| | | Oct. 16, 2019 Lou Bellamy, founder of St. Paul’s Penumbra Theatre, has long championed the role of theater in communities. He joined me in the studio today to talk about his path to theater, picking thought-provoking plays, and the company’s newest production – “Pipeline,” a 2017 drama by Dominique Morisseau about the school-to-prison track. Click here to listen to our conversation. ~ Angela Davis, MPR News host | Updraft blog | Forecast | |
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| Innocence Lost: Rumors, alarms got nowhere | A major part of the Children’s Theatre’s defense hinged on the contention that the staff wasn’t aware at the time that some employees were sexually abusing students.
But former students, parents of students, former employees, investigators and a former Hennepin County attorney disagree. | Part one: A culture of abuse | |
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| Walz launches two-month tour of public works projects | | Gov. Tim Walz will spend the next two months visiting communities that have requested state government help on public construction projects. The tour will help the DFL governor craft a bonding bill proposal that is due in January. House and Senate committees regularly conduct similar tours, but governors typically have not. | |
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| Help us help you — Nov. 5 elections are coming up | | Nov. 5 is Election Day in Minnesota. Much is at stake: four county commissioner elections, 107 school district elections and 30 municipal elections. However, most of these races will receive little to no media coverage. That’s where we come in. Send in your questions or story ideas via this link and we will do our best to find out what you want to know. | |
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