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Morning Edition, with Cathy Wurzer in St. Paul and NPR hosts in Washington and Los Angeles, brings you all the news from overnight and the information you need to start your day. Listen from 4 to 9 a.m. every weekday.

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It’s an unimpeachable teachable moment

It’s an unimpeachable teachable moment

Current events make great fodder for civics lessons. Right now, there’s an abundance of fodder.
by Elizabeth Shockman

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30 years since Phil Collins topped the pop chart with ‘Another Day in Paradise’

Collins has said the song was inspired by a visit to Washington D.C., where he saw people living in boxes. He faced criticism when it was released from people who wondered what a wealthy pop star knew about homelessness.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Rural voters a key to Klobuchar’s Iowa strategy

Rural voters a key to Klobuchar’s Iowa strategy

Some Iowa Democrats say Minnesota U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar’s decision to campaign in rural, traditionally Republican areas of the state is a good one.
by Mark Zdechlik

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Art Hounds: An algorithm becomes sound, light — and quilts

Art Hounds: An algorithm becomes sound, light — and quilts

This week on Art Hounds: Art and tech combine in "Artists on the Verge" and a zine launch party at Black Forest Inn and Moving Company asks "What If?"
by Marianne Combs

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‘How can we prevent the heart from breaking?’ White Earth reviews opioid overdose deaths

‘How can we prevent the heart from breaking?’ White Earth reviews opioid overdose deaths

In a search for solutions to its ongoing opioid crisis, White Earth tribal officials and outside researchers looked deep into the medical history and the personal lives of a handful of people who died as a result of opioid overdose on the White Earth Reservation. What they found are some deep seated risk factors driving opioid addiction, and a framework for efforts to prevent future deaths.
by Dan Gunderson

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Twin Metals submits formal plans for mine near the Boundary Waters

Twin Metals submits formal plans for mine near the Boundary Waters

The proposed underground copper-nickel mine near Ely in the Superior National Forest now begins a long environmental review and permitting process. Twin Metals opponents have called on Gov. Tim Walz to block the project.
by Dan Kraker

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Minnesota ramps up enforcement of new wage theft law

Minnesota ramps up enforcement of new wage theft law

Since August, Minnesota has had one of the toughest laws against wage theft in the country. Now state agencies and the attorney general’s office are staffing up to enforce it.
by Briana Bierschbach

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The Twin Metals mine is about to begin its public review process. Here's why it’s so important

The Twin Metals mine is about to begin its public review process. Here's why it’s so important

Before the end of the year, Twin Metals plans to submit its official plans for an underground copper-nickel mine to state and federal regulators. That’s a huge step for the contentious project, which will be located just outside the Boundary Waters, because it will kick off the mine's environmental review and permitting. That process is long and complex. It’s also controversial.
by Dan Kraker

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Testing for ‘forever chemicals’ widens as cities wait for solutions

Testing for ‘forever chemicals’ widens as cities wait for solutions

Nearly two years after Minnesota settled a lawsuit with 3M over water contamination in the eastern Twin Cities metro area, residents of the affected communities have been waiting on a plan outlining how the settlement money will be spent to provide safe drinking water for the long term.
by Kirsti Marohn

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