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In Minnesota, a proposed bill would ban cellphone use in classrooms in grades K-8 while regulating it in 9-12. In this segment, Jamad Jama interviews Senator Alice Mann, alongside a middle school student, and a teacher to take a look into varying perspectives and how this legislation could affect students' learning, performance, and daily lives. [Read Transcript...]
Minnesota is requiring its citizens to carry what is known as a REAL ID. This is a federal document that will allow you to travel by air domestically and visit federal facilities. However, this new requirement may cause a burden to those who are already facing challenges. [Read Transcript...]
Glencoe is one step closer to getting an artificial intelligence data banking center, a bipartisan education bill wants to send legislators back to school for 12 hours each term, and the Mayo Clinic will build a 2.8-mile rapid transit link to connect their campuses in Rochester. [Read Transcript...]
Four hundred homes in rural Minnesota will soon be getting high-speed internet for the first time. Eveleth is fighting to keep the US Hockey Hall of Fame against efforts by the Minnesota Wild and some Twin Cities legislators to relocate it to St. Paul. And, state health officials warn Minnesotans to take extra precautions after dead geese found in Austin. [Read Transcript...]
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