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All Things Considered

Tom Crann
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Evan Frost | MPR News

All Things Considered, with Tom Crann in St. Paul and NPR hosts in Washington, is your comprehensive source for afternoon news and information. Listen from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. every weekday.

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Legislature begins session facing pandemic, budget shortfall

Legislature begins session facing pandemic, budget shortfall

Minnesota’s divided Legislature returned to action Tuesday for the start of a budget-writing session that is supposed to conclude in mid-May. As in last year’s special legislative sessions, COVID-19 is a central issue.
by Tim Pugmire

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For one family, pandemic has forced tough conversations — and lessons in unconditional love

For one family, pandemic has forced tough conversations — and lessons in unconditional love

The Hochstetler family is spread across four states, which has made it hard to stay close during the pandemic. Last year forced some uniquely 2020 conversations, laden with both tension and love, on the sprawling family.
by Catharine Richert

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'This circle is about healing’: Gardener sees himself as caretaker of the energy at George Floyd’s Square

'This circle is about healing’: Gardener sees himself as caretaker of the energy at George Floyd’s Square

Jay Webb is a caretaker and organizer who worked on creating the garden around the “Black Power” fist sculpture at 38th Street and Chicago Avenue. Webb gives his perspective about the emotional connections that take place in George Floyd’s Square, and the healing properties it provides.
by Laurel Bandy and William Domeier

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'We will get through this': Doctor reflects on the impacts of COVID-19 in Indian Country

'We will get through this': Doctor reflects on the impacts of COVID-19 in Indian Country

Nine months into the coronavirus pandemic, Indigenous Americans have the highest COVID-19 mortality rates nationwide. That's made this an especially difficult year for Dr. Mary Owen, who leads the University of Minnesota Medical School's Center of American Indian and Minority Health in Duluth.
by Dan Gunderson

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'Like Uber Eats for therapy': South Mpls. man helps connect community to mental health care

'Like Uber Eats for therapy': South Mpls. man helps connect community to mental health care

When he saw footage of his hometown on fire the week following the police killing of George Floyd, Isak Douah jumped on a plane from Amsterdam, where he was studying fashion, to Minneapolis. All summer, he volunteered to work security at the intersection where Floyd died. Seeing the trauma there, he decided to develop a mobile app to connect people in his community to mental health care.
by Hamda Abdi, Helene Francis, Atticus Keezer-Dow and Olivia Sather

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Police shooting victim ID'd; MPD bodycam footage released

Police shooting victim ID'd; MPD bodycam footage released

Minneapolis police have released a short clip from an officer's body camera showing the deadly confrontation outside a gas station on the city's south side Wednesday evening. The victim has been identified as 23-year-old Dolal Idd. It was the first killing by Minneapolis police since George Floyd’s death on May 25 less than a mile away.
by Jon Collins and Brandt Williams

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At 38th and Chicago, Agape Movement turns ‘street energy into community energy’

At 38th and Chicago, Agape Movement turns ‘street energy into community energy’

Since the summer’s unrest, a local nonprofit has been working to “bridge the gap between the community and law enforcement” in south Minneapolis. 
by Anton Jahn-Vavrus, Pablo Giebink Valbuena and Ilyas Bouzouina

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Opposition to Minnesota's bar and restaurant COVID-19 restrictions still bubbling

Opposition to Minnesota's bar and restaurant COVID-19 restrictions still bubbling

Gov. Tim Walz’s emergency restrictions on inside drinking and dining run through Jan. 10, and opponents say some establishments continue to quietly defy the order. Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said he’ll continue to bring cases against businesses that are not complying.
by Mark Zdechlik

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