Oct 29 Watch 8:30 Minneapolis residents split on reducing police role, establishing public safety department By Fred de Sam Lazaro, Sam Lane Voters in Minneapolis will head to the polls next week for the first city election since a police officer killed George Floyd, in a race that could be the most expensive in the city's history. And as special correspondent Fred… Continue watching
Oct 27 Watch 8:13 How Minnesota’s lack of teachers of color hurts students, and what reform could look like By Fred de Sam Lazaro, Sam Lane Many schools across the United States are grappling with ways to close the achievement gap between white students and students of color. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on those efforts in Minnesota, which has some of the worst… Continue watching
Oct 25 First steps made in Congress to honor pop superstar Prince By Mark Kennedy, Associated Press Minnesota's Congressional delegation on Monday is introducing a resolution to posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal to pop superstar Prince, citing his "indelible mark on Minnesota and American culture," The Associated Press has learned. Continue reading
Sep 17 Enbridge ordered to pay $3 million for Line 3 groundwater leak By Associated Press Minnesota regulators have ordered Enbridge to pay more than $3 million for allegedly violating state environmental law by piercing a groundwater aquifer during construction of the Line 3 oil pipeline. Continue reading
Aug 13 Watch 7:19 How the Twin Cities is trying to close the racial gap in home ownership By Fred de Sam Lazaro The Twin Cities is one of the most affordable metropolitan areas of the country. Its longstanding racial disparities in home ownership are also among the worst. Just 25 percent of Black residents in Minneapolis and St. Paul own their homes,… Continue watching
Jul 15 Minnesota governor restricts ‘conversion therapy’ for minors By Steve Karnowski, Associated Press Minnesota is now one of about 24 states that restrict mental health professionals from seeking to change a person's sexual orientation. Continue reading
Jun 27 Minnesota lawmakers reach deal on policing measures By Associated Press Minnesota’s top Democratic and Republican lawmakers reached agreement on the highlights of a public safety bill that includes police accountability measures, a day after former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 22 1/2 years in prison for the death… Continue reading
Jun 14 Minnesota court affirms approval of Line 3 oil pipeline By Steve Karnowski, Associated Press More than 1,000 tribal and environmental activists gathered at construction sites near the headwaters of the Mississippi River last week to try to block the project. Continue reading
May 26 Watch 7:19 Could a land bridge project help minority communities recover from displacement? By Fred de Sam Lazaro President Joe Biden has proposed using some of the $2 trillion of his infrastructure plan to repair harm done to America's minority communities when highways were originally built through them. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro has the story of… Continue watching
May 23 Watch 9:31 How piecemeal police reform is setting the stage for national change By PBS NewsHour The death of Ronald Greene, a Black man who died in Louisiana in 2019 after a police chase is under scrutiny after newly released police body camera footage shows he was choked and beaten by troopers -- a starkly different… Continue watching