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🌡️Already 80F at MSP in the noon hour.
I'm still forecasting a record high of 85 degrees today.
Record is 83 set way back in 1931.
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Starting last fall, Minnesota became first state in the country to help cover full cost of attendance at in-state colleges. In total, the grant program has awarded over $2 million to more than 450 fosters so far.
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College is a significant cost for anyone, but especially for those who have been in foster care. For students like Travis Matthews, the cost was $40,000 in student loan debt.
But Minnesota is helping him pay for college with a new grant program.
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Will be on air soon with @CathyWurzer for Minnesota Now to talk about my story on a new state grant program helping students who have been in foster care pay for college. Tune in 91.1!
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All the films! Here's a MSPIFF guide for you. You can hear Jacob and Alex talk about some of their faves tomorrow on Minnesota Now @mprnews mprnews.org/story/2023/04/12…
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Great chat with @douamoua for @MPRnews about his film "The Harvest" and the 11 years it took to get a Hmong American production made. Also siracha mayo. Minnesota premiere at @mspfilmsociety fest this weekend.
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Every year, the Librarian of Congress announces 25 sound recordings to be preserved for posterity. Picks for 2023 include music by Queen Latifah, Daddy Yankee, John Lennon, Mariah Carey and more.
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A judge said Fox lawyers previously "represented to him more than once" that Murdoch was not an officer for the cable network. Such information "could have" led him to make different rulings, he said.
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Record warmth and gusty winds Wednesday will create potentially critical fire conditions in southern Minn. Highs will be well into the 80s south to just around 50 in far northwestern Minn. Showers develop Thursday northwest and spread east by Friday night.
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The Navy has renamed the USS Chancelorsville, a name honoring a Confederate victory, to the USS Robert Smalls, after an enslaved man who escaped the south by stealing a Confederate steamship.
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Mark Scheifele scored his 42nd goal, Connor Hellebuyck made 33 saves and the Winnipeg Jets clinched the last spot in the Western Conference playoffs with a 3-1 win over the Minnesota Wild.
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It feels good to talk to someone who can relate to what you’re going thru. Wednesday at 9 @MPRnews, I’ll talk to @NAMIMinnesota & @mentalhealthmn about the way peer support groups are helping people struggling w/ mental health challenges. 📞 651-227-6000. mprnews.org/episode/2023/04/…
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"It’s the first of its kind in the nation to use state funds to pay for full cost of attendance at college for people who have been in foster care, according to Foster Advocates." mprnews.org/story/2023/04/12…
LeBron James had 30 points and 10 rebounds, and the Los Angeles Lakers claimed the seventh spot in the Western Conference playoffs with a grueling 108-102 overtime victory over the short-handed Minnesota Timberwolves in the NBA’s play-in tournament.
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