Good morning, Minnesota. Happy Friday!

Here's the latest news from across the state to start your day.

WEATHER

🌤️ Enjoy a mostly dry Friday after a soggy and stormy couple of days. We’ll start the day cloudy, but clouds should decrease in the afternoon. Highs will range from the low 80s to the low 70s,

🌧️ More storms will track into western Minnesota late Friday night into early Saturday. There’s a chance some storms could hold together and reach eastern Minnesota. During the day Saturday, more storms will develop late in the afternoon.

🌡️ Sunday storm chances look more isolated with likely drier conditions. Highs Saturday and Sunday will be in the upper 80s with some low 90s in southwest Minnesota. It will also be very humid.

Get the latest weather news on Updraft.

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DFL Leader Melissa Hortman: A political force known for ambitious goals, adept ways

Like thousands of Minnesotans to hold state legislative seats over the years, Hortman came in fresh-faced and relatively unknown. But unlike most, she rose to the rank of House speaker and left a defined mark on state history. Those who knew her best say politics was a lifelong passion.

How to pay your respects to Melissa and Mark Hortman as they lie in state at the Minnesota Capitol

Melissa and Mark Hortman, along with their golden retriever Gilbert, will lie in state at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul Friday from noon to 5 p.m. She will be the first woman to ever have this honor. Since 1905, 19 Minnesotans have laid in state at the Capitol.

NEWS ROUNDUP

🚧 Major freeway closures planned in Twin Cities this weekend. Closures will affect parts of Interstates 35W and 494 in Richfield and Bloomington, as well as a stretch of Interstate 94 in St. Paul. All of the closures are set to begin at 10 p.m. Friday and wrap up by 5 a.m. Monday.

🏳️‍🌈 Bringing back the ‘gayborhood’ in Loring Park: New Pride Cultural Arts Center debuts. The Pride Cultural Arts Center by Twin Cities Pride recently opened in Minneapolis. It serves as a community hub for artists, organizations and resources for the LGBTQ+ community.

🪶 Minnesota corn fields pose migration risk for songbirds, study shows. A Cornell University study has found that songbirds are changing their migration patterns when traveling through what’s known as the Corn Belt, vast stretches of farmland in the Midwest.

🧻 Shakopee Correctional Facility inmates say the prison is rationing basic hygiene products. Tampons and pads are among the items being rationed, according to inmates, but the Department of Corrections disputes that. It says it is continuing to provide products.

📃 Vance Boelter's wife releases statement after his arrest for Minnesota lawmaker shootings. The wife of Vance Boelter, the man suspected of killing former DFL Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark, released a public statement Thursday.

🏛️ Medicaid changes don't meet Senate rules in 'big, beautiful bill' says parliamentarian. The nonpartisan Senate parliamentarian, who plays a key role in determining what provisions can stay in the fast-tracked bill, said the GOP change does not adhere to rules for passing the bill with a simple majority.

🏭 Obliterated? Damaged? Inoperable? What's known about Iran's nuclear facilities. A leaked Defense Intelligence Agency document claims the damage to one site could have been minimal, while the head of the CIA has said that Iran's overall nuclear program had been "severely damaged."

MUST LISTEN

🎧 Celebrating Black Music Month: How Black music shaped every sound we know. Gary Hines, the music director and founder of Sounds of Blackness, joins MPR News host Angela Davis to talk about the history and influence of Black artists across all genres of music.

🎧 'The Science of Racism: Everything You Need to Know but Probably Don't — Yet.' A special edition of Minnesota Now dedicates the full hour to a conversation with Keon West. His new book lays out decades of scientific research about racism and its consequences, as well as efforts to address racial inequality.🎧 Listen to today's headlines on our Minnesota Today podcast.