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Jazz is a genre of music that’s been struggling in recent years, but musicians in Minnesota are working hard to keep it alive. A local group is using funds from the Legacy Amendment to monthly jazz concerts in St. Paul with some of the genre’s top artists from around the world. As producer Sam Radwany reports, the concerts are offering rare opportunities for jazz fans and musicians alike. [Read Transcript...]
A program launched by the armed services identified promising young men and sent them to college for specialized training for the war. Minnesotans Bernie Lieder and Sherman Garon were two student soldiers who the Army sent to college. But urgent manpower needs ended the wartime higher education program. [Read Transcript...]
Saint Paul teachers demanded better pay, better working conditions and smaller class sizes when they walked off the job in 1946. It was the first organized teacher's strikes in the nation. Produced for Ampers by Allison Herrera. [Read Transcript...]
Graduation rates are up for Native students across Minnesota, Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College gets NASA money, the Boise Forte Band is close to finishing their latest renewable energy project and there’s new gaming on the horizon at Leech Lake. . [Read Transcript...]
