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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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Clean energy will require more power lines, but who should get to build them?

Clean energy will require more power lines, but who should get to build them?

With more and more clean energy being produced, the need is growing for transmission lines to deliver all that energy to people. And the debate about who will get to build these lines is heating up with billions of dollars on the line.
by Paul Huttner and Ngoc Bui

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State sues southeastern Minnesota gas station after gasoline leaks into Elgin’s water system

State sues southeastern Minnesota gas station after gasoline leaks into Elgin’s water system

The complaint alleges that the leak occurred over the course of 41 days, and that the gas station owners ignored safety measures that would have prevented it.
by Catharine Richert

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Minnesota-made tofu is cleaner for the planet — and your palate

Minnesota-made tofu is cleaner for the planet — and your palate

MinnTofu is interrupting the industrial food system by turning soybeans into tofu locally instead of shipping them to California. And it has the added benefit of producing a cleaner-tasting tofu.
by Tom Crann and Megan Burks

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U.N. Panel hears Minnesotans' stories of systemic racism in policing and prisons

U.N. Panel hears Minnesotans' stories of systemic racism in policing and prisons

Two experts from the United Nations Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice and Equality in the context of Law Enforcement (EMLER) were at the Twin Cities Urban League Headquarters in North Minneapolis as part of a fact-gathering tour across the country.
by Nicole Ki

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'Puppets want to move': Heart of the Beast theater opens puppet library

'Puppets want to move': Heart of the Beast theater opens puppet library

In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theater is making 50 years worth of puppets available to the public to borrow at no cost for parties, school plays, protests and more.
by Tom Crann and Megan Burks

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