
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
- 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
- Asylum-seekers at the Center for Victims of Torture say ICE reminds them of what they escaped
- Minneapolis City Council adds $500,000 for immigrant legal aid as ICE activity continues
- Hotline operators report flood of calls for rental assistance as residents hide during ICE surge
- Renee Macklin Good’s wife says she nurtured kindness
- Planes, trains and automobiles: A snapshot of 2025 holiday travel in Minnesota
- Minneapolis mayor vetoes ‘humane’ encampment ordinance
- Minneapolis council passes ‘humane’ encampment policy but mayor veto threat looms
