July 16, 2015 - All Things Considered’s Tom Crann talks with Jack Baker and Michael McConnell, who made history in 1970 when they walked into the Hennepin County Courthouse and became the first same-sex couple in the country to apply for a marriage license.
July 23, 2015 - MPR’s Dan Gunderson investigates railroad bridge safety concerns in Minnesota. More than 330 railroad bridges pass over freeways, highways, and streets in Minnesota. Last year state and local inspectors determined that one in five of those was structurally deficient.
October 1, 2015 - MPR’s Tom Weber interviews retiring Supreme Court Justice Alan Page. Discussion includes his childhood interest of law and football as a child.
January 22, 2016 - MPR’s Brian Bakst details the appointment of Margaret Chutich to the Minnesota Supreme Court. Chutich is the first openly gay justice on court.
May 18, 2016 - As part of MPR's “Trouble in the Water” series, MPR’s Clay Masters reports on Des Moines Water Works lawsuit over cleanup of farm runoff…a battle with farmers about who’s responsible for paying for it.
November 20, 2016 - MPR’s Lorna Benson reports on a Ramsey County court ruling that Minnesota's refusal to cover transition-related surgeries violates the state constitution. State lawmakers enacted the ban in 2005, selling it as a cost-saving measure, and it only applied to people receiving state Medical Assistance and MinnesotaCare benefits.
December 22, 2016 - MPR’s Laura Yuen profiles Guled Omar, a young man convicted of conspiring to kill people abroad for the Islamic State in Syria. As former leader of nine young Twin Cities men, Omar received 35 years in prison. Yuen talks with Omar in his first interview since arrest.
March 12, 2017 - MPR’s Laura Yuen talks with athlete Christina Ginther on why she is suing the Minnesota Vixen over discrimination against her for being transgender.
May 25, 2017 - MPR presents 74 Seconds: The Traffic Stop, a step by step through a fatal traffic stop, which went from flashing lights to firing shots in just 74 seconds.
June 14, 2017 - MPR’s Matt Sepic reports on struggle some mobile home park tenants face in getting a state law required storm shelter on park grounds. Segment includes interviews with tenants, landlord, advocacy group member, and government official.