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Minnesota Now with Nina Moini

Minnesota Now with Nina Moini
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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St. Paul schools leader: 1 in 4 students in virtual learning amid ICE surge; district tweaks grading

St. Paul schools leader: 1 in 4 students in virtual learning amid ICE surge; district tweaks grading

“This is truly about safety for our students,” Stacie Stanley told MPR News. The school system, she added, will regularly assess the need to continue the virtual option during the surge and won’t put an end date to it. More than 7,000 kids are in virtual learning right now.
by Emily Bright and Alanna Elder

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24 hours after Bovino's departure, ICE activity appears unchanged

24 hours after Bovino's departure, ICE activity appears unchanged

As state leaders meet with federal officials in hopes of tamping down ICE operations, several Minneapolis city council members have been on the ground and report the intensity of ICE operations has remained the same.
by Nina Moini, Alanna Elder and Ellen Finn

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Twin Cities-based theater company explores themes of homelessness, housing insecurity

Twin Cities-based theater company explores themes of homelessness, housing insecurity

For more than two decades, the Twin Cities–based zAmya Theater Project has brought stories of homelessness and housing insecurity to life, often through performers who have lived those experiences.
by Nina Moini and Alanna Elder

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Inside the Dilley detention facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo-Ramos is being held

Inside the Dilley detention facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo-Ramos is being held

Protests took place this weekend at the detention center in Dilley, Texas, where a 5-year-old Columbia Heights boy and his father are being held. The two were detained by ICE in Minnesota last Friday.
by Nina Moini and Alanna Elder

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