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All Things Considered

Tom Crann
Tom Crann
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.

Appetites | Climate Cast | Brains On | Cube Critics

What a botched climate bill can teach us about passing reform today

What a botched climate bill can teach us about passing reform today

In 2009, Congress was on the verge of passing its first comprehensive bill to tackle climate change. Then it fizzled out. A post-mortem on that bill could offer a path forward.
by Paul Huttner and Megan Burks

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Student debt help, $15 minimum wage part of new state union pacts

Student debt help, $15 minimum wage part of new state union pacts

Bargaining between Gov. Tim Walz’s administration and large public employee unions produced new two-year contracts. While the unions have signed off, state legislators have yet to weigh in.
by Brian Bakst

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On sports participation score, MN girls ready to bump, set, kill

On sports participation score, MN girls ready to bump, set, kill

Over the past decade, Minnesota girls have taken giant steps in closing the participation gap with boys in high school athletics. Female athletes joining cross country, volleyball and softball teams are making most of the difference.
by Mike Moen

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Can early hearing loss intervention help stave off dementia?

Can early hearing loss intervention help stave off dementia?

Hearing loss can be stressful, and stress can inflame the brain and increase the risk of developing dementia. Researchers want to know if prescribing hearing aids early can stave off dementia.
by Dr. Jon Hallberg and Matt Sepic

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Minnesota’s busiest state park reopens after flood cleanup

Minnesota’s busiest state park reopens after flood cleanup

Fort Snelling State Park is the state’s busiest, with about a million day visitors every year. Extended flooding shut the park down for six months and covered parts of it with as much as 3 feet of silt this year. But it reopened Tuesday, just in time for the fall colors to start to turn.
by Tim Nelson

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‘We’re all behind’: Schools, parents struggle to rein in teen vaping

‘We’re all behind’: Schools, parents struggle to rein in teen vaping

A wave of reports tying vaping to lung damage has administrators and parents sounding alarms as the school year begins. Some school leaders say the problem has morphed into a time-consuming disciplinary issue.
by Mark Zdechlik

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Man fatally shot by police officer in St. Paul

Man fatally shot by police officer in St. Paul

St. Paul police say a man is dead after being shot by a police officer following a vehicle crash Sunday evening in the city's Midway neighborhood. The Ramsey County medical examiner's office identified the man as Ronald Davis, 31, of Little Canada.
by MPR News Staff

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