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Minnesota Now with Cathy Wurzer
Cathy Wurzer, Aleesa Kuznetsov, Alanna Elder, Ellen Finn and CJ Younger

Minnesota Now: Feb. 21, 2024

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About 600 nursing home workers are planning a one-day strike and more could vote to join them in the coming days. We talked about their calls for more staffing and higher pay. We also heard from a union leader helping organize the strike across at least seven nursing homes.

We’re entering the final days of meteorological winter, if you can believe it. MPR News meteorologist Paul Huttner joined us with details on the potentially record-breaking season and the forecast ahead.

We met a woman who is weaving her identity from Muslim and Ojibwe belief systems.

Comedian Eli Leonard grew up in Minnesota and he’s headlining this year’s Twin Cities Jewish Humor Festival. We got his take on ‘Jewish humor.’

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