meantime during the game Napheesa Collier broke

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00:09:55

How a north Minneapolis pet resource center is...

Minnesota Now ·

2025/07/21

In recent years, the cost of having a pet has risen even faster than inflation in general. Average prices for pet-related goods and services went up 28 percent between June 2020 and June 2025. The cost of veterinary care went up 42 percent. Those numbers come from government data that tracks the prices of consumer goods and services.Rescues in Minnesota have reported a surge in people giving up their pets for financial reasons.The North Minneapolis Pet Resource Center is working to help

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