Harshawn Ratanpal

MPR reporter based out of Fargo-Moorhead
Former: @KBIA and @agwaterdesk (@Report4America)
Econ grad student @Mizzou

Contact: [email protected]

[KBIA @KBIA]

Reporters Anna Spidel, Harshawn Ratanpal and Rebecca Smith take listeners inside Columbia's only year-round homeless shelter, Room at the Inn, for one night. https://t.co/sGYxtXXB53

[Harshawn Ratanpal @RatanpalH]

Listen here: https://t.co/qMPuSqfEQH

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[Harshawn Ratanpal @RatanpalH]

For a year, three reporters and I spent time with Columbia's homeless community at the Room at the Inn. We wanted to know what it's like to rely on the homeless shelter and what it takes to run it.

Last December, we spent a full day and night with the community. We journeyed with them to the shelter as they escaped the cold, spent time with them as they fought and broke bread together, and slept alongside them through snores and late-night intakes.

Our audio documentary, A Night at the Inn, is out now.

[Harshawn Ratanpal @RatanpalH]

Great piece from @ok_ceilidh in the @thebeaconKC about the omnibus utility bill that passed the #moleg

"The legislation would allow utilities to increase ratepayers’ bills — with regulators’ approval — to help finance the construction of power plants even before they come online."

https://t.co/GZ32amimU0

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Reports for three school districts in southeast Missouri indicate most school buildings aren't earthquake-resistant. Some districts are doing more than others to fix that. https://t.co/tbcBZq9EEk

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An estimated 800 employees were fired from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration last week. https://t.co/VnkVOchdIN

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Earthquakes are New Madrid, Missouri's claim to fame. But that’s the last thing on residents’ minds | By @RatanpalH @KBIA https://t.co/OhtFHT4xNe

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2025 has peaked, thank you @NPRmageddon

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Harshawn Ratanpal. Environmental Reporter for KBIA and the Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk.

@RatanpalH @KBIA @agwaterdesk @Report4America @OpenSecretsDC @sdut

#NPRmageddon: https://t.co/T2yN0Nw2Mi

[Ceilidh Kern @ok_ceilidh]

The EPA just put out a draft risk assessment looking at the threat posed by #foreverchemicals in the wastewater sludge many farmers use as fertilizer for their crops. Last year, colleagues and I looked at this very issue from a local and national lens.

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For decades, the government banned hemp. Now, it’s funding hemp research | By @RatanpalH @agwaterdesk https://t.co/gjXG8OSnwx

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Delayed reauthorization of the #farmbill opened the door to massive lobbying on SNAP, agricultural and nutrition issues. https://t.co/tHDDkztQKq

[Mizzou Journalism @mujschool]

Congrats to @KBIA Program Director Kyle Felling, who’s been named GM of the NPR-member station, effective Jan. 1. His history with KBIA stretches back to 1993, when he first volunteered with the station as a student. #MissouriMethod #MizzouMade https://t.co/sX2D8KwlOP

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Listen to the full story on @KBIA:

https://t.co/U6mgdzVsHk

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Braver Angels is aimed at curbing polarization by bringing liberals, moderates and conservatives together to talk politics.

The mid-Missouri chapter held a post-election potluck, an opportunity to break bread with the other side.

The only thing missing? Conservatives. 🧵

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“I'm 71 years old, and I experienced the Vietnam War, and I think we're more polarized now,” said Paul Steeno. "And the only time I think in our nation's history that it's been more polarized would have been the Civil War.”

"There's much more of a middle ground, and the theme or desire of the group is to come together and through discourse, polite discourse, to find commonality.”

[KBIA @KBIA]

U.S. Senate Agriculture Chair Debbie Stabenow published the draft Monday, hoping to pass it during her last lame-duck session. https://t.co/0AE0wWZsRB