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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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Unusually high amount of cattail mosquitoes expected this summer
The Metropolitan Mosquito Control District predicts there will be four times as many cattails this summer compared to last year.
Minnesota's volatile winter could be the new normal
MPR News chief meteorologist Paul Huttner talks with state climatologist Pete Boulay about the Minnesota’s tug-of-war with winter.
Here are the Minnesotans named as James Beard Awards finalists
Among the announced finalists are five Minnesotans or Minnesota institutions, including three Minnesota chefs in the Best Chef Midwest category: Shigeyuki Furukawa, Diane Moua and Karyn Tomlinson.
Lawsuit: U of M grad student detained by ICE ‘feared he was being kidnapped’
According to a federal lawsuit, Doğukan Günaydin, who is studying business at the University of Minnesota, was stripped of his phone and belongings, taken to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in St. Paul, “and was left waiting for hours on end without access to his family, friends or attorney.”
The Indian Child Welfare Act is before the Minnesota Supreme Court again. Here’s why
Martin County foster parents are getting another audience in front of the Minnesota Supreme Court after arguing last fall that the nearly 50-year-old law is unconstitutional. They say they should be allowed to adopt two Native children after they were placed with a relative.
Minnesota insurance costs could continue to rise under new Trump tariffs
Tariffs are taxes on goods imported from other countries, but these new taxes are not just impacting the prices of our T-shirts and televisions. Tariffs may even lead to higher insurance rates here at home.
Minnesota loses $27.5 million in behavioral health funds as part of Trump administration cuts
Overnight this week, the Minnesota Department of Human Services lost hundreds of contracts, amounting to $27.5 million, after massive federal cuts from the Trump administration.