How the ban on mining near the BWCAW was reversed
A vote in late April opened the Boundary Waters watershed to copper nickel mining – again. Two reporters describe the family behind the mining proposal, how they worked with lawmakers to reverse a fed...
8 Maj 35min
Why did Bushel Boy tomatoes mysteriously disappear?
For decades, Bushel Boy tomatoes were everywhere. A homegrown success story delivering fresh, greenhouse-grown beefsteaks across Minnesota. Then, overnight, they vanished. Our reporters dig into what ...
1 Maj 25min
The Threats Against Minnesotans in Public Office
Threats against elected officials are on the rise but the full number and nature of those threats has been difficult to know. Three reporters spent six months tracking down the real threats Minnesota ...
24 Apr 26min
Stories from the critic who knew the Purple One best
Minnesota Star Tribune music critic Jon Bream knew Prince before the world did -- before the first record, before he became an icon. Their decades-long relationship had its share of highs and lows (in...
17 Apr 39min
The Minnesota Legislature’s plan to tackle fraud this session - part 3
Rage bait videos and stories online catch a lot of attention. But the real solutions to dealing with fraud in Minnesota are less sensational and more practical. Our reporters run down the real problem...
3 Apr 22min
Did Operation Metro Surge root out Medicaid fraud in Minn? part 2
We ended 2025 with a set of very serious fraud charges involving millions of dollars that were supposed to go to services that are a lifeline for some Minnesotans. And then Operation Metro surge happ...
27 Mars 29min
Fact v. Fiction: What’s the real story with fraud in Minn. part 1
Real fraud, allegations of fraud and political rage bait are creating tons of headlines and lots of chaos but not much sense. To parse it out and get to what’s really going on – we go back to 2018 whe...
20 Mars 24min
We’re cooking up something big - back next week
We don’t have a new episode for you this week because we are working on a deep dive mini-series unraveling the fraud scandals in Minnesota. We’ll tell the full story going back a decade and parse out...
13 Mars 55s
