APM Reports

04/27/2026

At least 50 Minnesota group home clients have died since late 2022 under circumstances serious enough to trigger a state maltreatment investigation. But many penalties amounted to fines of $5,000 or less, and most homes kept their licenses. When Ryan Riggs died in the backyard of his group home, the state’s initial fine was just $1,000.

At least 50 Minnesota group home clients have died since late 2022 under circumstances serious enough to trigger a state maltreatment investigation. But many penalties amounted to fines of $5,000 or less, and most homes kept their licenses. When Ryan Riggs died in the backyard of his group home, the...

04/08/2026

A half-century ago, the Indigenous Tsimshian village of Metlakatla, in Southeast Alaska, preserved its reservation when others in Alaska were terminated. Today, the reserve sustains a thriving fishing industry — and the tribe is fighting in court to expand its territory.

03/25/2026

Taxpayer-funded group homes help thousands of Minnesotans with physical or mental disabilities live as independently as possible.

But the industry’s rapid growth in the Twin Cities’ northwestern suburbs has led to problems that leave vulnerable people in danger and local governments struggling with the consequences.

Nowhere is that clearer than in Brooklyn Park, the state’s group home capital.

Taxpayer-funded group homes help thousands of Minnesotans with physical or mental disabilities live as independently as possible. But the industry’s rapid growth in the Twin Cities’ northwestern suburbs has led to problems that leave vulnerable people in danger and local governments struggling w...

02/04/2026

Story by Cait Kelley: https://www.apmreports.org/story/2026/01/17/ice-agents-didnt-use-cpr-after-jonathan-ross-shot-renee-macklin-good-in-minneapolis

Luke and Brent Ganger, whose sister Renee Macklin Good was killed by a federal immigration agent in Minneapolis last month, spoke to members of Congress Tuesday about their sister’s life and their “disbelief, distress and desperation for change” following her death.

“The completely surreal scenes taking place on the streets of Minneapolis are beyond explanation,” Luke Ganger said. “This is not just a bad day or a rough week or isolated incidents. These encounters with federal agents are changing the community and changing many lives, including ours, forever.”

An analysis of verified bystander videos, 911 calls, fire department records and dispatch logs conducted by MPR News and APM Reports raises questions about whether federal agents did enough to try to save Macklin Good after ICE officer Jonathan Ross shot her.

After what appeared to be a brief medical assessment, ICE agents chose not to perform CPR and left Macklin Good bleeding and alone in the car for almost three minutes. They also turned away a man identifying himself as a physician who offered to help. A fire department report showed Macklin Good still had a pulse more than seven minutes after she was shot.

Doctors and paramedics in Minnesota told MPR News that ICE agents didn’t follow appropriate medical protocols and Macklin Good deserved better care.

08/29/2025

The Trump administration tried to kill the largest reading experiment ever funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s research arm — just months before the yearslong study was complete. The administration agreed to finish the research only after it was sued.

08/27/2025

The National Assessment of Educational Progress is one of the few federal education initiatives that the Trump Administration has vowed to preserve. But the administration has slashed the staff responsible for keeping the series of tests up to date. And the board overseeing the assessment has elimin...

08/26/2025

08/26/2025

In 2017, the Tubbs Fire in Santa Rosa, California, exposed a new threat to public health: Wildfires can contaminate drinking water with toxic chemicals that federally mandated testing is not designed to catch.

Into that regulatory void has stepped Andrew Whelton, an engineering professor at Purdue University who has made it his personal mission to help water utilities recover after devastating fires.

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In 2017, the Tubbs Fire in Santa Rosa, California, exposed a new threat to public health: Wildfires can contaminate drinking water with toxic chemicals which federally mandated testing is not designed to catch. Into that regulatory void has stepped Andrew Whelton, an engineering professor at Purdue....

08/25/2025

For decades, the federal government has surveyed high school students — and repeatedly followed up with them as adults. The goal was to gather data on their educational choices and careers so researchers could draw connections between them. Trump put an end to that effort as part of his quest to d...

08/21/2025

𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗘𝗣𝗜𝗦𝗢𝗗𝗘 14: The Cuts

Education research is at a turning point in the United States. The Trump administration is slashing government funding for science and dismantling the Department of Education. We look at what the cuts mean for the science of reading — and the effort to get that science into schools.

Listen now: https://www.apmreports.org/episode/2025/08/21/sold-a-story-e14-the-cuts

08/18/2025

Synthetic opioids such as fentanyl have accelerated overdoses for Black men ages 55 to 74, who have suffered disproportionately for decades.

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Synthetic opioids such as fentanyl have accelerated overdoses for Black men ages 55 to 74, who have suffered disproportionately for decades. One Ramsey County nonprofit is working to fill the gap.