Minnesota Now: Dec. 1, 2025
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There has been a series of major changes to immigration policy out of Washington in the past few days. The Trump administration stopped all asylum cases, in addition to visas for Afghans. We'll learn about the impact in Minnesota.
The state of Minnesota has one more month to launch its new paid family and medical leave program. We'll talk with one of the people involved in the rollout.
Today is World AIDS Day, but the federal government is not participating. We'll find out what groups in Minnesota are doing to raise awareness and defend funding for HIV prevention and treatment.
And as the Vikings continue to struggle, the team announced today it is waiving receiver Adam Thielen. Our sports contributors will join us to explain this and other sports news.
Our Minnesota Music Minute was “Silence” by Jillian Rae and our Song of the Day was "Burnin’ the Midnight Oil” by Purple Funk Metropolis.
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