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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.
https://www.mpr.org/about/people/tweber

Somalia truck bombing toll over 300, scores remain missing

Somalia truck bombing toll over 300, scores remain missing

Saturday's truck bombing targeted a crowded street in Mogadishu, and about 300 others were injured. Somalia's government is blaming the al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab extremist group, which has not commented.
by The Associated Press

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Minnesota joins lawsuit over Trump health payments

Minnesota joins lawsuit over Trump health payments

Attorney General Lori Swanson says President Trump's decision to halt payments to health insurers violates federal law. It would also cut money for MinnesotaCare, the subsidized plan covering about 90,000 low- and moderate-income Minnesotans.
by Tim Pugmire and Mark Zdechlik

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Should agriculture be taught in schools?

MPR Reporter Elizabeth Dunbar joined the program for a conversation about how some people struggle to connect the food on their plate to the farm where it was produced.
by Tom Weber

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On infrastructure, now what? Trump's turn away from public-private model brings uncertainty

On infrastructure, now what? Trump's turn away from public-private model brings uncertainty

With private money at a record level and projects ready to go, the president decides the partnerships are "more trouble than they're worth," leaving states to make their own deals with investors and to hope for federal funding.

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Is Gov. Dayton's proposal for clean water by 2025 a pipe dream?

Is Gov. Dayton's proposal for clean water by 2025 a pipe dream?

Over the last three months, Gov. Mark Dayton has held ten town hall style meetings across the state to look at the challenge of improving water quality for all Minnesotans.
by Tom Weber and Jo Erickson

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