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.
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Baby Shel, a rapper from the Red Lake Indian Reservation, joined MPR News host Tom Weber in MPR's Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser studio to talk about his work and play a few songs.
National Park Service celebrates 100 years
On August 25, the National Park Service celebrates 100 years. Tom looks at how national parks have shaped our lives and explores why national parks remain an often unknown resource to diverse communities.
How the Burger Court shaped today's conversations on race and crime
St. Paul native Warren Burger served as Chief Justice of the United States from 1969 until 1986. Many think of this as a time in which "nothing happened" on the Supreme Court, but a new book explores the Burger Court's lasting influence.
Vote keeps funding moving for Orange Line BRT
The Orange Line is a planned 17-mile Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) line that would connect downtown Minneapolis to Burnville along highway 35W. A vote Wednesday kept the funding process moving. Tom Weber talked with Adam Duininck, chair of the Metropolitan Council, about the future of the line.
A mother prepares for her son's release from prison: 'I'm hopeful, but I'm also realistic'
Charlene Briner's son is currently serving the final weeks of a five-and-a-half-year sentence for weapon charges. Selling guns was his way to pay for drugs, she said. She's both excited and apprehensive about his release.
Minnesota musician Sarah White joined Tom Weber in MPR's Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser studio to talk about her work and play a few songs from her new release, "Laughing at Ghosts."