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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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Minn. Secretary of State says he does not have authority to remove Trump from ballot, but individuals can petition

Minn. Secretary of State says he does not have authority to remove Trump from ballot, but individuals can petition

Secretary of State Steve Simon said this week he does not have that sole authority to remove Trump from the ballot but according to the statute, any individual can petition for it.
by Tom Crann and Megan Burks

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At one St. Paul school, teen moms and their kids start the new school year together

At one St. Paul school, teen moms and their kids start the new school year together

AGAPE Head Start helps teen moms finish their education while providing child care at no charge. “We're very, very fortunate that these families are not only beating statistics, but they're knocking them out of the water, too,” a leader in the effort says.
by Kyra Miles

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Walz: No special session on school resource officer law for now

Walz: No special session on school resource officer law for now

Gov. Tim Walz told MPR News Friday that he was confident that the attorney general’s clarification and updated guidance from the League of Minnesota Cities and other groups would help more local agencies put school resource officers back in place without a legislative change.
by Dana Ferguson

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Some yellow school buses are turning green this school year

Some yellow school buses are turning green this school year

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is expanding its electric school bus program using three million dollars from the state’s settlement with Volkswagen over exaggerated fuel efficiency claims.
by Paul Huttner and Ngoc Bui

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Court dog Nova helps ease victims' trauma

Court dog Nova helps ease victims' trauma

Nova, a 6-year-old trained facility dog, recently made state history when she accompanied a young victim of sexual abuse as she testified on the witness stand. 
by Kirsti Marohn

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'This is about the message it sends': Carleton College ends legacy admissions

'This is about the message it sends': Carleton College ends legacy admissions

Carleton College now joins the rank of colleges and universities that have ended legacy admissions. The University of Minnesota scrapped its policy this summer. Across the country, more than a hundred colleges and universities have ended legacy admissions since 2015.
by Tom Crann and Ngoc Bui

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Lazzaro sex trafficking accomplice gets 3 years in prison

Lazzaro sex trafficking accomplice gets 3 years in prison

A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced the accomplice of sex trafficker Tony Lazzaro to three years in prison. Gisela Castro Medina, 21, admitted that in 2020 she recruited and groomed five girls to be sex partners for Lazzaro, 32, a one-time Minnesota Republican Party operative and top donor.
by Matt Sepic

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Minnesota students head back to school while much of the state sees sweltering heat

Minnesota students head back to school while much of the state sees sweltering heat

Hundreds of thousands of Minnesota students headed back to school Tuesday amid a sweltering end to summer for much of the state.
by Tim Nelson, Elizabeth Shockman and Dana Ferguson

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Infrequently Asked Questions: What happens to the animals after the fair?

Infrequently Asked Questions: What happens to the animals after the fair?

This question is probably infrequently asked because the answer is, in part, a bit morbid. But the Minnesota State Fair is, at its heart, an agricultural exhibition and animals are a big part of that.
by Tom Crann and Tim Nelson

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