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Minnesota Now with Nina Moini
Nina Moini, Aleesa Kuznetsov, Ellie Roth, Ellen Finn and Alanna Elder

Minnesota Now: Feb. 19, 2025

Minnesota Now with Nina Moini
Minnesota Now with Nina Moini
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Thousands of federal employees have been fired under the Trump administration, including people in Minnesota. We talk to a leader of the Small Business Association in Minnesota whose career is in limbo after he received a termination letter.

Sen. Amy Klobuchar has co-sponsored a bill to fund domestic violence training for cosmetologists. We talk to a local advocate about how the salon chair can be a resource.

Plus, Green Book sites were known as safe destinations for African American travelers during segregation. We look back on its history in Minnesota.

And Minnesota United kicks off their season this weekend. We talk to the team’s longest running fan club, the Dark Clouds, about soccer fandom, community and the season ahead.

The Minnesota Music Minute was Brian Raphael Nabors’ composition “Pulse”, performed by the Minnesota Orchestra, and “So Much Here” by Dan Lawonn was the Song of the Day.

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