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Toni Randolph

Toni Randolph

Reporter
Minnesota Public Radio
trandolph@mpr.org

Toni Randolph is an award-winning journalist who has been with Minnesota Public Radio since 2003. She's a general assignment reporter who writes about a number of topics, including homelessness and immigration. Randolph is also a newscaster and host at MPR. Before moving to Minnesota, Randolph worked at WBUR-FM in Boston for more than seven years. She covered Massachusetts politics, airport security and the clergy sex abuse scandal. Randolph began her public broadcasting career as news director at one of her hometown public radio stations in Buffalo, NY, shortly after earning her M.S. from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism.

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Superintendent sues Christian Brothers over alleged abuse

A Minnesota school superintendent has filed a fraud suit against a religious order in the Roman Catholic Church, known as the Christian Brothers of the Midwest. (11/16/2009)
Snowbird Ray McGee

Transplanted Minnesotans may jeopardize 8th congressional seat

Retiree Ray McGee won't be at his St. Paul home when Census forms are mailed out next year, he'll be staying at his winter home in California. Minnesota officials are concerned about where these "snowbirds" will be counted--one of Minnesota's congressional seats depends on population numbers. (10/19/2009)

118 dogs adopted from Humane Society over weekend

The Animal Humane Society says people adopted 118 dogs over the weekend in the greater Twin Cities area, more than twice as many dogs than were adopted during the previous weekend. (09/28/2009)

Xcel working to fix outages caused by high winds

Xcel Energy is still working to restore power to all of its customers who had outages because of high winds during the last 24 hours. (09/28/2009)

EPA agrees with Great Lakes cleanup report

The Environmental Protection Agency says it agrees with an internal watchdog report saying the pace of cleaning up the Great Lakes needs to be accelerated. (09/16/2009)

McCollum listens to concerned crowd at health care forum

Fourth District DFL Rep. Betty McCollum's health care forum drew an overflow crowd last night, but it was a cooled-down version of other, more contentious, similar events. (09/01/2009)

Gang Strike Force report may prompt seizure law changes

State lawmakers are considering changing seizure laws after two reports found wrongdoing by some members of the now-defunct Metro Gang Strike Force. (08/27/2009)

Lutherans pass measure on gay clergy

Leaders of the country's largest Lutheran denomination have decided to allow gay men and lesbian pastors in committed relationship to lead individual congregations. (08/21/2009)

ELCA delegates make last stand against gay clergy

Opponents made a last stand today against a proposal to allow sexually active gays and lesbians in committed relationships to serve as clergy in the nation's largest Lutheran denomination. (08/21/2009)

Lawmakers meet on proposed commuter rail from Mpls. to Willmar

Two state lawmakers are holding a meeting this afternoon in Wayzata on a proposed west metro commuter rail line. The proposed line would run from Minneapolis to west-central Minnesota. (07/28/2009)

St. Paul police shoot, wound teenage robbery suspect

Saint Paul police say an officer shot a 14-year-old boy during an apparent burglary late last night. (07/28/2009)

Dry summer leads to fewer mosquitoes

Minnesota's dry summer has meant fewer mosquitoes so far this year. (07/27/2009)

Temporary gang strike force begins operation next week

The new temporary strike force targeting gang activity in the Twin Cities will be up and running starting next Monday, July 13. (07/07/2009)

Hospitals, lawmakers discuss impact of health program's demise

Hospitals are trying to determine how they'll close the gap when the state's low-income health care program is eliminated. (06/30/2009)

New life challenging for some, rewarding for other Hmong immigrants

The latest wave of Hmong refugees to the Twin Cities began five years ago this week. Since then about 5,000 new Hmong residents have made their homes here. (06/22/2009)