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Minnesota Now with Nina Moini

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Minnesota Now with Nina Moini is journalism that doesn’t take itself too seriously. It’s reporting that puts people first with live, down-to-earth, unscripted interviews that aim to inform and entertain. Tune in to Minnesota Now weekdays at noon on the radio or the live audio stream at mprnews.org.

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Minnesota music: One of the pillars of Minnesota Now is featuring great Minnesota-based music. Here’s this year’s playlist of songs heard on the show.

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Looking ahead to Minnesota's pre-professional women's soccer season with Rochester Loons

Looking ahead to Minnesota's pre-professional women's soccer season with Rochester Loons

Minnesota’s women’s pre-professional soccer teams, the Minnesota Aurora and Rochester FC will play each other on Thursday. Rochester FC’s head coach and team captain talked to MPR News host Nina Moini about the team’s evolution.
by Nina Moini and Alanna Elder

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With AI the norm, local professor explores what it means to get an education

With AI the norm, local professor explores what it means to get an education

With the right prompting, generative AI programs can write a compelling essay in seconds. Macalester College Environmental Studies chair Chris Wells is using a newsletter to look at how he and his colleagues are rethinking teaching in a world saturated with generative AI.
by Nina Moini and Ellen Finn

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Lack of legislation to support immigrants post-surge leaves 'dire' situation

Lack of legislation to support immigrants post-surge leaves 'dire' situation

Proposals to provide relief to businesses affected by the surge of federal agents didn’t pass this session. And Aaron Sepulveda with the Minnesota Council on Latino Affairs predicts the full impact from this winter’s operation are yet to be seen.
by Nina Moini and Ngoc Bui

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Prosecution of ICE agents in Minnesota is uncharted legal territory

Prosecution of ICE agents in Minnesota is uncharted legal territory

A second ICE agent is now facing state criminal charges for actions during the surge of federal immigration agents to the state this past winter. With no federal cooperation, the legal path forward is novel and uncertain.
by Nina Moini and Aleesa Kuznetsov

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Report: Minnesota’s nonprofit hospitals among the least charitable in the country

Report: Minnesota’s nonprofit hospitals among the least charitable in the country

KFF Health News and the Minnesota Star Tribune looked at Minnesota’s 123 general hospitals and found 61 devoted less than 0.5 percent of their operating budgets to charity care from 2020 through 2024.
by Nina Moini and Alanna Elder

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Tracking wildfires across Minnesota

Tracking wildfires across Minnesota

An official with the DNR joined Minnesota Now to give a status update on the Stewart Trail Fire along the North Shore and the Flanders Fire in Crow Wing County.
by Nina Moini and Ellen Finn

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