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How philanthropy can shape a community
MPR News host Angela Davis talks with the Jen Ford Reedy, the president of the Bush Foundation, about how philanthropy can shape a community and respond to its needs.
Minnesota hospitality and tourism business is down in part due to immigration enforcement
Hospitality and tourism businesses in Minnesota provided insight on how they fared this winter through the latest Minneapolis Fed regional economic conditions survey.
Short tempers, long debates: A year of trauma colors rancorous session at Minnesota Capitol
Lawmakers in the narrowly split Legislature have frequently clashed over issues they view as key to address in this moment — immigration enforcement, gun violence, fraud and state spending. With six weeks left in the legislative session, they return to the Capitol with much left undone.
Minneapolis releases video that undermines ICE claims about non-fatal shooting
Video released Monday by the city of Minneapolis appears to further undermine the federal government’s initial claims that on the night of Jan. 14, an agent was attacked by three men and beaten with a shovel and broom.
Morning Announcements for April 6
These are the Morning Announcements for Monday, April 6. Tell us what you’re celebrating!
How are farmers coping with rising costs and uncertainty?
Farmers across Minnesota are facing rising costs, unpredictable weather and real uncertainty. MPR News host Angela Davis talks about how farmers are holding up — and what’s changed for agriculture in the past year.
What to expect in Wisconsin's spring election
Wisconsin voters will choose a new state Supreme Court justice on Tuesday in an election that will either maintain or expand the court’s liberal majority.
When it comes to meat raffles, Minnesota lawmakers have no beefs 
At the Capitol, there is rare, bipartisan support for a bill to update the state’s charitable gambling law and allow higher ticket prices and prize values for meat raffles, a local bar life tradition that’s part neighborhood social, grocery store run and fundraiser.
Icy air sends loons falling from the sky
MPR News host Clay Masters spoke with Walter Piper of The Loon Project, a long-term scientific investigation of territoriality, breeding ecology and population dynamics of common loons in the Upper Midwest, about falling loons.