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Laura McCallum

Laura McCallum

Editor
Minnesota Public Radio
lmccallum@mpr.org

Laura McCallum is the Deputy News Director for MPR News. She is a former reporter who covered education and politics, serving as MPR's Capitol Bureau Chief for six years. McCallum joined Minnesota Public Radio in 1993, starting at MPR's birthplace in Collegeville before moving to the St. Paul newsroom in 1997. She has won numerous state, regional and national writing and reporting awards. Prior to MPR, McCallum worked for three public radio stations in North Dakota and also did television and print reporting. McCallum is a past president of Capitolbeat, the Association of Capitol Reporters and Editors, a national journalism organization dedicated to improving statehouse coverage around the country. She also served as president of the Northwest Broadcast News Association, a regional news organization representing six states. McCallum, a native of Bismarck, North Dakota, graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from the University of North Dakota.

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Edgars Inde: 1988 case was previous discovery of Nazi in Minn.

The news that a man alleged to be a former Nazi SS commander has been living in Minnesota for decades is not the first time that someone residing here has been accused of crimes during World War II. (06/14/2013)
Lucinda Jesson, Mark Dayton

Will Minn. apply for waiver to nation's welfare law?

Lawmakers on a Republican-led subcommittee in the U.S. House met Thursday to discuss President Barack Obama's offer to give states the ability to receive waivers from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, or TANF, program. (The Daily Circuit, 02/28/2013)

Prairie Seeds Academy disqualifed from soccer tourney

The Prairie Seeds Academy will not be allowed to compete in a state soccer tournament, a judge ruled today. (10/26/2012)

Deep roots of the marriage debate

Minnesotans are involved in a passionate debate about marriage this election season. The two sides began squaring off more than 40 years ago. The Deep Roots of the Marriage Debate draws from MPR's extensive audio archive to explore the origins of this election day showdown over same-sex marriage. (10/25/2012)

Same-sex marriage opponents debut first TV ads

The group promoting a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage in Minnesota is debuting its first two TV ads of a heated campaign. (10/01/2012)

Poll: Voter ID, marriage amendments poised to pass

A new poll shows if the election were held today, constitutional amendments on marriage and voter ID would likely pass. (09/11/2012)

Dayton vetoes GOP-backed tax bill

Gov. Mark Dayton has vetoed a package of business tax breaks, including a freeze on statewide property taxes for businesses. (05/04/2012)

Timothy Bakdash convicted of second degree murder of student

A jury has convicted a Roseville man of second-degree murder in the hit-and-run death of a University of Minnesota student. (03/06/2012)

Medical examiner IDs MN woman found dead in hot tub

The Hennepin County medical examiner says a Nisswa woman drowned in a hot tub outside a Plymouth home over the weekend. (02/27/2012)

Judge dismisses OccupyMN lawsuit against Hennepin County

A district judge has dismissed Occupy Minnesota's lawsuit against Hennepin County. (12/23/2011)

Suit alleges city illegally inflated home values

A new lawsuit alleges the city of Minneapolis illegally inflated home reassessments in some lower income neighborhoods but the city of Minneapolis stands by its tax assessment system. (11/19/2010)

Community program sprouts new playground in Mpls' North Loop

Volunteers braved the rainy, windy weather Tuesday to finish building the first playground located on parkland along the Mississippi River in Minneapolis. (10/27/2010)

Pawlenty, Republicans meet with DFL on health care solution for poor

Gov. Pawlenty and Republican legislative leaders say they have a proposal to break the impasse over how to provide health insurance for the poor. (03/03/2010)

Man suspected in aiding missing Somalis back in court

A pretrial motions hearing is scheduled tuesday for a Somali man who has pleaded not guilty to lying to the FBI. (01/12/2010)

Aide fired after abusing patients in outstate nursing home

Investigators from the Minnesota Department of Health say an aide emotionally and physically abused two residents at a West-Central Minnesota nursing home earlier this summer. (09/18/2009)