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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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Minnesotans continue to navigate changes to asylum, green card applications

Minnesotans continue to navigate changes to asylum, green card applications

Federal immigration policy is always changing, but the changes have been happening more quickly in recent months. Immigration advocates and lawyers in Minnesota have been working with clients to navigate what it all means.
by Nina Moini and Ngoc Bui

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After 50 years, musician Deb Jenkins is still finding ways to make Fargo-Moorhead more vibrant

After 50 years, musician Deb Jenkins is still finding ways to make Fargo-Moorhead more vibrant

Whether as a nurse, chef, musician or community member, Deb Jenkins has contributed to the Fargo-Moorhead community in many ways. During a live taping of Minnesota Now, we spoke to Jenkins about what makes the area so special to her.
by Nina Moini and Ngoc Bui

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Farming is a community endeavor for this Moorhead-area producer

Farming is a community endeavor for this Moorhead-area producer

Noreen Thomas and her family produce vegetables, flowers, grains, eggs and seeds near Moorhead. Doubting Thomas Farms also includes producers raising honeybees, grazing cattle and harvesting herbs. And Thomas mentors other women in agriculture.
by Nina Moini and Alanna Elder

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Fowzia Adde turns to her refugee experience to help other immigrants thrive in Moorhead

Fowzia Adde turns to her refugee experience to help other immigrants thrive in Moorhead

Fowzia Adde founded the Immigrant Development Center to help other immigrants find jobs and settle in the region. She was inspired by her own struggle to transfer her nursing credentials into a career in the Red River Valley after spending seven years in a refugee camp in Kenya.
by Nina Moini and Ellen Finn

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Minnesota-based aid group responding to extreme drought in Somalia

Minnesota-based aid group responding to extreme drought in Somalia

Severe drought in Somalia has displaced an estimated 200,000 people this year and put millions at risk of hunger, according to the United Nations. The drought reverberates in Minnesota, which is home to the largest Somali population in the U.S. as well as several groups that provide aid to east Africa.
by Nina Moini and Alanna Elder

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