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MPR News with Tom Weber

Tom Weber, a reporter and host at MPR News for a decade, resigned effective June 22, 2018. You can find his work covering the people and places of Minnesota here.
https://www.mpr.org/about/people/tweber

Affidavit: Doctor prescribed meds for Prince in another name

Affidavit: Doctor prescribed meds for Prince in another name

Search warrants made public Monday offer a rare glimpse into the end of Prince's secretive life and more details on his death. It still doesn't detail where Prince may have obtained the narcotic that killed him.
by Tim Nelson

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20 years after epic flood, Red River towns no longer dread the spring

20 years after epic flood, Red River towns no longer dread the spring

The 1997 flood transformed the Red River Valley and its residents. State and federal officials responded with $1.1 billion in infrastructure spending to make sure a catastrophe never happens again.
by Dan Gunderson

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Child protection petitions filed for 2 Minn. girls subjected to genital mutilation

Child protection petitions filed for 2 Minn. girls subjected to genital mutilation

The Hennepin and Anoka county attorney's offices have filed child protection petitions for two 7-year-old Minnesota girls who were subjected to female genital mutilation in Michigan.
by Catharine Richert

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Detroit-area doctor charged with genital mutilation on two Minn. girls

A doctor was charged Thursday with performing genital mutilation on two young Minnesota girls who traveled to Michigan with their mothers, the first federal prosecution of what the government describes as "horrifying acts of brutality."
by Associated Press

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Politics Friday: the legislative session so far, the 'Trump Effect' and Speaker Daudt

Our weekly political hour covered the accomplishments of the Minnesota Legislature so far this year, the hopes for budget compromise with the governor and what the Speaker of the House is telling Minnesotans as he travels the state.
by Mike Mulcahy and Jeff Jones

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St. Paul wants to know if tax-exempt churches, schools would contribute voluntarily to budget

The state Supreme Court says street fees are taxes and can't be assessed to tax-exempt properties. The city wants to include some of those properties in its annual revenue stream.
by Tim Nelson

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