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Minnesota business news with Patrick Rehkamp

Monday marks the first day of Minneapolis’ Black Business week. The event will run for six days and feature a number of opportunities to support local Black-owned businesses. Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal reporter Patrick Rehkamp joined host Cathy Wurzer to talk about that story and the rest of the top business news of the week.
by Cathy Wurzer and Ellen Finn

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Karen Oberhauser on the future of endangered monarch butterflies

Karen Oberhauser on the future of endangered monarch butterflies

Minnesota’s official state butterfly is now on the endangered species list. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature says the migrating monarch butterfly was moved for the first time to its “red list” of threatened species and categorized it as “endangered” — two steps from extinct. Dr. Karen Oberhauser is UW-Madison’s Arboretum director. She joined host Cathy Wurzer to talk about the future of monarch butterflies.
by Cathy Wurzer and Simone Cazares

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Omar, McCollum face challenges from fellow Democrats

Omar, McCollum face challenges from fellow Democrats

The two members of Congress representing Minneapolis and St. Paul are each facing primary challenges from within the DFL Party. 
by Mark Zdechlik

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Long wait for Kaat, Oliva ends with Baseball Hall of Fame induction

Long wait for Kaat, Oliva ends with Baseball Hall of Fame induction

Former Twins Tony Oliva, Jim Kaat and David Ortiz were inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday. For former teammates Oliva and Kaat, the honor caps storied careers in their beloved game.
by Matt Sepic

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Tour TV legend Don Shelby's ultra-green Excelsior home

Tour TV legend Don Shelby's ultra-green Excelsior home

From 80-foot wells, to a secret passageway leading to a state-of-the-art geothermal system, to a stone statue signifying the people most at risk from climate change, former WCCO news anchor and climate advocate Don Shelby has built a home meant to inspire others to act.
by Paul Huttner

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Lutunji's Palate is built with purpose, fortified with love

Lutunji's Palate is built with purpose, fortified with love

Lutunji Abram finally has her own kitchen after years of selling her famous cobblers at local markets. She took us inside her new cafe to share her secrets for the perfect cobbler and how she hopes to help others find their purpose.
by Tom Crann and Ngoc Bui

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Novelist Ann Hood recounts her days as a flight attendant in 'Fly Girl'

Novelist Ann Hood recounts her days as a flight attendant in 'Fly Girl'

Ann Hood was a recent college grad in 1978 who couldn’t imagine a better way to see the world - and gather experiences for future writing - than being a flight attendant. Her new memoir, “Fly Girl,” chronicles her days flying the friendly and not-so-friendly skies.
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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Gary Hines and Sounds of Blackness stay on mission for more than 50 years

Gary Hines and Sounds of Blackness stay on mission for more than 50 years

Sounds of Blackness is more than a band, it's a cultural institution. That, says the group's longtime director Gary Hines, was the mission given to them by a mentor at Macalester College in St. Paul, where the group was founded more than 50 years ago. 
by Lee Hawkins

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Businesses struggle to navigate values in a politically polarized world

“I think we all need to ask ourselves whether we want to end up in an America with red banks and blue banks, red mattress companies and blue mattress companies, where business becomes as polarized as the general population,” business ethicist Alison Taylor tells MPR News host Tom Crann.
by Tom Crann, Sam Stroozas and Megan Burks

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Man found guilty of murder in Twin Cities road rage killing

Man found guilty of murder in Twin Cities road rage killing

Jamal Smith was convicted Thursday of first-degree intentional murder and second-degree murder during a drive-by shooting last year on U.S. Highway 169 west of Minneapolis that killed Jay Boughton, a youth baseball team coach returning from a game with his son.
by Matt Sepic

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