Megan Burks
Producer at Minnesota Public Radio (St. Paul, MN)
All Things Considered and sometimes podcast producer @MPRNews. Former education + @spkcityheights reporter @KPBSNews + @voiceofsandiego. Retweets ≠ endorsements
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1 week ago |
mankatofreepress.com | Megan Burks
A bill that would claw back $1.1 billion already allocated for public media now goes to the Senate for a vote, after passing the House Thursday. Unlike an earlier executive order that targeted public dollars spent on NPR and PBS, this bill would rescind funds from local public media stations, too.
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2 weeks ago |
mprnews.org | Megan Burks
Create an account or log in to save stories. Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories. A bill that would claw back $1.1 billion already allocated for public media now goes to the Senate for a vote, after passing the House Thursday. Unlike an earlier executive order that targeted public dollars spent on NPR and PBS, this bill would rescind funds from local public media stations, too.
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2 months ago |
mprnews.org | Megan Burks
The Hennepin County Medical Examiner has confirmed the pilot who died when his plane crashed into a Brooklyn Park home over the weekend was U.S. Bank executive Terry Dolan. Bank officials had said Sunday that they believed Dolan was on the plane but could not officially confirm his death. There were no other fatalities, and the cause of the crash is still under investigation.
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Feb 28, 2025 |
mprnews.org | Heidi Raschke |Cathy Wurzer |Megan Burks
Create an account or log in to save stories. Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories. Minneapolis-based Alight is in the business of keeping severely malnourished children in Somalia, Sudan and South Sudan alive. That work is in jeopardy after the Trump administration canceled three contracts as part of a sweeping effort to dismantle international aid programs that fall outside the President’s “America First” agenda.
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Jan 23, 2025 |
mprnews.org | Cathy Wurzer |Megan Burks
A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order redefining birthright citizenship two days after Minnesota joined 21 other states in a lawsuit to challenge it. This was the first in what’s likely to be a flurry of lawsuits from Democratic Attorneys General as they implement a plan that began taking shape long before Americans elected Trump.
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St. Paul says it's exploring this route and plans to put out an RFP this year. https://t.co/5WrQ5pVTlj
