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Minnesota Public Radio News seeks your help in exploring how Medicare recipients rate their service.
Marketplace is following the evolving housing market, and wants to hear about your experience as a mortgage holder or a home buyer.
Marketplace is exploring the role the recession is playing in Americans' abilities to relocate or to stay in the community where they've been living. Have you wanted to move but couldn't? Wanted to stay but had to go?
With the recent layoffs at Intermedia Arts and Heart of the Beast, it's clear the arts scene is feeling the effects of the economic downturn. How else is the recession affecting arts groups and artists in Minnesota? And how are you coping?
Minnesota Public Radio News seeks your help in exploring how the terms of credit cards are changing, and how they might be changing your family/business finances.
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Mort's Imports owner Morton McArthur tells Kai Ryssdal he remains optimistic that his used car dealership will be able to survive the economic downturn.
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Tim Eavenson thinks he'll be OK if he never retires, and he will happily exchange retirement funds for other benefits.
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Sarah and Brian Epstein are in good financial shape, but having money in this financial climate doesn't mean the Epsteins are free of worries.
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How do people pay for health care in tough economic times? By raiding home equity, charging up credit cards, and not paying other bills, say sources in the Public Insight Network.
Sara Hubner discusses her attraction to online shopping and, in doing so, explains why Amazon.com is prospering.
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Several Public Insight Network sources say they are saving money by canceling magazine subscriptions and shunning bookstores – anecdotes that explain an increase in traffic at public libraries.
Public Insight Network source Tamara Uselman, a superintendent, explains the financial struggles of small school districts.
Winter bike commuting
Joshua Houdek bike commutes two miles from South Minneapolis to his work every day. He takes us through putting on his gear, prepping his equipment, and making the decision to ride even on a -5 degree day.
More: Bike commuting is up, even with lower gas prices
More: Bike commuting is up, even with lower gas prices
Sources in the Public Insight Network told MPR News how they are cutting out gift-giving for the holidays. That led to a story by MPR's Michael Caputo about people who are pulling back on giving Christmas presents — and how the practice can be contagious.
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This podcast, recently featured in Minnesota Monthly's "Best of the Cities" issue, features MPR reporters Curtis Gilbert and Molly Bloom, who track down answers to political questions from our audience.
- What does it feel like to be a "lame duck?" (18d ago)
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