February 2, 2015 - President Obama has signed the The Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for American Veterans Act into law. All Things Considered’s Tom Crann speaks with U.S. Representative Tim Walz, who was present at the signing ceremony. Walz sponsored the act in the House.
June 17, 2015 - Garrison Keillor, the host of A Prairie Home Companion, suggests 16 things that would improve the country while speaking at the National Press Club.
August 24, 2015 - On this segment of MPR News with Tom Weber, a conversation with U.S. Representative Tim Walz regarding the efforts and challenges of enacted VA reform bill, debt limit expiration, and possible Iran nuclear deal.
August 28, 2015 - MPR’s Cathy Wurzer and TPT's Eric Eskola co-host "Almanac" live at the MPR State Fair booth. Tom Scheck talks politics, Mark Seeley talks weather, Kevin Kling tells a Minnesota State Fair story, and Duluth musician Charlie Parr performs. There's presidential politics with professors Larry Jacobs, David Schultz and Kathryn Pearson; plus music and a baby lamb.
October 27, 2015 - MPR’s Tim Pugmire reports on the disparity of people of color in state legislature. When Peggy Flanagan, executive director of the Children's Defense Fund-Minnesota wins election to the Minnesota House, she'll join an exclusive club. A member of the White Earth Band of Ojibwe, Flanagan will become one of only a handful of legislators of color at the Capitol.
December 4, 2015 - All Things Considered presents an MPR Special Report on the shooting of Jamar Clark in Minneapolis. Segment includes a chronology of shooting, history of Minneapolis police shootings, community reaction, and the many questions that have followed in Clark’s death.
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.
April 18, 2016 - As part of MPR News series “Minnesota's Opioid Epidemic,” MPR’s Jon Collins talks with Dave Baker, Minnesota state representative (R-Willmar), about the addiction and overdose death of his son, Dan Baker.
April 19, 2016 - As part of MPR News series “Minnesota's Opioid Epidemic,” MPR’s Jon Collins profiles Lexi Reed Holtum and her legislative efforts against opioid epidemic after the death of her fiance, Steve Rummler. The two were engaged when Rummler died from a heroin overdose of in 2011.
April 21, 2016 - MPR’s Tom Weber talks with Minority Leader in the House Representative Erin Murphy, a representative of St. Paul; and Peggy Flanagan, representative of St. Louis Park. The two legislators discuss how members of the DFL party are critiquing how well candidates of color have, or haven't, found success in gaining their party's endorsement at local conventions.