All Things Considered

Nothing quite says ‘bring on the holidays’ like malevolent houseplants and hot air balloons, and that’s just what Cube Critics Euan Kerr and Marcheta Fornoff discuss as “Little Joe” and “The Aeronauts” arrive in local theaters.

The state unveiled a plan this week to add chronic pain and an eye disease to a list of qualifying conditions. Here’s what you need to know about how the medical marijuana program has evolved — and where it might be headed.

County budgets are already set for the year, and some officials say they don’t have extra money available. The bills range from $46 on the low end for Dodge County to nearly $2.2 million for the state’s most populous county, Hennepin.

As part of our ongoing series, we explore how well you can get around the state in an electric vehicle.

A Twin Cities doctor is drawing on the theories she uses in health care to take her climate activism to the next level.

Dogs abound this week on Art Hounds. The Minnesota Marine Art Museum presents Seth Casteel's beloved photos of dogs in water. Plus, there’s "Dog Act," a postapocalyptic vaudeville show. Art Hounds also recommend "on bayt," an exhibition that explores inter-generational memory and the longing for home.

After rising for more than 50 years, life expectancy in the U.S. has dropped for a third year in a row. The trend is driven by three preventable causes of death that researchers call the “depths of despair.”

After Trump signed an executive order requiring local and state governments to give consent to refugee resettlement efforts, officials in Kandiyohi County on Tuesday brought the matter to a vote. It was the first community in the state to sign off on such a resolution.

Donors gave generously to annual fund, but unexpected designation towards the endowment created operating fund shortfall.

Democratic Rep. Betty McCollum is among the thousands of leaders and climate activists who are attending the United Nation's COP25 meeting in Madrid this week.