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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

How healthy are Minnesota's pension plans?

Changes in how promised benefits are calculated showed that Minnesota has only 53 percent of what it needs to reimburse public employees, according to Bloomberg.
by Tom Weber

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A Hautman brother takes the duck stamp ... again

The national contest to design a federal postage stamp has gone to the Minnesotan Hautman family three years in a row.
by Tom Weber

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Chorus unites people living with Alzheimer's

Chorus unites people living with Alzheimer's

The Giving Voice Chorus is made up of Alzheimer's patients and their caregivers.
by Tom Weber

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Trump tries to strike a deal with the Dems over DACA

APM Reports correspondent Sasha Aslanian on the latest news on the future of DACA.
by Tom Weber

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St. Paul poet Danez Smith shines in the national spotlight

St. Paul poet Danez Smith shines in the national spotlight

Danez Smith's latest collection, "Don't Call Us Dead," just landed on the longlist for the National Book Award. The collection explores what it's like to be young, black and gay in America.
by Marianne Combs and MPR News Staff

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Big questions in health care: What is the conservative vision?

Big questions in health care: What is the conservative vision?

Robert Moffit, senior fellow at The Heritage Foundation's Center for Health Policy Studies, discussed the effort to fix insurance.
by Tom Weber

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Law enforcement, citizens gather to honor officer Bill Mathews

Law enforcement, citizens gather to honor officer Bill Mathews

Reporter Tim Nelson described the services. Mathews was struck by a vehicle while clearing debris from Highway 12 last week.
by Tom Weber

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Gubernatorial race could determine Southwest light rail's fate

MPR News reporter Brian Bakst breaks down the week's political news, including the time crunch on the Green Line extension. A Republican governor could stop the project before building begins.
by Tom Weber

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