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Appetites | Climate Cast

Art Hounds: Unsafe levels of laughter

Art Hounds: Unsafe levels of laughter

This week on Art Hounds: a variety show in Lanesboro, the American Craft Show in St. Paul, and a comedy marathon in Bloomington.
by Marianne Combs

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Black coalition pushes legislative reforms at Capitol

Black coalition pushes legislative reforms at Capitol

A coalition of black leaders in Minnesota is calling for a number of legislative reforms to end the state's enduring racial disparities.
by Laura Yuen

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Dayton: MN mental health centers need security upgrades now

Dayton: MN mental health centers need security upgrades now

Gov. Mark Dayton tells lawmakers $177 million in building and staffing improvements are urgently needed to boost worker safety at the Anoka-Metro Regional Treatment Center and the Minnesota Security Hospital.
by Tim Pugmire

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Appetites: Why you should add bison to your diet

Appetites: Why you should add bison to your diet

Author Beth Dooley makes the case for bison: it's lean and low in calories.
by Tom Crann

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Hallberg's Picture of Health: Is sitting all that bad?

A recent study in the American Journal of Preventative Medicine warns that sitting down can increase the risk of early death.
by Tom Crann

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GOP renews push to end Minnesota tax on Social Security

GOP renews push to end Minnesota tax on Social Security

GOP leaders say ending the state's taxation of Social Security income would make Minnesota retiree-friendly. Legislative Democrats warn the state can't afford the revenue cut.
by Tim Pugmire

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Consumer protection trial underway between state, for-profit schools

Consumer protection trial underway between state, for-profit schools

Minnesota's attorney general says Globe University duped students into thinking they would have jobs in law enforcement when they graduated and misled them on how their credits would transfer.
by Peter Cox

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Does Minneapolis schools' mentor program work? Data cast doubt

Does Minneapolis schools' mentor program work? Data cast doubt

A student support program designed in part to curb dropout rates that began in Minneapolis and spread around the country is under new scrutiny in its home district. Officials are preparing to cut its budget.
by Solvejg Wastvedt

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