{"podcast":{"title":"Minnesota Today","slug":"minnesota-today-413993","podcast_index_feed_id":413993,"rss_url":"https://feeds.publicradio.org/public_feeds/mpr-news-update","website_url":"https://www.mprnews.org/","image_url":"https://img.apmcdn.org/1f56da009a58910c3568f259c9aa670783c09471/square/12e558-20220913-minnesota-today-podcast-art-2000.jpg","author":"Minnesota Public Radio","episode_count":100,"summary":"Minnesota Today from MPR News brings you the most important stories from around the state. All on your schedule. Get updated on the latest news in about five minutes, every weekday morning and evening.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-27T22:20:33.866754+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/minnesota-today-413993"},"episode":{"title":"Legislative deadline nears; pardons board grants emergency relief to man facing deportation","slug":"legislative-deadline-nears-pardons-board-grants-emergency-relief-to-man-facing-deportation","published_at":"2026-05-04T22:50:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/minnesota-today-413993/legislative-deadline-nears-pardons-board-grants-emergency-relief-to-man-facing-deportation","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/minnesota-today-413993","url":"https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/05/04/minnesota-today-at-ricky-chandee-granted-pardon-by-board","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/5/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/play.publicradio.org/podcast/o/minnesota/podcasts/minnesota_today/2026/05/04/mntoday_minnesota-today-050426-reese_20260504_64.mp3","summary":"The Legislature has two more weeks to complete its session work, and Capitol leaders are still in search of agreements on key issues. Gov. Tim Walz said he's hopeful for something on guns and school safety. The Minnesota Board of Pardons held an emergency meeting Monday to grant clemency to a man facing deportation to Laos because of a past conviction. At \"Ricky\" Chandee was convicted of second-degree assault more than 30 years ago. He received a deportation order after serving his sentence. Chandee is among several immigrants who have asked the state to pardon convictions that disrupted their status in the U.S. Also Monday, a federal judge heard arguments in a lawsuit over federal agents’ treatment of protesters and observers during increased federal immigration enforcement in Minnesota.","meta_description":"The Legislature has two more weeks to complete its session work, and Capitol leaders are still in search of agreements on key issues. Gov. Tim Walz said h…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":247,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/minnesota-today-413993/episodes/legislative-deadline-nears-pardons-board-grants-emergency-relief-to-man-facing-deportation/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/minnesota-today-413993/legislative-deadline-nears-pardons-board-grants-emergency-relief-to-man-facing-deportation.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}