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Minnesota Now with Nina Moini

Minnesota Now with Nina Moini
Minnesota Now with Nina Moini
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Minnesota Now with Nina Moini is journalism that doesn’t take itself too seriously. It’s reporting that puts people first with live, down-to-earth, unscripted interviews that aim to inform and entertain. Tune in to Minnesota Now weekdays at noon on the radio or the live audio stream at mprnews.org.

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Five years after COVID-19 lockdown, racial health disparities linger

Five years after COVID-19 lockdown, racial health disparities linger

People of color experience a disproportionate burden of COVID-19 cases and deaths. In Minnesota, deaths from COVID-19 have been concentrated in socioeconomically disadvantaged neighborhoods.
by Nina Moini and Ellie Roth

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24 Minnesotans reflect on how COVID-19 changed their lives

24 Minnesotans reflect on how COVID-19 changed their lives

On March 13, 2020, Gov. Tim Walz declared the COVID-19 pandemic a peacetime emergency. Five years later, Minnesotans look back on the early days of the public health crisis and the mark it left on their lives.
by Nina Moini, Aleesa Kuznetsov, Ellen Finn, Alanna Elder and Ellie Roth

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Out to Lunch: Bishop Richard Howell leads north Minneapolis with forgiveness and love

Out to Lunch: Bishop Richard Howell leads north Minneapolis with forgiveness and love

Bishop Richard Howell has been a pastor at Shiloh Temple International Ministries in north Minneapolis for more than 40 years. He spends nearly all of his time listening to and helping community members in the area. And he’s led the ministry through a difficult five years since the COVID-19 pandemic and the murder of George Floyd.
by Nina Moini and Ellen Finn

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Shoreview Democrat David Gottfried on tying the Minnesota House, working across the aisle

Shoreview Democrat David Gottfried on tying the Minnesota House, working across the aisle

Democrat David Gottfried defeated Republican opponent Paul Wikstrom in a Tuesday special election. The results bring the House into a tie, with 67 Republicans and 67 Democrats. 
by Nina Moini, Ellie Roth and Dana Ferguson (NPR)

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Restaurants scramble for solution to record egg prices

Restaurants scramble for solution to record egg prices

Several Twin Cities restaurants have added temporary egg surcharges in response to sky high prices. Marty's Deli in northeast Minneapolis shared they are adding one dollar to all egg sandwiches.
by Nina Moini, Aleesa Kuznetsov and Ellie Roth

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