{"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":"2026-09-23T22:17:01.328022+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/minnesota-today-413993"},"episode":{"title":"St. Paul mayor proposes 2027 budget","slug":"st-paul-mayor-proposes-2027-budget","published_at":"2026-08-14T13:02:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/minnesota-today-413993/st-paul-mayor-proposes-2027-budget","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/minnesota-today-413993","url":"https://www.mprnews.org/episode/2026/08/14/st-paul-mayor-proposes-2027-budget","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/5/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/VnCzW2iO9G8z4eDWfXCd/play.publicradio.org/podcast/o/minnesota/news/features/2026/08/14/st-paul-budget_20260814_64.mp3?awCollectionId=apm-MNTdy&awEpisodeId=01M002MZN0FKN4WX3XZ8HAV4V4","summary":"St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her proposed her 2027 budget Thursday. It includes a 6.8 percent increase in the property tax levy and other cuts. But she is prioritizing public safety — including exploring ways to prevent copper wire theft that breaks the city's street lights. A coalition of journalism organizations has filed a friend of court brief asking the judge to dismiss charges against journalists who covered an anti-ICE protest at a church this winter. They argue that federal prosecutors are misapplying the civil rights law the journalists are charged under and opening the door for government suppression of media. The Legislative Inspector General Advisory Commission will convene on Aug. 26 to consider applicants to head the newly formed office of inspector general — which will act as an independent watchdog for state agencies and programs. It was created in response to widespread fraud issues in state social service programs.","meta_description":"St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her proposed her 2027 budget Thursday. It includes a 6.8 percent increase in the property tax levy and other cuts. But she is priori…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":294,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/minnesota-today-413993/episodes/st-paul-mayor-proposes-2027-budget/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/st-paul-mayor-proposes-2027-budget.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}