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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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Audio postcard: Searching for spring's first wildflowers

Audio postcard: Searching for spring's first wildflowers

What do you look for as your sign that spring has arrived? For Phyllis Root and Kelly Povo, the answer is wildflowers — usually skunk cabbage, to be exact.
by Cathy Wurzer

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DFL Sen. Tina Smith on the Mueller report

DFL Sen. Tina Smith on the Mueller report

Attorney General William Barr on Sunday released a four-page summary of the Mueller report. MPR News host Cathy Wurzer talked to Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn., about the conclusions summarized in the attorney general's letter.
by Cathy Wurzer

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This week at the state Capitol: a clearer look at the budget debate

Both chambers of the state Legislature are set to release their budget blueprints, after the governor trimmed back his original request last week.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Fifty years since Judy Garland performed her last live show

The show was in Copenhagen, Denmark. Three months later, the Grand Rapids, Minnesota native died from an overdose of barbiturates. She was 47 years old.
by Cathy Wurzer

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How prepared are Minnesota's nuclear plants for a flood?

How prepared are Minnesota's nuclear plants for a flood?

Minnesota's two nuclear plants at Prairie Island and Monticello are both built along the Mississippi River, which is rising.
by Kirsti Marohn

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Klobuchar didn't prosecute controversial police killings or brutality cases as a county prosecutor

Klobuchar didn't prosecute controversial police killings or brutality cases as a county prosecutor

The presidential candidate relied on grand juries to charge cops -- seen today as ducking accountability -- and avoided getting between police and diverse communities during a violent time in Minneapolis.
by Brandt Williams, Tom Scheck and Nikki Pederson

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Watching for signs of spring (flooding)

With spring officially in the door, attention in Minnesota is shifting from the snow situation to a rising flood threat along many rivers, particularly in the southern part of the state.
by Cathy Wurzer

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