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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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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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How the legislative session wrapped up

How the legislative session wrapped up

Minnesota lawmakers used every minute afforded to them as the Legislature’s session came to a close. Then on Tuesday, lawmakers celebrated the retirement of colleagues.
by Nina Moini and Peter Cox

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New project maps 50 years of Hmong Minnesotan history

New project maps 50 years of Hmong Minnesotan history

The Hmong StoryMap Project by the Hmong Museum shares the stories behind more than 20 important historical and cultural sites. After a yearlong effort, the digital map will be unveiled Saturday.
by Nina Moini and Ngoc Bui

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Study: 1 in 50 HCMC violent trauma patients ended up as victims or perpetrators of homicides

Study: 1 in 50 HCMC violent trauma patients ended up as victims or perpetrators of homicides

The study links HCMC patient data from 2013-2022 and Minneapolis homicide data from 2018-2022. The authors believe the results are an undercount, because of the narrow timeframe and data from a single Level I trauma hospital.
by Nina Moini and Aleesa Kuznetsov

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