
Cari Spencer
Reporter
Meet Cari Spencer
Cari Spencer is a reporter for MPR News covering public safety and Minneapolis City Hall.
Cari joined MPR News as an intern in 2024. Previously, she was a reporting intern at the Los Angeles Times and wrote for Crosstown LA, the LA School Report and The 74.
Cari attended the University of Southern California where she earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism.
Recent Contributions
- Need for rent relief remains high as eviction filings increase and individual donations slow down
- Mayor Frey's vetoes of eviction notice extension, drug paraphernalia ordinances will stand
- Minneapolis City Council takes another vote on pre-eviction notice extension veto
- Native community gathers for annual conference on sexual assault amid cuts and turmoil
- Report critical of Minneapolis police handling of Lussier death and Moturi shooting
- Family of Mariah Samuels ready for justice after a prolonged murder trial
- St. Paul mayor, Minnesota Wild owner pushing state for $200 million in arena funding
- Advocates push for 10,000 in Twin Cities to back a rent strike
- Border czar Tom Homan: Immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota coming to an end
- Minneapolis allocates additional $1 million for rental assistance
