Our latest ChangeMaker; New Minnesota laws begin Saturday
Thursday should be a warm day with falling dew points. A scattering of showers and maybe thunderstorms could pop up with the heating of the day. Look for high temperatures in the upper 70s across the north and 80s farther south. The Twin Cities should have a high near 87. Get the latest weather news on Updraft.
🎙️Coming up on Morning Edition: Minnesota lawmakers just passed historic investments in K-12 education. But the added money from the state legislature hasn’t been enough to stave off budget cuts and layoffs in many districts.
🎧 Coming up at 9 a.m., MPR News host Angela Davis talks with Larry McKenzie about what makes a great coach, teaching young people to lose with grace, why the team is more important than the individual and how he supported his students after George Floyd’s murder and through the pandemic. | |
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Air quality alerts raise concerns, frustrations about summer activities for kids. With a record-high 23 air quality alerts so far this year in Minnesota, questions of how to safely participate in valued outdoor summer activities linger (along with the smoke).
Minnesota schools just got unprecedented funding. Here’s why they’re still making cuts. Some Minnesota districts are laying off staff, closing schools and enlarging class sizes. A rise in state funding has lessened the need for budget cuts but, in many places, not eliminated them entirely.
Art Hounds: Water, shanties and murals. This week, Art Hounds recommend the Minnesota Marine Art Museum, sea shanty singalongs and a festival of murals.
78 people face charges for $2.5 billion in attempted health care fraud, DOJ says. At least $1.1 billion was actually paid out in these schemes targeting elderly patients, high-risk and low-income pregnant women and HIV patients.
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