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MPR News with Tom Weber

Tom Weber, a reporter and host at MPR News for a decade, resigned effective June 22, 2018. You can find his work covering the people and places of Minnesota here.
https://www.mpr.org/about/people/tweber

Explaining Minnesota's dwindling moose population

Explaining Minnesota's dwindling moose population

So far, researchers have been puzzled by the declines, pointing to several factors that could be negatively influencing moose health.

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Ask-the-Vet: hot weather exercise, pet illness and more

Ask-the-Vet: hot weather exercise, pet illness and more

Veterinarian and author Justine Lee joins MPR News' Tom Weber in the studio to talk about the life of a crisis care vet and answer all pet-care questions.

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New agricultural buffer zone rules enacted

New agricultural buffer zone rules enacted

Minnesota is rolling out new, stricter standards for buffer zones strips of vegetation that keep some pollutants from washing off farm fields into waterways.

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Why the U.S. bombed Hiroshima

Why the U.S. bombed Hiroshima

University of Virginia History Professor Robert Stolz joins Mike Mulcahy for a conversation about why the U.S. did it, and whether there was more to it than what most people learn in history class.

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Analysis: Republican presidential debate brought a mixed bag

Analysis: Republican presidential debate brought a mixed bag

Mike Mulcahy hosts MPR's political commentators Todd Rapp and Maureen Shaver for analysis on the Republican primary debate of candidates chosen by Fox News, and a look at the summer's local political news

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Reflections on race, one year after Ferguson

Reflections on race, one year after Ferguson

August 9 marks one year since Michael Brown's death in Ferguson, Mo. MPR News' Tom Weber spoke with three people who have been part of the wave of activism in Minnesota that followed.

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Josie Johnson looks back at 50 years of the Voting Rights Act

Josie Johnson looks back at 50 years of the Voting Rights Act

MPR News' Tom Weber talks with Civil Right pioneer Josie Johnson about how that law changed America, and where we're at today with voting rights.

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Coach Kill talks epilepsy, a potential new facility and the upcoming season.

Coach Kill talks epilepsy, a potential new facility and the upcoming season.

Coach Kill discusses the difficulties of the public reaction to his epilepsy, the need for a new facility and the upcoming season opening September 3rd.

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Mille Lacs walleye: Many questions, a few answers

Mille Lacs walleye: Many questions, a few answers

When it comes to walleye fishing on Lake Mille Lacs, Minnesota's would-be anglers are left without answers to some important ecological questions.

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Environmental advocate: U.S. must lead world in cutting carbon

Environmental advocate: U.S. must lead world in cutting carbon

The Obama Administration now wants carbon dioxide pollution cut by 32 percent by 2030. Each state will have a different percentage, and Minnesota's could be as high as 42 percent.

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