{"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":"The state of Minnesota has paid $36 million dollars to group home companies linked to a high-ranking government official in Liberia, investigation finds","slug":"the-state-of-minnesota-has-paid-36-million-dollars-to-group-home-companies-linked-to-a-high-ranking-government-official-in-liberia-investigation-finds","published_at":"2026-08-17T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/minnesota-today-413993/the-state-of-minnesota-has-paid-36-million-dollars-to-group-home-companies-linked-to-a-high-ranking-government-official-in-liberia-investigation-finds","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/minnesota-today-413993","url":"https://www.mprnews.org/episode/2026/08/17/minnesota-paid-36-million-to-group-home-companies-linked-to-government-official-in-liberia","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/podcasts/minnesota_today/2026/08/17/mntoday_The_state_of_Minnesota_has_paid__36_million_dollars_to_group_home_companies_linked_to_a_high-ranking_government_official_in_Liberia__investigation_finds_20260817_64.mp3?awCollectionId=apm-MNTdy&awEpisodeId=01M07ME2B18JG8GFJQADE8DRV3","summary":"A new MPR News/APM Reports investigation found that the state of Minnesota has paid $36 million dollars to group home companies linked to a high-ranking government official in Liberia. Sekou Dukuly has served as the managing director of the National Port Authority in Liberia since the beginning of 2024, and he lives there most of the time. Dukuly has had a hand in 24 Minnesota group homes over the past decade. A vigil Monday will honor a mother and daughter killed inside a home daycare last Wednesday in Hopkins. Wisconsin health officials confirm that there are at least fifteen cases of measles in an outbreak in the southwest part of the state. A former assistant Anoka County attorney is due in court Monday for allegedly running a Hennepin County prostitution ring.","meta_description":"A new MPR News/APM Reports investigation found that the state of Minnesota has paid $36 million dollars to group home companies linked to a high-ranking g…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":331,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/minnesota-today-413993/episodes/the-state-of-minnesota-has-paid-36-million-dollars-to-group-home-companies-linked-to-a-high-ranking-government-official-in-liberia-investigation-finds/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/the-state-of-minnesota-has-paid-36-million-dollars-to-group-home-companies-linked-to-a-high-ranking-government-official-in-liberia-investigation-finds.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}