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Tom Crann
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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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Safeguarding diners from COVID-19: Here's one St. Paul restaurant's plan
Hope Breakfast Bar in St. Paul has reopened its dining room after spending $36,000 on health and safety upgrades. So far it's paying off with a rush of cooped-up diners, but the added costs aren't sustainable.
'Still in gridlock': Walz presses GOP to go big on police overhaul package
“Now is the time,” Gov. Tim Walz said Thursday as he urged Senate GOP leaders to work with House DFLers on a package of sweeping changes to how policing is done in Minnesota. Republicans say they will end the special session Friday.
Organizers say offering a space to talk, vent quelled third night of St. Cloud protests
After two nights of protests marred by arrests and property damage, St. Cloud’s third night in a row of demonstrations on Tuesday was more peaceful. Community organizers say that's largely because young people were given space to voice their anger over racism and injustice.
GOP lawmakers blast Secretary of State Simon for deal in voting lawsuits
Minnesota’s witness requirement for absentee ballots would be suspended for the Aug. 11 primary under an agreement reached between the state and the plaintiffs in a lawsuit challenging the current rules. DFL Secretary of State Steve Simon made the concession to the challenging groups, and that has Republican lawmakers crying foul. 
June 17 update on COVID-19 in MN: Daily death counts slowing; hospitalizations dip
Minnesota’s COVID-19 toll continued to show signs of plateauing with current hospitalizations and intensive care cases falling and the daily count of deaths trending down. On Thursday, state officials are expected to discuss new fall planning guidance for K-12 schools.
Let officers do their jobs, Minneapolis police chief tells residents
Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo said he’s been getting reports of people interfering with police and emergency medical personnel, even as they’re administering life-saving procedures.