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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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Foster youth tell their stories to promote better care
The Minnesota Promise Report released in early June by the group Foster Advocates draws from the experiences of 120 teens and adults with experience in foster care. It includes common struggles as well as proposed solutions.
Support pours in for service dog nonprofit that Hortmans volunteered with
The Hortman family volunteered for Helping Paws in Eden Prairie, where they ended up adopting their family dog, Gilbert. The golden retriever was killed along with Melissa and Mark on Saturday.
Planned Parenthood regional CEO mourns Hortman, fights facility threats
Ruth Richardson is the CEO of Planned Parenthood of North Central States, as well as a former Minnesota state legislator. She joined Minnesota Now to talk about threats to Planned Parenthood and remember her former colleague Melissa Hortman, who was killed on Saturday.
‘It feels different in here’: Walz returns to the Capitol after death of friend and colleague
Gov. Tim Walz called Rep. Melissa Hortman, who was fatally shot Saturday, his “closest ally” and praised her bipartisanship as a model for a divided country. Walz told MPR News he has asked his staff to prepare for the possibility of Hortman and her husband to lie in state at the Capitol.
Chet Holmgren’s former coach on the Minnesotan’s rise to NBA stardom
Before he was a starter for the NBA’s Western Conference champions, the Oklahoma City Thunder, Minnehaha Academy graduate Chet Holmgren was just a tall kid in youth basketball learning the game with guidance from his coach, Larry Suggs.