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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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Minnesota legislature considers bills to legalize sports betting and marijuana

Minnesota legislature considers bills to legalize sports betting and marijuana

If you wanted to legally bet on the Super Bowl this year, you would have had to cross the border to make your bet in Wisconsin, Iowa or South Dakota.
by Cathy Wurzer and Gretchen Brown

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'Marry Me a Little' explores effect of legalized gay marriage on a cartoonist's relationship

'Marry Me a Little' explores effect of legalized gay marriage on a cartoonist's relationship

St. Paul-based cartoonist Rob Kirby wrestles with the meaning of marriage in a new graphic memoir about his experience marrying his longtime partner, John.
by Cathy Wurzer and Gretchen Brown

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Minnesota based holocaust survivor, teacher, writer, inventor Fred Amram has died at age 89

Minnesota based holocaust survivor, teacher, writer, inventor Fred Amram has died at age 89

On Feb. 12, Minnesota-based inventor, writer, teacher, creativity expert and Jewish holocaust survivor died. Fred Amram was 89 years old. We revisit a story about Fred from 2018 when he reclaimed his German citizenship.
by Cathy Wurzer and Melissa Townsend

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'It's about the future:" North Minneapolis entrepreneur works to help Black women build wealth

Black women participate in the workforce at much higher rates than most other women, but currently make fifteen percent less money than white women and 40 percent less than white men for doing the same work.
by Cathy Wurzer and Ellen Finn

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Bill would create office to prevent, investigate murders of Black women and girls

Bill would create office to prevent, investigate murders of Black women and girls

Black women in Minnesota are nearly three times more likely to be murdered than their white peers and those cases go unsolved far longer than cases for white victims.
by Cathy Wurzer and Gretchen Brown

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St. Paul Councilmember plans community meeting in response to shooting of Yia Xiong

St. Paul Councilmember plans community meeting in response to shooting of Yia Xiong

The killing of a Hmong man by police in St. Paul has fueled calls to fire the officers involved and institute police reforms. At a protest over the weekend, Yia Xiong’s family said he had hearing loss and did not speak English, raising concerns about how police interact with people across language barriers and disability.
by Cathy Wurzer and Alanna Elder

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