Asking folks their thoughts on the future of #GeorgeFloydSquare brought home the fact that it continues to be a space beyond just the physical, but one of resistance and healing. How do people move forward without moving on? My story airs tonight on Almanac and on PBS in MN

Tonight on Almanac at 7 p.m.: - David Schultz, Hamline University, on the Trump administration’s ongoing court battles and other D.C. news - Professor Ana Pottratz Acosta, Mitchell Hamline School of Law, on the Trump administration’s warnings to MN about immigration law - Kaomi Lee visits George Floyd

My story on George Floyd Square - five years later - and how the space continues to be a place of resistance to racial injustice: tpt.org/almanac/video/…

It’s been five years since the murder of George Floyd by a former Minneapolis police officer at the intersection of 38th and Chicago. The area, now called George Floyd Square, has become a place of memorial and activism. Reporter Kaomi Lee spent time there last week to learn what’s

Nice to see Kyeland Jackson on Almanac !!

This story from Mary Lahammer seems especially relevant now looking back at an early breakout moment in the career of Melissa Hortman. We will be focusing more on the enduring legacy of Speaker Emerita Hortman this Friday evening on Almanac.

In this story from last year, then Speaker Melissa Hortman provided perspective with Mary Lahammer on Governor Walz’s working relationship with women as he was running with the first female presidential candidate. We will be focusing more on the enduring legacy of Speaker Emerita

In this 2019 “Ten Questions” segment, viewers were given a glimpse of the newly elected House Speaker Melissa Hortman. We will be focusing more on the enduring legacy of Speaker Emerita Hortman this Friday evening on Almanac.

In November 2018, Democrats won control of the Minnesota House. Then Speaker-Designate Melissa Hortman shared her insights with us during election week as she prepared for her new role. We will be focusing more on the enduring legacy of Speaker Emerita Hortman this Friday evening

Won 3rd place for TV sports feature from the MN SPJ! So honored to win in a category that I don't normally cover. Fun night among who's who among top journalists in the state Almanac Twin Cities PBS

White Earth Nation became the first MN Tribe to open a cannabis dispensary off the reservation. Next month, a second one in St. Cloud is set to open. They're possible because of a nation-leading state compact: tpt.org/almanac/video/… Almanac

It's been a month since the White Earth Nation became the first Minnesota Tribe to open a cannabis enterprise outside the reservation. Its enterprise, Waabigwan Mashkiki, which means flower medicine, is now open in Moorhead. The expansion is a result of a state compact that

Sharing one of our most-watched stories from the past year! Last winter, Kaomi Lee visited Warroad in Roseau County and the Gunflint Trail in Cook County to explore two unique frozen waterway ice skating trails — a cool look back during these hot summer days.

After a bunch of travel in Minnesota, the first up is a story about a #Rochester non-profit that helps immigrant and New American farmers gain access to land. The Village Agricultural Cooperative has 250 farmers who are growing heritage foods that fill a void. Almanac

Even as immigrants and New Minnesotans face increased scrutiny by the Trump Administration, they are quietly growing vegetables and other hand crops to support their families and continue heritage traditions. The Village Agricultural Cooperative in Rochester is assisting about

Tonight on Almanac I'll travel to Grand Portage to learn more about #Tribal vet clinics and lack of services available on reservations and in rural Minnesota.

Tonight on Almanac at 7 p.m.: - St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter provides an update on the recent cyberattack on the city of St. Paul - Professors Cindy Rugeley, UMN Duluth and Larry Jacobs, University of Minnesota, on the latest Trump administration developments - Larry Fitzgerald Sr. on the Twins trading away

I went to Grand Portage to find out more about #tribal vet clinics and the scarcity of veterinary services in rural Minnesota: tpt.org/almanac/video/…

Eighty-five dogs and cats were spayed or neutered for free by Minnesota Spay Neuter Assistance Program at the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa reservation recently, along with administering more than 200 preventative vaccines. It was part of a week-long tribal vet

Watch Almanac tonight for an 8-minute story on #Rochester's growth with the state's largest public-private partnership Destination Medical Center to support Mayo Clinic. Fridays, at 7 pm on all MN-based PBS stations. #publicmedia #supportpublicmedia