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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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Interest in factory-made homes is building
Lower costs and speed of construction could help address affordable housing crunch.
Cancer screening guidelines begin to look different when patients reach age 65. Our weekly medical expert, Dr. Jon Hallberg, talks about what the guidelines say, and how they prompt tough conversations.
Idled Water Gremlin workers push to reopen plant
Employees prodded state officials to reopen the Water Gremlin plant in White Bear Township, a day after the state shut down operations because of high lead levels in the children of some workers.
Audit: ‘Troubling dysfunction’ at DHS led to overpayments to tribes
Mistakes made by the Department of Human Services over the last decade resulted in $29 million in improper payments and “serious financial and legal problems for the state,” according to a report released Tuesday by the Office of the Legislative Auditor.
Two St. Paul killings spark community meetings, calls for prevention
The deaths of two people in St. Paul Sunday have pushed the number of homicides to 26 in the capital city — a level not seen in more than two decades.
Help wanted: Feds seek thousands of census takers in Minnesota
Census takers will fan out across the state this spring to knock on doors of people who haven’t filled out their forms yet, and they’re the last defense for an accurate count.
Minnesota shuts Water Gremlin over lead poisoning threat
Two state agencies have ordered the shutdown of the White Bear Township fishing tackle and battery component maker after the children of employees were found to have dangerous levels of lead in their blood.