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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

Rest easy Minnesotans, your recyclables are not going to the landfill

Rest easy Minnesotans, your recyclables are not going to the landfill

Recycling plants across the country are turning to landfills because their products are no longer accepted by China. Minnesota and other states have regulations that prevent recyclables from going to the landfill.
by Tom Weber and Jo Erickson

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How the DACA debate affects Minnesotans

How the DACA debate affects Minnesotans

Immigration officials in Washington said they would resume taking applications for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program over the weekend, despite the program's uncertain future.
by Tom Weber

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News organizations face dilemma in covering President Trump's reported profanity

News organizations face dilemma in covering President Trump's reported profanity

MPR host Tom Weber talked to Jane Kirtley, Professor of Media Ethics and Law at the University of Minnesota, about the dilemma news organizations face to accurately report President Trump's alleged description of Haiti and African countries.
by Tom Weber and Jo Erickson

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How do prosecutors decide whether to charge police in fatal shootings?

How do prosecutors decide whether to charge police in fatal shootings?

Ramsey County Attorney John Choi joined MPR's Tom Weber in the studio to talk about how prosecutors make decisions and some of the pressures and decisions Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman may be facing in the shooting of Justine Ruszczyk.
by Tom Weber

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'A lot of pain': Somalis allege abuse by immigration detention guards

Immigration lawyers have filed a complaint against a Florida detention center, alleging guards pepper-sprayed, shackled and used excessive force on Somali detainees and called them racial slurs, including the N-word.
by Mukhtar M. Ibrahim

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