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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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Sudanese Farming Group works to grow culturally relevant crops, get access to land

Sudanese Farming Group works to grow culturally relevant crops, get access to land

Last year, Khalid Elhassan began working outside his full-time engineering job to start a farming collective near the Food Group’s warehouse in New Hope. MPR News Host Emily Bright talked with Khalid Elhassen, founder of the Sudanese Farming Group, about the effort.
by Emily Bright and Alanna Elder

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'It Happens Here' explores contrasting views of land ownership

We have been talking with people who are trying to make a difference through their land. But not everyone has the same ideas about what it means to have land, or to own it.
by Emily Bright and Alanna Elder

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Unpacking tax bills as Minnesota lawmakers prepare for votes in the House today, Senate next week

Unpacking tax bills as Minnesota lawmakers prepare for votes in the House today, Senate next week

Thursday afternoon, the Minnesota House is expected to debate a wide-ranging tax package. The bill contains rebates, additional exemptions for Social Security income, expanded child tax credits and aid to local and tribal governments.
by Emily Bright, Ellen Finn and Brian Bakst

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'Earth is our mother': Minnesota farm addresses climate change by reintroducing bison, Ojibwe horses

'Earth is our mother': Minnesota farm addresses climate change by reintroducing bison, Ojibwe horses

It’s a busy time of year for farmers like David Wise, who is juggling quite a few projects, including reintroducing bison and Ojibwe horses to his farm in Northern Minnesota. He is a descendant of the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa and the founder of Native Wise farm, which produces wild rice, maple syrup, CBD and vegetables.
by Cathy Wurzer and Alanna Elder

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A play written more than 2,000 years ago gets a modern, Minnesota twist

A play written more than 2,000 years ago gets a modern, Minnesota twist

A play written by Sophocles about 2,460 years ago forms the basis for a very modern story set in present day Minnesota. Author Anne Burt's novel “The Dig” wrestles with the age-old issues of power and control underlying very modern realities of immigration and urban development in a small fictional Minnesota town named Thebes. MPR News editor Euan Kerr spoke with Burt about reimagining an ancient tragedy for modern times.
by Euan Kerr

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