🥶 We’re waking up to our coldest temperatures of fall so far for most of Minnesota. You'll likely need a stocking cap for that morning dog walk or stroll around the neighborhood (I know I did on my way to the office this morning).
💵 Property tax notices that will arrive this fall in mailboxes could be a source of sticker shock for many. Taxes in a lot of places around Minnesota are headed up — by a lot in some cases. We have more on the spike
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📻 The proliferation of artificial intelligence has reached some Minnesota police departments. KSTP-TV's investigative team uncovered that several metro departments are using an AI tool to generate some police reports from body-worn camera video. Reporter Kirsten Swanson will talk with Morning Edition host Cathy Wurzer today with what she's learned, who's using the AI and some potential concerns about the technology in law enforcement. Listen in at 7:30 a.m. or check back later today for the interview online
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WEATHER
☀️ After a cold start, we’ll see lots of sun with seasonable temperatures near normal Wednesday. We’ll warm up into the 60s this afternoon and the Arrowhead region will remain in the 50s. Parts of western Minnesota will be near 70 degrees.
🌧️ Clouds increase Thursday as a weak disturbance touches off a few late day and overnight showers. Most of us will remain dry. Temperatures Thursday will be a little warmer with upper 60s and low 70s. Get the latest weather news on Updraft.
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President Donald Trump's tax and spending bill did away with several clean energy incentives, including tax credits that helped lower the cost of installing solar, batteries, heat pumps and making homes more energy efficient. Some homeowners are moving forward with energy projects anyway.
Minnesota’s rivers and lakes are slowly getting healthier, according to the latest water quality report by the state's Pollution Control Agency, but the pollution still threatens many of the state’s waterways. And the Blue Earth River is one that is hurting and is in need of intensive care.
NEWS ROUNDUP
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Property taxes are headed up in Minnesota. What’s behind the spike? When property tax notices arrive in mailboxes this fall there might be some sticker shock. Taxes are going up in many Minnesota cities and counties.
👑 Norwegian Crown Prince Haakon visits Minnesota to highlight close ties. Crown Prince Haakon — heir to the throne of Norway — took part in a series of events on Tuesday that included a stop at Norway House in Minneapolis and a
meeting with Gov. Tim Walz at the state Capitol in St. Paul.
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U.S. Supreme Court won't hear appeal by ex-GOP operative Lazzaro over sex crime conviction. Anton “Tony” Lazzaro is serving a 21-year prison sentence for sex-trafficking and luring teenage girls to his Minneapolis penthouse apartment with gifts, alcohol and money.
⚽ Some school board members urge Minnesota to comply with Trump transgender order. The board members said
the state risks losing federal funding “that would adversely affect educational programs, extracurricular activities and resources for over 875,000 students statewide.”
✈️ The government shutdown is snarling air travel. Officials say it could get worse. Travelers across the U.S. are beginning to feel the impacts
of the government shutdown, as air traffic control staffing shortages disrupt flights across the country.
⛹️♀️ Interest in women’s sports is growing. Here’s how some women-owned companies are responding. They are rejecting the “shrink it and pink it” mentality in which companies were criticized for taking men's products and selling them to women by making them pretty rather than functional.
MUST LISTEN
🎧 'Not one way' Jewish college students are experiencing the war, local rabbi says. Tuesday marked two years since the Hamas attack on Israel. The University of Minnesota will be a place of both protest and mourning, with Jewish students potentially participating in both.
🎧 Minnesota’s Norwegian history: A primer as the crown prince visits. For a primer, or perhaps a refresher, on
Norwegian history in the North Star State, visiting assistant professor of Norwegian at St. Olaf College Caitlin Sackrison joined Cathy Wurzer on Morning Edition Tuesday.
🎧 How The Current shapes Minnesota's music scene. For 20 years, The Current has been Minnesota’s music heartbeat —
boosting local talent and introducing fresh sounds on the radio. MPR News guest host Catharine Richert and her guests pull back the curtain on the station’s sound and how it all comes together.
🎧 New novel shows destruction of Rondo neighborhood through the eyes of a young girl. It was only when her grandparents' house was demolished that she
realized the effect the construction of I-94 would have.
