The U.S. Senate has approved a rescission bill that cuts $1.1 billion for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting over the next two years. More than $17 million of that had been earmarked for 16 organizations in Minnesota, including MPR News and its sister music stations The Current and YourClassical.
This Summer, discover new music with The Current! You can join us for Happy Hours at various locations with live music from artists you’ll want to see. Enjoy a magical summer afternoon from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. with a beverage, friends, and live music! One of The Current's hosts will provide the soundtrack at each Happy Hour from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. before the artist performs a live set at 6 p.m. The Current’s Happy Hours are free and open to everyone.
Donovan Dahmen creates large collages of wood at his home in Grand Portage. He sees his art as a way to share knowledge of Ojibwe culture and spirituality. “I believe the wood tells me what it wants to be,” he said.
This year’s list of new food offerings at the Minnesota State Fair features food combinations you never imagined — and flavor mash-ups you never knew you’d want to try.
Minnesota U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar took the Senate floor Wednesday to speak against President Donald Trump's $9.4 billion clawback of funding from foreign aid and public media. The bill passed in the House last month and is headed to the Senate for a vote before a July 18 deadline.
Freed, who died unexpectedly on June 29, joined the Minnesota Orchestra as a violist in 1998.
Trained wildlife rehabbers work to save injured and orphaned wildlife. Most get no pay. They scrape by on grants and help from local volunteers, doing the work for the joy of giving animals a chance to return to the wild.
If you’ve been to a Minnesota Lynx game, chances are you’ve seen Justin Vernon in attendance. Vernon recently debuted a first-of-its-kind partnership with the team to fight gender inequity.
A slate of new laws take hold Tuesday adding new fraud mitigation efforts, rules for social media influencers and adoption of a state fossil.
Thousands descended on Minneapolis on Sunday for the annual Twin Cities Pride Parade. Gov. Tim Walz served as the grand marshal for the parade, sporting friendship bracelets and a campaign shirt for Rep. Melissa Hortman.