Reformer Radio
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Reformer Radio
Reformer Radio goes deep with people at the center of important stories from around our state. We bring you context and analysis to explain not just what happened, but why it happened, who is responsible, and what it means for Minnesota.
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The Watchdog
Jim Nobles spent nearly four decades uncovering fraud, waste and malpractice in Minnesota state government as the nonpartisan Legislative Auditor.
How Mary Moriarty would prosecute
Mary Moriarty spent her entire career trying to keep people out of prison as a public defender.
After being ousted as Hennepin County’s...
140 years of redistricting failure
The Minnesota Legislature hasn’t successfully redrawn legislative and congressional districts on time without intervention by the courts in 140 years....
The loss of leadership at MNGOP
The Minnesota Republican Party needs a new leader. But it’s a job few people want.
The federal indictment of a major Minnesota GOP donor...
The hardest job
Minnesota can’t fill thousands of job vacancies for home care workers — the people who help the state’s disabled and growing elderly population bathe,...
The wild politics of the zombie deer disease
Since chronic wasting disease was first found in wild deer in Minnesota in 2010, it’s shown up in more deer and in more places across the state. Preve...
Finding recovery (abstinence not required)
When Tiffany Irvin lost her five children to child protective services, she was at the height of her addiction to opioids. It took her two years to ge...
The rise and fall of the country’s fifth charter school
It was once called a “beat the odds” school. It achieved higher math scores than any other school with such a high percentage of students in poverty i...
Where the economy goes from here
The COVID-19 pandemic erased hundreds of thousands of jobs in Minnesota and only about 65% have returned. But there’s also a bright side: Low-wage wor...
A freshman Republican on the future of the GOP
Republicans haven’t won a statewide race in Minnesota in 15 years. Now, as they look to the midterms, they must confront the lasting influence of Trum...
The race to stop Line 3 before it’s finished
For six years, environmentalists and Native tribes have been trying to stop the Canadian company Enbridge from building a new oil pipeline through nor...
Homeownership is declining in the Twin Cities
High demand and record-low supply are pushing housing prices to new heights in the Twin Cities. And developers aren’t building enough homes that most...
Who is Operation Safety Now?
Facing an existential threat to his department, Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo found support among a group of vocal, concerned citizens. A...
Marathon vs. the Teamsters
127 days ago the Teamsters Local 120 called a strike at the Marathon oil refinery in St. Paul Park alleging unsafe working conditions and unfair labor...
Rep. Betty McCollum on U.S. aid to Israel
U.S. Representative Betty McCollum is a fierce and longtime critic of Israel’s military occupation and human rights abuses. It was once a lonely and p...
The chaotic and unproductive 2021 session
It was supposed to be one of the most consequential legislative sessions in nearly a decade.
But after debating tax hikes, police reform...
Sammy's survival year
Sammy McDowell didn't set out to create anything more than a restaurant. But Sammy's Avenue Eatery has become ‘the Cheers bar’ for people of all walks...
Gov. Tim Walz on police and protest
Gov. Tim Walz has promised more police reform after Daunte Wright was killed, but he'll have to beg and barter to get it through a divided Legislature...
Introducing Reformer Radio
Each week, Reformer Radio goes deep with people at the center of important stories from around our state. We bring you context and analysis to explain...