MPR News Update

January 31, 2013 10:28 AM

Mayo's expansion plans, Dayton's job creation claims, and the newest food trends

Welcome to the MPR News Update. In the news today, the Mayo Clinic's multi-billion-dollar expansion plan for the city of Rochester; Gov. Dayton's budget proposal, and its claims about job creation, are getting more pushback; the race for Minneapolis mayor is already getting crowded; and a look at the hot food trends of 2013.

by Melanie Sommer and John Wanamaker

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January 30, 2013 12:11 PM

The Boy Scouts deal with yet another challenge; Klobuchar and Franken deal with gun violence

Welcome to the MPR News Update. In the news today, a Minnesota judge orders the Boy Scouts to release more secret files about sexual abuse, advocates for immigration reform gather at the state Capitol, the walleye population in Lake Mille Lacs reaches its lowest level in decades, and Minnesota's two U.S. senators will take part in the first congressional hearings today on gun control following the school massacre in Newtown, Conn., last month.

by Matt Sepic and Hart Van Denburg

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January 29, 2013 12:00 PM

State employees nearer to pay raise; plant fanatics up a tree

It's the MPR News Update. In the news today, Minnesota state workers are getting closer to their first pay raise in more than three years. St. Paul considers shutting down drug evidence testing at its troubled police crime lab. Sen. Amy Klobuchar introduces a plan to make it easier for American companies to hire skilled foreign workers. And Edina schools will start before Labor Day.

by Matt Sepic and Hart Van Denburg

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January 25, 2013 11:50 AM

Minnesota National Guard on point for women in combat roles; Dayton on notice over taxes

Minnesota's citizen soldiers are helping to lead the way for women in military combat roles. Gov. Dayton continues to find resistance to his just-released budget plans. We have an update on flu deaths. There's a new homeless count. And we hear another perspective on the racial incident at Washburn High School in Minneapolis. All that and more in today's MPR News Update.

by Hart Van Denburg and John Wanamaker

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January 24, 2013 12:33 PM

Crashed Ice, climate change, data privacy and butter. That about covers it

The borderline-crazy skaters of Crashed Ice are back in town. Lawmakers are looking into plugging data privacy breaches. Police want tougher laws preventing the mentally ill from arming themselves. And we look at butter. Fresh, creamy butter.

by Phil Picardi and Hart Van Denburg

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January 22, 2013 11:48 AM

The budget drops, and so does the temperature

Today on the podcast, the governor lays out a budget and tax agenda, lawmakers consider climate change, some businesses are trying harder to offer feedback to those they run away for jobs, and we have a photo gallery of frigid Martin Luther King Day events in the Twin Cities.

by Phil Picardi and Hart Van Denburg

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January 17, 2013 12:05 PM

When firearms research doesn't agree with your position

Today on the MPR News Update: Does having a gun in the home put family members more at risk? Also, a county sheriff in Minnesota says he won't enforce new federal gun restrictions. Expectations for pull-tab gambling revenues are shrinking. And we take a look at the burgeoning Minnesota brewery business.

by Phil Picardi and Hart Van Denburg

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January 16, 2013 12:28 PM

Obama stokes the gun debate; protecting sex traffic victims

Along with stories about U of M hiring, sex trafficking, the flu and food stamp programs, we spent a lot of time Wednesday talking about guns. President Obama offered his specific proposals to help decrease gun violence after the attacks at an Aurora, Colo., movie theater and the Dandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut.

by Phil Picardi and Hart Van Denburg

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January 15, 2013 12:17 PM

Restrict the mentally ill, not guns, NRA president tells Minnesotans

Today on the MPR News Update, the leader of the NRA visits Minnesota, assigning blame for bike-car crashes, lagging gambling revenue for the new Vikings stadium, and a new twist for ALS patients.

by Tom Prichard and Hart Van Denburg

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January 14, 2013 11:59 AM

Will a tax on clothing sales mean we lose our competitive shirts?

Today on the MPR News Update, state lawmakers consider extending the sales tax to clothing, farmland prices are so high that new farmers can't find a row to hoe, Ramsey County officials take new steps to combat teen runaways and child sec trafficking, and the Bottineau light rail line in the Twin Cities faces another hurdle today at the Met Council.

by Phil Picardi and Hart Van Denburg

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