The chicks are back; Chef Tammy Wong teams up with MIA
We are stuck in a cloudy, showery pattern with temperatures cooling back down this weekend. Scattered showers will persist on and off Friday with highs in the 50s. Get the latest on Updraft.
🎧 Coming up at noon Friday, MPR News host Mike Mulcahy talks to Rep. Frank Hornstein, DFL-Minneapolis, chair of the Transportation Finance and Policy committee in the House, and Rep. John Petersburg, R-Waseca, the committee’s lead Republican, about transportation spending.
The state is set to get a billion-dollar boost for a total of nearly $9 billion over the next two years. While some of that money comes from the budget surplus, there are plans to find new sources of ongoing funding for roads, bridges and transit.
Later in the program, the latest development on the marijuana bill that just passed the House and if there’s a future for legalize recreational cannabis in Minnesota. And political reporters will recap the biggest stories from the Capitol this week. Tune in on the radio, listen online or subscribe to the Politics Friday podcast. | |
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| | Backyard chickens are having their moment in the spotlight |
Audrey Matson, owner of Egg|Plant said more people are finding that raising chickens creates a sustainable cycle of composting for gardens and eliminating food waste. Her business is already taking orders for the next month, and into the summer. As more people are finding a way to get their eggs directly from the source— in their own backyards.
“Think a lot of people have become a lot more aware of chickens as a pet,” Matson said. “But, also as a pet that really has benefits that go beyond just having the eggs.” | |
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Minnesota Public Radio and the Star Tribune are taking Talking Volumes on the road with two special events in Greater Minnesota this May. These special Talking Volumes pop-up events will be hosted by award-winning journalist Kerri Miller. Join us on May 6 at the Mayo Civic Center in Rochester as Kerri sits down with author and illustrator of the "CatStronauts" series and "Waffles and Pancake" series, Drew Brockington.
Get tickets today! We will head north to Duluth for our second spring Talking Volumes event where Kerri will interview William Kent Krueger at Mitchell Auditorium at the College of St. Scholastica on May 18.
Get tickets today!
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