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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.

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Rural Minnesota child care shortage leaves parents with few choices

Rural Minnesota child care shortage leaves parents with few choices

Despite years of campaigning for better child care, parents outside the Twin Cities metro area say they are left with few options. Businesses say they are feeling the impact too, as job applicants make choices based on care possibilities for their kids.
by Hannah Yang

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Appetites: Eric Pham of the Quang Restaurant legacy forges his own path

Appetites: Eric Pham of the Quang Restaurant legacy forges his own path

Eric Pham’s mother Khue Pham and her relatives were the family behind Quang, a Vietnamese restaurant that's become an institution in Minneapolis. Now, he’s looking to forge his own way by building on their legacy.
by Tom Crann and Ngoc Bui

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Nice Ride shuts down pioneering Minneapolis bike share program

Nice Ride shuts down pioneering Minneapolis bike share program

When Nice Ride launched in 2010, Minneapolis was one of only two American cities to have public bike sharing. The program helped pioneer the concept of micromobility, which has evolved to include electric scooters and e-bikes. But without a corporate sponsor, Nice Ride is shutting down.
by Amy Felegy and Matt Sepic

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Record temperatures and climate change: What's the connection?

Record temperatures and climate change: What's the connection?

Earth’s average temperature is about 1 to 1.5 degree Celsius warmer than pre-industrial times. But averages are made of extremes. So how fast are high temperature records being toppled? What about cold records?
by Paul Huttner and Ngoc Bui

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Art Hounds: Galleries at Bloomington's Artistry busy with three shows

Art Hounds: Galleries at Bloomington's Artistry busy with three shows

The Partly Tame trio performs an eclectic evening concert in St Cloud and an hour-long performance “Once on This Island, Jr.,” makes the Broadway show accessible to younger viewers at Stages Theater.
by Emily Bright

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Could allowing more nuclear power help Minnesota’s switch to carbon-free electricity?

Could allowing more nuclear power help Minnesota’s switch to carbon-free electricity?

Supporters of advanced nuclear technology say it’s smaller, safer and more flexible than the nuclear plants built a half-century ago. But what to do with radioactive waste remains a problem.
by Kirsti Marohn

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St. Paul company brings craft to non-alcoholic beer

St. Paul company brings craft to non-alcoholic beer

The technology to dealcoholize beer has been around for a long time, but not at a price point that let craft brewers join the market with their more refined brews. A St. Paul company is changing that.
by Tom Crann and Megan Burks

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Ag Department sees need to support local food in Minnesota

Ag Department sees need to support local food in Minnesota

When the pandemic disrupted food supply chains in 2020, many people scrambled to buy food directly from farmers. That local food movement is still growing. A new initiative hopes to provide more state support for small farmers and local food networks.
by Dan Gunderson

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The reality of later-in-pregnancy abortion is more complex than MN debate lets on

The reality of later-in-pregnancy abortion is more complex than MN debate lets on

Over the past few months, the issue of later-in-pregnancy abortions has come up frequently in debates on proposed abortion laws in the Minnesota Legislature. About 1 percent of all reported abortions from 2008-2021 took place after approximately 20 weeks gestation.
by Michelle Wiley and Dana Ferguson

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