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If vacation time were no issue, what adventure would you take?

If vacation time were no issue, what adventure would you take?

Minnesota explorers Paul Schurke and Dave Freeman are embarking on a 400 mile canoe trip through the Amazon jungle. The estimated six week trip retraces a deadly route taken by Theodore Roosevelt 100 years ago. You can learn more about their excursion when Schurke and Freeman join MPR News today from Sao Palo, Brazil at…
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What steps do you take to conserve water?

What steps do you take to conserve water?

As concerns increase about how much water Minnesotans are pumping out of the ground for domestic, agricultural, industrial and other uses, one idea that can reduce that pressure on groundwater is to use stormwater more effectively before sending it down the Mississippi River. Metropolitan Council stormwater reuse experts Ali Elhassan and Brian Davis will join…
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How should the U.S. improve college graduation rates?

How should the U.S. improve college graduation rates?

“When you look at the national statistics on college graduation rates, there are two big trends that stand out right away. The first is that there are a whole lot of students who make it to college — who show up on campus and enroll in classes — but never get their degrees. More than…
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Will the AT&T/DirecTV merger benefit consumers?

“AT&T Inc. on Sunday agreed to buy satellite TV provider DirecTV for $48.5 billion, or $95 per share, a deal both companies described as transformational as they seek to take on cable companies and online video providers, delivering content to multiple screens –on living room TVs, PCs, tablets and mobile phones,” reports the Associated Press.…
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Should Gov. Dayton support a ban on online lottery games?

“The Minnesota Legislature is poised to ban instant-play lottery games and tickets sold at gas pumps and ATMs,” writes MPR News political reporter Tom Scheck. A joint House/Senate conference committee approved the ban Thursday. It would give the Minnesota Lottery until the end of October to phase out the games. Lawmakers have criticized Minnesota Lottery…
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Will the “kill switch” cellphone law help Minnesotans?

Adam Fagan/Flickr Minnesota is the first state to enact a law that will require a “kill switch” on cellphones as a way to deter theft. Over at The Verge, Sean Hollister writes that the law is toothless. Strangely, the actual text of Minnesota’s “kill switch” bill doesn’t actually require a kill switch at all. The…
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Do you support a ban on triclosan?

“Contains Triclosan” by Jack Black’s Stunt Double on Flickr “Minnesota is expected to soon become the first state to ban the chemical triclosan — a common ingredient in antibacterial hand soap,” writes MPR News reporter Elizabeth Dunbar. Both the House and Senate have voted to phase out the chemical in consumer hand soap and body…
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What do you think of the medical marijuana proposals at the Capitol?

Blackberry Kush, Indica via Dankdeopt on Flickr “Negotiations are expected to begin this week between the Minnesota House and Senate on a compromise bill to legalize the limited use of some forms of medical marijuana,” writes MPR News reporter Tim Pugmire. Although bills passed by both House and the Senate would grant Minnesota patients suffering…
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Who should determine where electronic cigarettes are used?

Who should determine where electronic cigarettes are used?

Related question: A previous TQ asked if e-cigarettes should be treated the same as regular cigarettes. You can continues that discussion here. Electronic cigarette users are firing up their devices in all kinds of places people wouldn’t consider lighting a conventional cigarette. That’s inspired moves in the Minnesota Legislature to regulate “vaping” in the same…
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