All Things Considered

Tom Crann
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Minneapolis land trust homeowners shocked by big property tax increases
Many homeowners across Minnesota are facing an increase in their property taxes next year. But owners of land trust houses in Minneapolis are facing whopping tax increases of more than 40 percent after a change in state law. Low-income owners in the program say it puts them in a tough spot.
Longtime Minnesota blues band faces uncertainty after front man suffers stroke
The Lamont Cranston Band has been playing at venues across the state and country since 1969. Front man Pat “Lamont” Hayes had a stroke in December, putting the band’s future in limbo.
Job market jitters real for some mid-career Minnesotans and recent grads
Even with the state’s relatively low 3.5 percent unemployment rate, some younger Minnesotans coming out of college and those in mid-career are seeing a job market now that worries them. Recent announcements of mass layoffs add to the anxiety.
Prayers, songs greet Dakota Riders in Mankato 162 years after hangings
In a revival of a tradition which seemed to have ended two years ago, participants in not one but two Dakota Rides arrived in Mankato Thursday. The event commemorates 38 Dakota men hanged on the day after Christmas in 1862 following the U.S.-Dakota War, and two other Dakota men hanged later.
Former Duluth head shop owner reacts to Biden commuting his drug sentence
MPR News host Tom Crann spoke with former Last Place on Earth owner Jim Carlson just hours after his clemency became official — and his ankle bracelet was cut off — on Friday.
Washington Post reporter explains how they uncovered more Native children deaths at boarding schools
A national investigation of former government-run boarding schools found new data on deaths there of Native students, including at Minnesota schools. The Washington Post reports 3,104 Native American students died at the institutions — triple the number previously reported by the federal government.
Revisiting mothers, reimagining stories: Lloyd Suh finds connection and meaning in ‘The Heart Sellers’
Playwright Lloyd Suh’s “The Heart Sellers” explores friendship, immigration, and the enduring impact of history through the lens of two Asian immigrant women in 1970s America.