Drivetime with DeRusha

It is a conversation that circles the round every year and this year is no exception! Fireworks are legal across the border, but not in Minnesota - should they be? Lots of different perspectives and some unreal fireworks stories shared!

Another hour on DriveTime as we dive in to some of your recommendations for the Fourth of July and then pivot to commemorate 50 years of Blue Ribbon greatness with Christine Noonan with the Minnesota State Fair and we weigh in on the Taylor Swift-Travis Kelce wedding buzz!

We are only about 7-8 weeks away from the Great Minnesota Get Together so we do feature a bit of a State Fair appetizer for you on DeRusha Eats with Christine Noonan, MN State Fair Marketing Director talking about 50 years of the Blue Ribbon Cookbook!

We are just a couple days away from the Fourth of July and we want some of YOUR 4th of July recommendations!

We begin this first hour with a discussion on why Minnesota leaders are pardoning a convicted sex offender - 21 years after the fact and we chat with Ken Schaefer of the Saint Paul Rotary Club about the returning fireworks show and then finally, we pay tribute to the final send off for our news leader Steve Simpson!

Had the chance to talk to Ken Schaefer, President of the Saint Paul Rotary Club joins Jason to preview the return of the fireworks in Saint Paul in part due to the Rotary Club piecing enough together to make it happen! He shares more on this event and how Saint Paul was able to bring back this Fourth of July tradition!

A three person panel including Governor Tim Walz among a long board of pardons have pardoned a Tou Lue Vang, a convicted sex offender from a 2005 case, now 42 and the interesting piece to this is why now - when immigration crackdown is taking place!

On Wednesday's Drivetime with DeRusha...

3pm Hour: Jason talks about the couple that climbed the Empire State Building spire for a marriage proposal. Legitimately cool? Reckless and narcissistic? What do you think? Then he's joined by Tracy Perlman to talk about the World Cup, and if we're jealous in MN for not having games.

4pm Hour: Jason talks about a pair of warnings - both of which he's dubious about. Do we really need E. coli and social media warnings? Then he talks with Congresswoman Angie Craig about her campaign for US Senate and her primary battle with Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan.

5pm Hour: Jason talks about protesters and their court case. Plus, do you fly the flag at home? Some new polling has interesting insight to who is and who isn't. Finally, it's time to vent your spleens - what have you had ENOUGH of this week?!

Wednesday 5pm Hour: Jason talks about protesters and their court case. Plus, do you fly the flag at home? Some new polling has interesting insight to who is and who isn't. Finally, it's time to vent your spleens - what have you had ENOUGH of this week?!

What's grinding your gears this week? It's time to vent your spleen on this week's edition of ENOUGH!!!