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Finance leader at U of M responds to Teamsters strike, Farm Aid hesistancy
Teamsters Local 320 organizers allege the university is using intimidation tactics and is “trying to break the solidarity of the union movement.” Gregg Goldman, executive vice president for finance and operations at the U of M, joined Morning Edition Friday with the school’s response.
Morning Announcements for Sept. 12
These are the Morning Announcements for Friday, Sept. 12. Tell us what you’re celebrating!
Morning Announcements for Sept. 10-11
These are the Morning Announcements for Wednesday, Sept. 10, and Thursday, Sept. 11. Tell us what you’re celebrating!
Prairie Island Indian Community welcomes home ancestral remains
On Tuesday, the Prairie Island Indian Community brought home 59 ancestral remains and nearly 500 funerary items that were taken from burial mounds around southeast Minnesota.
As nature’s ‘ecosystem engineers,’ beavers could help fight effects of climate change
Beaver dams reduce flooding, create wetlands that boost biodiversity and can even slow wildfires. But bringing back beavers would require a shift in public attitude — and finding ways for humans and beavers to coexist.
What changes at WCCO, KARE and elsewhere say about the state of local news
Neal Justin, pop culture critic at the Minnesota Star Tribune, joined MPR News host Cathy Wurzer on Morning Edition to unpack what the changes at some Twin Cities TV stations could mean for viewers.
State expands hyperlocal weather data collection to northwestern Minnesota farmers
To explain what the Ag Weather Network does for farmers and the rest of Minnesota, state Agriculture Department hydrologist and program manager Stefan Bischof joined MPR News host Cathy Wurzer on Morning Edition.