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.
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The "Buy American, Hire American" executive order seeks to make changes to a visa program that brings in high-skilled workers.
Rep. Paulsen on town halls, health care and Trump's taxes
Republican Rep. Erik Paulsen joined MPR News host Tom Weber for an interview. Here's what the congressman had to say on a few key issues.
The film about the passage and impacts of a sex offender law in Florida will air at the Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival.
Affidavit: Doctor prescribed meds for Prince in another name
Search warrants made public Monday offer a rare glimpse into the end of Prince's secretive life and more details on his death. It still doesn't detail where Prince may have obtained the narcotic that killed him.
20 years after epic flood, Red River towns no longer dread the spring
The 1997 flood transformed the Red River Valley and its residents. State and federal officials responded with $1.1 billion in infrastructure spending to make sure a catastrophe never happens again.
A doctor was charged Thursday with performing genital mutilation on two young Minnesota girls who traveled to Michigan with their mothers, the first federal prosecution of what the government describes as "horrifying acts of brutality."
Our weekly political hour covered the accomplishments of the Minnesota Legislature so far this year, the hopes for budget compromise with the governor and what the Speaker of the House is telling Minnesotans as he travels the state.
The state Supreme Court says street fees are taxes and can't be assessed to tax-exempt properties. The city wants to include some of those properties in its annual revenue stream.