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All Things Considered with Clay Masters is your comprehensive source for afternoon news and information. Listen from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. every weekday.

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In police debate at Minnesota Capitol, echoes from past ring anew
Within the next week or so, Minnesota lawmakers will decide whether law enforcement officers in the state must change how they do their jobs. While many ideas are on the table, some people involved in similar debates over the years have low expectations.
Minnesota man pleads guilty to attempting to sell weapons to Hamas
A New Brighton man who admitted being part of the far-right Boogaloo Bois militia group has pleaded guilty to a federal terrorism charge.
Chauvin seeks new trial, impeachment of verdict
The motion cites reasons Chauvin should be granted a new trial, including judicial abuse of discretion over granting a change of venue and sequestering the jury before deliberations. It also requests a hearing to “impeach the verdict … on grounds that the jury committed misconduct.”
MN Senate Republicans pass voter ID bill
The Minnesota Senate has passed a photo identification requirement for voting that faces big hurdles in becoming law this session.
'It made my heart broke': Marshall first-graders, parents grieve loss of classmate to COVID-19
School community members this week grieved the loss of a first grader at Park Side Elementary School in Marshall. Many families navigated the loss — and helped their children try to make sense of it.
'Their lives were intertwined with ours': Artist wants us to see the lives of Black men killed by police
A northeast Minneapolis artist is posting signs where Black men killed by police lived, worked and went to school. He wants people to see neighbors, not just headlines when they read their names.
Climate change risks mounting for businesses
From litigation to financial and material loss due to extreme weather — the corporate world is managing mounting risks due to climate change.
Chauvin trial eases concerns of courtroom camera skeptics
Judge Peter Cahill is allowing the trial of ex-cops J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao to be televised. There were no major problems with the live broadcast of Derek Chauvin’s trial, the first time that a Minnesota criminal trial had been televised. The experiment won over many who opposed having cameras in the courtroom.
Art Hounds: 'The Art of Possibilities'
A fine arts exhibition from Courage Kenny, a one-man comedy show in Lanesboro about chef James Beard, and a pandemic YouTube special from Minneapolis stand-up comic Ali Sultan. 
For Minneapolis activists, guilty verdict just the start of a long journey toward justice
The racial justice movement spurred by the killing of George Floyd doesn’t end with last week’s murder conviction of Derek Chauvin. Proponents of change in the city where Floyd died under Chauvin’s knee say their work is just beginning.