In Minnesota, a proposed bill would ban cellphone use in classrooms in grades K-8 while regulating it in 9-12. In this segment, Jamad Jama interviews Senator Alice Mann, alongside a middle school student, and a teacher to take a look into varying perspectives and how this legislation could affect students' learning, performance, and daily lives.

Minnesota is requiring its citizens to carry what is known as a REAL ID. This is a federal document that will allow you to travel by air domestically and visit federal facilities. However, this new requirement may cause a burden to those who are already facing challenges .

Glencoe is one step closer to getting an artificial intelligence data banking center, a bipartisan education bill wants to send legislators back to school for 12 hours each term, and the Mayo Clinic will build a 2.8-mile rapid transit link to connect their campuses in Rochester .

Four hundred homes in rural Minnesota will soon be getting high-speed internet for the first time. Eveleth is fighting to keep the US Hockey Hall of Fame against efforts by the Minnesota Wild and some Twin Cities legislators to relocate it to St. Paul. And, state health officials warn Minnesotans to take extra precautions after dead geese found in Austin. 

Three community organizations are getting a boost to help farmers financially. The Twin Cities queer community is stepping up to show support for trans athletes targeted by legislative efforts to ban them from sports. Plus, the Minnesota State Fair and the Minnesota Farm Bureau recognized 77 farms that are 100 years old.

Generating $1.4 billion annually, Duluth International Airport has new construction in the works. Bike to Duluth is gearing up for the 170-mile trek from Minneapolis to Duluth on June 28th. And, Moorhead’s mayor declared March "Kurdish Heritage Month" which is welcome news to Minnesota’s largest Kurdish community. 

The Hibbing Community is coming together after learning that more than 600 Iron Rangers are being laid off. An epidemiologist with the Minnesota Cancer Reporting System has information on reducing your lifetime risk of melanoma. Minnesota-born college basketball star Paige Bueckers is slated to be the number one draft pick at this year’s WNBA draft night.

William "Willow Bill" Goulardt invites the public on a voyage down the Mississippi River aboard two dugout canoes, beginning mid-May from Bemidji, Minnesota. As they journey to the state of Mississippi to return the 'Flying Eagle' canoe to her maker, master carver John Ruskey, the crew hopes to engage people of all ages through a common love for the river. Plus, a Duluth third grader saves a choking friend, and Northland Community and Technical College in Thief River Falls has four finalists in its search for a new president.

An old Minnesota tradition practiced by the Ojibwe people is an example of how we can harvest a nutritional staple in our own backyards. Plus, a bipartisan group of lawmakers is trying to address the housing crunch faced by low- to middle-income Minnesotans, and state authorities want families to be aware of the "grandparent scam" that is targeting Minnesota seniors.

Together, a Twin Cities-based non-profit and a national organization have purchased 345 single family homes in the Twin Cities metro area in hopes of reshaping the landscape of affordable housing. Also, The US Supreme court ruled against the EPA’s authority to enforce pollution permits under the Clean Water Act.