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Punishing people for sleeping and camping in public spaces 
MPR News host Angela Davis and her guests talk about the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that gives local governments the right to criminally punish people for sleeping and camping in public spaces.
Meet the summer Olympians and Paralympians with Minnesota ties headed for Paris
More than 40 athletes competing in the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic games, representing various countries, have connections to Minnesota. Whether they live here, train here or were born here, here’s your chance to learn about the Minnesota ties at the Paris Games.
‘Time is up’ for Minneapolis buildings left hazardous and vacant for years
About 320 vacant and hazardous buildings are logged in the Minneapolis vacant building registration, with over half concentrated in the city’s north side. Some have been seemingly abandoned for more than a decade, with nearly a hundred empty for five plus years. But now, per an amended ordinance, building owners could have to fork over $24,000 annually for letting them sit. 
Growing people, not crops, is the goal of a Moorhead farm
The Red River Valley is well known for large farms growing an abundance of corn, soybeans and sugar beets. But there’s a unique farm near Moorhead that’s finding success by focusing on a very different kind of growth: human skills and knowledge.
Ash wastewater spill at northern Minnesota coal plant more than five times larger than first reported
Minnesota Power first said the leak Tuesday at the Boswell Energy Center in Cohasset was about 1 million gallons. On Friday, the utility and state officials say it was actually 5.5 million gallons.
Personal histories, items can be claimed by adult adoptees from Minnesota’s DHS files
Native American adoptees and advocates are asking the Department of Human Services to do more to help all adoptees claim items left in the care of adoption placing agencies by birth parents.