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Minnesota civil rights leaders travel to Selma to mark 61 years since Bloody Sunday
Minnesotans traveled to Selma, Alabama, to mark the 61st anniversary of Bloody Sunday, when state troopers attacked civil rights marchers on the Edmund Pettus Bridge. Two Minnesotans who were in Selma spoke to MPR News host Nina Moini about their experience.
Hazardous waste site impacting life on Leech Lake Reservation, despite 40-year cleanup effort
From the 1950s until the 1980s, the St. Regis Paper Company treated wood with toxic chemicals near downtown Cass Lake on the Leech Lake Reservation. Those chemicals spread into the soil and groundwater. MPR News host Nina Moini spoke to Buffalo’s Fire reporter Gabrielle Nelson about her story on the hazardous waste site.
Feeding Our Future juror describes deliberations, bribery shock
A juror from the first Feeding Our Future fraud trial recounts deliberations, the shocking bribery attempt and the challenge of weighing the evidence.
Slate of bills looking to regulate AI introduced at Minnesota Capitol
The four bills range from banning children from using AI chat bots to prohibiting health insurers from using AI in the process where companies decide whether a treatment will be covered.
Bill looks to codify into state law right to education regardless of immigration status
A 1982 Supreme Court ruling made it unconstitutional to deny students based on immigration status. A state bill would enshrine that right into state law, out of concern that the Supreme Court ruling could be overturned.
Energy prices soar to levels not seen in years; cost of gas rising in Minnesota and across the U.S.
Oil prices have spiked near $120 a barrel as the Iran war disrupts oil production and shipping in the Middle East. Gas prices continued to climb over the weekend in Minnesota and across the U.S.