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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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Despite Trump immigration policy changes, experts say the H-2A program is on solid footing
The Trump administration has started its overhaul of existing immigration policy. However, one program that allows migrant agricultural workers to work temporarily is for now, unaffected. 
The sticky rice cake at the center of Lunar New Year
For thousands of Vietnamese Minnesotans celebrating Lunar New Year, an elaborate feast is a must. At the center of it all: bánh chưng and bánh tét, the humble sticky rice cake filled with meaning.
Proposed trims to Minnesota’s disability waiver program concern people reliant on services
In his new budget, Gov. Tim Walz recommends restraining growth in the state’s disability waiver program — one of the best funded of its kind in the country. That has sparked worry despite Walz assurances that access and quality won’t suffer.
Minnesota ACLU: Local jurisdictions have the right to not cooperate with immigration enforcement
During President Donald Trump’s first week in office, his new Department of Justice announced plans to potentially criminally prosecute local and state officials who fail to “comply with lawful immigration-related commands and requests.”
‘We will see President Trump in court’: Minnesota to challenge order pausing federal funding
Minnesota agencies, lawmakers and groups seek out answers on how a freeze in federal funding will play out with billions of dollars potentially on the line.