All Things Considered and sometimes podcast producer @MPRNews. Former education + @spkcityheights reporter @KPBSNews + @voiceofsandiego. Retweets ≠ endorsements
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Megan Burks retweeted
End-of-week shoutout to my @mprnews colleague @msepic, who pivots from nuanced coverage of Minnesota courts to effortless translation of nuclear physics from one day to the next.
mprnews.org/story/2023/03/16…
St. Paul says it's exploring this route and plans to put out an RFP this year. mprnews.org/story/2023/03/16…
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It's really hard to actually listen to the stories we air when directing the show. Lots of juggling going on to make sure the next part of the show is ready. But my ears always soak hers in. Will miss her storytelling.
A new chapter for @spoggioli1
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Megan Burks retweeted
UPDATE: Minnesota House repasses the bill to provide a no-charge school breakfast and lunch to all students each day. Vote was 71-54.
It's on its way to @GovTimWalz, who says he'll sign the bill soon after he receives it. #mnleg
. @govtimwalz says he hopes to sign the universal school lunch/breakfast bill by Friday if #mnleg can get it to him. He mentions a March 17 deadline for getting a program in place for next school year.
House needs to have one more vote on bill, but it could happen today.
I am really liking the look of the European and American GFS models' temperatures for next week. A string of 40s is likely next week. If we hit 50F at MSP it will be the warmest day in almost 4 months.
#mnwx
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@soonastudios CEO @lizgiorgi says the Silicon Valley Bank collapse story isn't as simple as tech bros losing money. SVB bet on women and BIPOC founders when traditional banks wouldn't. And w/fewer options, they stayed put while others ran. mprnews.org/story/2023/03/14…
Megan Burks retweeted
Good morning! Fog blankets Lake Harriet on Tuesday in Minneapolis. for @MPRnews
Megan Burks retweeted
Despite mounting legal costs, Mille Lacs County plans to appeal ruling in tribal case mprnews.org/story/2023/03/14… via @mprnews @kirstimarohn
“We talk a lot in society about self-care, and so much of that got put back on the frontline workers, like, ‘Make sure you're taking care of yourself while you take of care everybody else.’ I think we have to find a way to take care of the caregivers.” mprnews.org/story/2023/03/13…
Megan Burks retweeted
Only 5 of 574 federally recognized tribes have Freedom of Information laws. How does this support the third pillar of tribal sovereignty?
Read today's #SunshineWeek 2023 guest column on press freedom in Indian Country and Sunshine Week plans by @JodiRave, who is @spj_tweets Freedom of Information Committee Chair & founder and director of the Indigenous Media Freedom Alliance: spj.org/news.asp?REF=2924
Junauda Petrus turned her poem, "Can We Please Give the Police Department to the Grandmothers" into a children's book. It's out in April. You can hear the poem in this 2020 piece I help South High students produce. I loved it so much. 🤗mprnews.org/story/2020/12/28…
Did you know the rise of nonalcoholic beer and hard seltzer isn't coincidental? With demand for NA increasing, brewers are dealcoholizing more beer. And all that extra ethanol has to go somewhere. #TheMoreYouKnow mprnews.org/story/2023/03/01…
In the coming months, at least 100K Minnesotans could lose health insurance through Medicaid, as federal pandemic rules sunset.
Hear the interview with @MinnPost reporter @CallaghanPeter: mprnews.org/story/2023/02/23…
The Twin Cities lost several longtime Asian-owned restaurants last year. @AngelaDavisMPR looked at the legacies they built. Hear the conversation here: mprnews.org/episode/2023/02/…
And tune into ATC tomorrow. We'll talk to Eric Pham, who's continuing the Quang legacy, in his own way.
The pandemic brought Americans outdoors in a big way. Remember sold-out bikes and snowshoes? Patios in the dead of winter? What Duluth nature photographer and author @EdmondsonDudley remembers most from those days is who was getting outside.
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Find the whole Future of Us series here: mprnews.org/shows/all-things…
And keep an eye out for upcoming (and truly delightful) conversations on the future of nursing and the future of comedy.
