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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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October 31, 2019 4:21 PM

In Hennepin Co., planting trees to fight invasive species

Cities and counties are replacing ash and maple trees with a more diverse array of trees, in an effort to protect urban forests from invasive pests.

by Tom Crann and Megan Burks

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October 30, 2019 5:45 PM

Interest in factory-made homes is building

Lower costs and speed of construction could help address affordable housing crunch.

by Martin Moylan

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October 30, 2019 5:40 PM

Appetites: Minnesota whiskey distillers explore new corn and rye varietals

Minnesota farmers and distillers are researching how different corn and rye varieties express themselves in whiskey.

by Tom Crann, Kyle Shiely and Nick Scheffler

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October 30, 2019 4:10 PM

Reporter’s notebook: Understanding opioid addiction through one woman’s life

A Minneapolis woman died earlier this month after struggling with heroin addiction for two decades. We had been following her story for years.

by Jon Collins

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October 30, 2019 10:56 AM

Deciding when to stop screening for cancer is 'tricky.' So is having that conversation with patients

Cancer screening guidelines begin to look different when patients reach age 65. Our weekly medical expert, Dr. Jon Hallberg, talks about what the guidelines say, and how they prompt tough conversations.

by Tom Crann and Dr. Jon Hallberg

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October 29, 2019 4:12 PM

Innocence Lost: From inside and outside CTC, friends gather to support abuse survivors

A group called Standing with CTC Survivors organized in response to the theater’s treatment of former students who were abused in decades past.

by Marianne Combs

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October 29, 2019 3:05 PM

Idled Water Gremlin workers push to reopen plant

Employees prodded state officials to reopen the Water Gremlin plant in White Bear Township, a day after the state shut down operations because of high lead levels in the children of some workers.

by Tim Nelson

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October 29, 2019 9:32 AM

Audit: ‘Troubling dysfunction’ at DHS led to overpayments to tribes

Mistakes made by the Department of Human Services over the last decade resulted in $29 million in improper payments and “serious financial and legal problems for the state,” according to a report released Tuesday by the Office of the Legislative Auditor.

by Briana Bierschbach

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October 28, 2019 6:00 PM

Two St. Paul killings spark community meetings, calls for prevention

The deaths of two people in St. Paul Sunday have pushed the number of homicides to 26 in the capital city — a level not seen in more than two decades.

by Brandt Williams

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October 28, 2019 2:32 PM

Help wanted: Feds seek thousands of census takers in Minnesota

Census takers will fan out across the state this spring to knock on doors of people who haven’t filled out their forms yet, and they’re the last defense for an accurate count.

by Briana Bierschbach

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