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Brandt Williams

Reporter
Minnesota Public Radio
bwilliams@mpr.org

Brandt Williams is a reporter with Minnesota Public Radio's Urban Affairs Unit. At MPR, Brandt has extensively covered issues which concern race and justice, including racial profiling. Before coming to MPR in 2000, Brandt was the executive editor of Insight News, the state's largest African American-owned newspaper. He was with Insight for eight years. Brandt grew up in Minneapolis and graduated from the University of Minnesota with a degree in Speech Communications in 1991. He is married and lives in north Minneapolis.

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Minn. Toyota dealerships begin recall repairs

Minnesota Toyota dealerships have begun fixing gas pedals in cars subject to a massive recall, and one dealer says so far, customers understand the situation. (02/05/2010)

Mpls to pay $350K in suit involving female firefighter

The City of Minneapolis will pay a $350,000 judgment over an employment dispute involving a female firefighter. (01/29/2010)

Solar panels to be installed on Mpls convention center roof

The Minneapolis City Council approved a proposal Friday to install solar panels on the roof of the city's convention center. (01/29/2010)

Minneapolis joins lawsuit over unallotment

Minneapolis will join the city of St. Paul and others to support a lawsuit challenging the governor's budget cuts. (01/29/2010)

In Minneapolis, why the jump in homicides?

Seven men have been killed in Minneapolis so far this year, and city residents and police officials are at a loss to explain why -- especially since last year, the city saw a historic drop in homicide. (01/27/2010)

Study: More poor living in U.S. suburbs than in cities

According to a new study released Wednesday by the Brookings Institution, there are more poor people living in U.S. suburbs than there are in central cities. (01/20/2010)

Minneapolis leaders sworn in, face budget problems

Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak and the 13-member City Council were sworn in Monday at City Hall, while being warned that the city's financial woes are likely to continue. (01/04/2010)

Twins get the keys to Target Field

The Minnesota Twins officially begin operating out of Target Field in downtown Minneapolis on Monday. (01/04/2010)

Twin Cities mayors to be inaugurated

The mayors of Minnesota's two largest cities will be inaugurated Monday during two separate ceremonies. (01/04/2010)

Gym using judo to help kids tackle larger issues

In the sport of judo, contestants try to flip, fling or wrestle each other to the ground and keep them there; and in north Minneapolis, some neighborhood residents are using judo to help them tackle some larger problems. (12/30/2009)

Mpls. homicides down 50 percent from last year

The number of homicides in Minneapolis is down sharply this year, a trend showing up in large cities nationwide. (12/30/2009)

Local Hmong leaders concerned about refugees in Thailand

Members of the Twin Cities Hmong community say they fear for the safety of refugees living in camps along the border of Thailand and Laos. In the past few days, the Thai government sent in troops to move several thousand refugees into Laos -- a country many of them fled. (12/28/2009)