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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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BWCA online permitting relaunched; frustrations remain
The U.S. Forest Service on Monday restarted its system for people to get Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness permits, but some users are reporting problems with the reworked online reservation system.
Safety net health clinics brace for potential funding cuts
Community health clinics, which serve people who are uninsured or can't afford health services, are bracing for the possibility of drastic cuts in state funding at the end of this year. The funding hinges on the fate of a long-standing medical provider tax in the Legislature.
Noor's silence, psych exam excluded from trial in Ruszczyk killing
Ex-Minneapolis police officer Mohamed Noor pleaded not guilty in the 2017 shooting death of 911 caller Justine Ruszczyk. On Friday, the judge chose not to admit evidence of Noor's prior "bad acts," including pulling a gun on a motorist.
Minn. snowfall records might be aided by climate change
Record snow amid climate change might seem paradoxical. But overall increases in snowfall and larger individual storms align with what climate models predict will happen as the planet warms.
Forecast: Minnesota budget surplus shrinks by a third, to $1 billion
Officials in late 2018 projected a $1.5 billion surplus, but some measures of national economic growth have been slowing. The new numbers released Thursday are key to lawmakers' efforts to build a two-year budget.
Schools add healthy, local to the menu -- and some kids eat it up
School lunches in Minnesota and around the country are shifting away from nuggets and fries to fresher, locally-grown foods. More than half the state's school districts now have some kind of farm-to-school program. See what's cooking in Minneapolis schools.