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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.
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Bruce Dayton, Minnesota business icon and arts patron, dies at 97

Bruce Dayton, Minnesota business icon and arts patron, dies at 97

One of the 20th century's most influential Minnesotans, Bruce Dayton helped transform his family's department store into a national retail empire, gave millions to the arts and saw his son Mark become governor.
by Annie Baxter

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Unearthed photos: Downtown Minneapolis in the 1970s

Unearthed photos: Downtown Minneapolis in the 1970s

Mike Evangelist spent his teenage years photographing downtown Minneapolis. As he grew up, he tucked all of his film away in a closet -- until now.
by Tracy Mumford

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Anoka County won't prosecute Applebee's attack as hate crime

Anoka County won't prosecute Applebee's attack as hate crime

Officials say using a hate crime law to prosecute a restaurant patron who allegedly assaulted a woman for speaking Swahili might lead to conviction on a lesser charge.
by Mukhtar M. Ibrahim

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How to support a new group of veterans

How to support a new group of veterans

With younger veterans returning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, support services at home are adapting their services.
by MPR News Staff

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Star Tribune: 'How Minnesota is failing the disabled'

Star Tribune: 'How Minnesota is failing the disabled'

The Star Tribune's five-part series examines how Minnesota's programs and policies are failing to serve thousands with disabilities.
by MPR News Staff

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Top Treasury aide during financial crisis tapped to run Minneapolis Fed

Top Treasury aide during financial crisis tapped to run Minneapolis Fed

Neel Kashkari was one of the most public faces of the federal government's response to the 2008 financial crisis. He was named Tuesday as the next president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.
by Tom Weber

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Stories from a new generation of journalists

Stories from a new generation of journalists

Here are stories about everyday Minnesotans, reported by six college students who participated in "Next Generation Radio."
by Laura Yuen

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Confronting sexual violence against Native women

A study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that more than half of Native American women have experienced sexual violence during their lifetimes. Sarah Deer's new book offers recommendations for reducing it.
by MPR News Staff

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Suit alleges policies promote Twin Cities school segregation

Suit alleges policies promote Twin Cities school segregation

Seven families whose children attend Minneapolis and St. Paul Public Schools are suing the state over policies they say have resulted in high concentrations of poor and minority students in urban schools.
by Brandt Williams

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