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The head of Feeding our Future has been found guilty in the largest pandemic fraud scheme in the U.S. We get a recap on the trial full of twists and turns and learn how state lawmakers are working to prevent it from happening again.
Friday marks 20 years since a shooting claimed the lives of 10 people on the Red Lake Reservation. We talk to a survivor who is working to memorialize the lives lost.
Minnesota's winters are getting warmer. We look at this past winter and how it fits into climate trends.
Thursday marks the first day of spring. We get some professional help to do spring cleaning.
Plus, itâs the middle of fish fry season. We go inside a church that is home to the Twin Cities largest fish fry.
Todayâs Minnesota Music Minute was âBackseatâ by Chastity Brown and âFirst Day of My Lifeâ by Bright Eyes was the Song of the Day.
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Friday marks 20 years since the tragic mass shooting on the Red Lake Nation that left 10 people dead and seven injured.
On March 21, 2005, a Red Lake High School student killed five of his classmates, a teacher, the school security guard, his grandfather and his grandfatherâs partner. The shooter died by a self-inflicted gunshot.
At the time, the Red Lake shooting was the largest school shooting in the U.S. since the Columbine massacre.
Starr Jourdain was at Red Lake High School on the day of the shooting and now serves as the chair of 3.21.05 Memorial Fund, a memorial group formed by survivors that honors the victims of the shooting. Jourdain joined Minnesota Now to reflect on the 20 years that have passed since the tragedy.
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Thursday marked the first day of spring and the end of a very peculiar winter. According to state climate data, winter is Minnesotaâs fastest warming season. Minnesota winters have warmed two to three times faster than summers.
Kenny Blumenfeld, a senior climatologist with the State Climatology Office, joined Minnesota Now to talk about the stateâs warming winters and the impact climate change has on the environment.
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We all need a little help to get through life sometimes. From everyday questions to more complex problems, weâre asking the experts to lend us a hand.
Throughout the series Professional Help, weâll hear some direct advice, for us not-so-direct Minnesotans.
Thursday marks the first day of spring, which means many Minnesotans may be opening their windows for the first time this year. With the spring season can come the urge to deep clean your home. But maintaining those decluttering and organizing habits throughout the year can be a difficult task.
Minnesota Now producer Ellie Roth decided to ask an expert for tips on how to declutter and stay organized this spring.
Our ask: Help us declutter and organize our homes this spring
Our professional: Melissa Klug, professional organizer and the owner of Home By Eleven
Listen to more Professional Help segments here.
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A federal jury in Minneapolis has found two people guilty on all counts in the nationâs largest case of pandemic-era fraud.
Prosecutors say Feeding our Future founder Aimee Bock and former restaurant owner Salim Said led a scheme to defraud taxpayers of $250 million meant for child nutrition programs. The case had led to calls from state lawmakers to prevent this from happening again.
MPR News correspondent Matt Sepic was in the courthouse throughout the five-week trial and he joined Minnesota Now to talk about the case and its impacts at the state Legislature.
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Each Friday during Lent in kitchens all over the state, fish filets will be hitting the fryer to be served to Lent observers and anyone else with a hankering for fish fry.
The tradition has roots in the Catholic practice of abstaining from meat on Fridays, especially in the 40 days before Easter, but it has expanded more widely.
At Church of St. Albert the Great in Minneapolis, Father Joe Gillespie presides over one of the largest fish fry dinners in the region. He and Mpls.St.Paul Magazine food and dining editor Stephanie March, who writes a Twin Cities fish fry guide every year, joined Minnesota Now to talk about the tradition.
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A state senator is accused of soliciting a teenage girl for prostitution. Now, there are bipartisan calls for Republican Sen. Justin Eichorn to resign. We get the latest on this developing story from MPR News senior politics reporter Clay Masters.
As measles spreads in the southern U.S., we check in with a doctor about preventing further outbreaks in Minnesota.
Plus, a business owner tried to open a thrift store in a north metro suburb, only to find city zoning laws donât allow it. We talk about how these regulations shape communities.
Meteorologist Paul Huttner has the latest on the winter storm in southern Minnesota.
This March Madness, all eyes will be on Hopkins native Paige Bueckers. We catch up with her former coach.
Todayâs Minnesota Music Minute was âMoquecaâ by room3 and âHere for Youâ by Afflatus was the Song of the Day.
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A secondhand store in the north Twin Cities suburb of Arden Hills may be forced to shut down or relocate after finding out zoning laws ban thrift stores in certain areas of the city.
Odds & Ends Again is a resale storefront that helps seniors downsize and sell items they no longer need. The owner, Brett Foss says he didnât realize the zoning rules for his store would be different than other retail spaces.
Arden Hills mayor David Grant told the Minnesota Star Tribune the city had given Foss all the information he needed about city zoning rules.
Joining me for a wider conversation about city zoning and the impact it has on communities is Evan Roberts. Heâs an assistant professor with the University of Minnesota and is leading a project called the Minnesota Zoning Atlas.
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It has been 25 years since the U.S. declared it had eliminated measles. But one of the worst outbreaks since then is spreading through rural Texas and New Mexico. It is not a threat to most Americans right now, but public health experts are alarmed. Measles is very contagious and can cause death or long-term effects like brain damage.
Dr. Alison Galdys, a University of Minnesota Medical School professor and infectious disease physician with M Health Fairview, joined MPR News host Nina Moini to explain whatâs causing measles to come back with such force.
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March Madness, the college basketball tournament where teams need to win every game or be eliminated, begins this year. Itâs hard to believe it has only been a year since record numbers of fans tuned in to watch Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese and other stars of the womenâs game.
This year many, many eyes are on University of Connecticut guard and Hopkins, Minn. native Paige Bueckers. MPR News host Nina Moini talks with Bueckersâ former coach, Tara Starks, who led Hopkins High School to a state championship earlier this month.
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Southern Minnesota came under a blizzard warning Wednesday, but the snow missed the metro and the rest of the state. MPR chief meteorologist Paul Huttner joined MPR News host Nina Moini with details on the storm and the forecast ahead.
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Republican state Sen. Justin Eichorn remains in custody Wednesday. He faces widespread calls to resign from members of both political parties after an arrest on suspicion of attempted solicitation of a minor. The person turned out to be an undercover detective.
This is the latest upheaval in a legislative session that has seen plenty of it. MPR News senior politics reporter Clay Masters joined MPR News host Nina Moini with the latest.
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The state is still yo-yo-ing into springtime with more wintry weather headed to southern Minnesota. Meteorologist Sven Sundgaard joined the show with a weather forecast.
Minnesota has the third highest cost of infant child care in the country, according to a new report. But thatâs not the whole story. We dug into the data.
With layoffs at the federal Department of Education, we learned how special education is protected by state and federal law.
An artist teamed up with a tailor for an art exhibit called âConnective Thread.â It explores Latina power through clothing and textiles.
Our Minnesota Music Minute was âCouldn't Live a Day Without Youâ by Gary Louis and our Song of the Day was âStayâ by Twins of Franklin.
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The U.S. Department of Education is expected to shrink by half. The Trump administration has laid off more than 1,300 workers, and 21 states including Minnesota have sued to stop the layoffs.
One of the agencyâs major roles is to make sure students with disabilities can get an education. Special education programs are required by law, and they remain intact. But parent advocates in Minnesota say they are watching for other impacts, including indirect ones.
Gretchen Godfrey is the associate director of the Minnesota-based organization, PACER Center. She joined MPR News host Nina Moini to explain how parents of students with disabilities interact with the Department of Education and how the staffing cuts may affect Minnesota students.
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A group of Latina artists is highlighting the complexities of moving through the world as women in a new exhibit. They contributed to the exhibit called âConnective Thread,â about the clothing items that protect and adorn womenâs bodies. Their work is being shown at CLUES, Minnesotaâs largest Latino-led nonprofit.
Carla Manzoni is the director of arts and cultural engagement at CLUES. She joined MPR News host Nina Moini to talk about the art in the exhibit that celebrates Latina womanhood and bodily autonomy.
âConnective Threadâ runs through May 14 at the CLUES Latino Art Gallery in St. Paul.
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Minnesota has the third highest average cost of infant child care in this country, according to a new study out of the Economic Policy Institute. Its average cost in the state is $22,000 per year. Thatâs 18 percent of a median familyâs income in Minnesota.
Ann McCully, the executive director of Child Care Aware Minnesota, joined Minnesota Now to explain the nuance of the data.
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Another winter spring storm is taking aim at Minnesota. After a warm and sunny start to the week, snow could make its return to the southern part of the state. MPR meteorologist Sven Sundgaard joined Minnesota Now to explain.
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The Trump administration is ignoring judgeâs 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.
Itâs 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 law professor joined the show to discuss her new book, in which she argues that forgetting women's historic struggles for equality perpetuates injustice.
The Timberwolves are on a historic 8-game winning streak. We got the latest from our sports contributors.
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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 â and others like it â are still obscured by stories that keep men at the center. Jill Hasday is the author of âWe the Men: How Forgetting Womenâs Struggles for Equality Perpetuates Inequality.â She joined Minnesota Now to talk about her research for the book.
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March Madness begins this week. You wouldnât find a Minnesotan team if you were to check out the brackets for the menâs and womenâs 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 Minnesota Vikings NFL reporter for CBS' Eye on Football and Sirius XM. They both joined MPR News host Nina Moini to talk about basketball and other sports news.
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