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Frentz, Duckworth, Long, and Robbins on Your Legislators May 23

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Frentz, Duckworth, Long, and Robbins on Your Legislators May 23

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GRANITE FALLS, Minnesota, May 17, 2024 - Your Legislators will air the season finale of the 44th season in the form of a scheduled pre-recorded special. The post-session episode broadcasts on Thursday, May 23 at 8 p.m. Confirmed panel discussion guests for the program so far are Assistant Majority Leader Sen. Nick Frentz (DFL), District 18, North Mankato, Assistant Minority Leader Sen. Zach Duckworth (R), District 57, Lakeville, Majority Leader Rep. Jamie Long (DFL) District 61B, Minneapolis, and Assistant Minority Leader Rep. Kristin Robbins (R), District 37A, Maple Grove.

In addition to broadcasting on many Minnesota public television stations, viewers in Pioneer PBS’s viewing area can livestream the program at www.pioneer.org/live on May 23 at 8 p.m. The upcoming program will be made available on Facebook at www.facebook.com/yourlegislators and on the Your Legislators website at www.pioneer.org/yourlegislators. Segments of the program will be posted on the Your Legislators YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/@YourLegislatorsOnPioneerPBS. This Your Legislators broadcast will be repeated the following Monday at 11:30 a.m. and on the Minnesota Channel at 2 a.m. and 8 p.m.

Credits: Your Legislators is produced by Pioneer PBS’s Matt Johnson with production assistance from Pioneer PBS’s Mollie Londgren.


About Your Legislators
Produced by Pioneer PBS, Your Legislators is a talk show featuring viewer-generated questions, hosted by Minnesota Supreme Court Associate JusticeBarry Anderson. Barry Anderson, who has hosted the show since 1991, will continue to do so from his home via Zoom, interviewing members of the Minnesota House and Senate on happenings in the corridors of the State Capitol.

About Pioneer PBS
Established in 1966, Pioneer PBS is an award-winning, viewer-supported television station dedicated to sharing stories from rural Minnesota with the world. Pioneer PBS is headquartered in Granite Falls, Minnesota, with towers in Appleton, Worthington and Fergus Falls. Pioneer PBS reaches more than a million people in rural areas and small towns in western Minnesota, the eastern Dakotas and northern Iowa. Pioneer PBS is honored to be your television station—the only station in western Minnesota telling your stories and raising your voices into the media landscape. For more information visit pioneer.org or call 800-726-3178.