Minnesota Now: Dec. 3, 2024
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State investigators have unlocked a cellphone with a video of the shooting of Winston Smith, who was killed by law enforcement in Minneapolis in 2021. It’s the only video of the incident from three years ago. MPR News host Nina Moini speaks with senior reporter Sarah Thamer about the latest on the developing story.
An organization based in St. Paul is working to better understand homelessness in the state. New data shows that Native Americans make up a disproportionate number of unsheltered people in the state and there is a growing number of homeless people in great Minnesota.
The number of farms in the U.S. have been dropping for decades. We talk to the author of a new book about the economic and political events that shaped his own family’s experience of farming.
Holidazzle is back on this season. We hear what’s in store for the winter festival and how it fits into a bigger plan for revitalizing downtown Minneapolis.
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