Minnesota Now: Jan. 30, 2024
Minneapolis officials are clearing a homeless encampment that formed after Camp Nenookaasi was evicted earlier this month. People who were living there say this time, they received little warning. MPR visual journalist Ben Hovland was on the scene and joined the show with the latest.
Some pregnant people in greater Minnesota will now have to drive much further to give birth after two hospitals announced plans to close their delivery wards. We learned more.
Airport workers are one of the latest groups to organize for higher pay — more on their negotiations for a new contract.
The popular new show “True Detective: North Country” is set in Alaska. But one of its stars is from this North Country — Minnesota. We talked with her role in the hit show.
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