Here's the latest news from across the state to start your day.
WEATHER
☔ We have another unsettled day Wednesday as a cool, upper level low lingers across the region. We’ll see peeks of sunshine again and some hit-and-miss showers with isolated thunder.
🌡️ Like Tuesday, temperature will be the warmest in northern Minnesota — in the low 70s — while southern Minnesota will see temperatures mostly in the upper 60s.
☀️ Sunshine should increase Thursday and that will help to warm temperatures up. By Friday and the weekend, we’ll be well into the 80s, about 10 or more degrees above normal.
Minnesota was the epicenter of American history in 2020 after the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police. But five years later, you’re unlikely to find it taught in Minnesota schools. Some teachers say it’s too painful and too politically charged.
Cy Thao served St. Paul as a lawmaker in the Minnesota House of Representatives for eight years. His election in 2002 made him the second Hmong American lawmaker to serve in a state Legislature anywhere in the country.
NEWS ROUNDUP
🏛️ Minnesota lawmakers unlikely to finish budget ahead of window for worker layoff notices. After plowing through two deadlines — one constitutionally required for session adjournment and another for an aspirational pre-Memorial Day finish — lawmakers are setting a new target to complete a $66 billion budget.
⚖️ Feds arrest newest Feeding Our Future defendant at Twin Cities airport. Prosecutors say that Hibo Daar of Eden Prairie
bought an airline ticket to Dubai on the same day that federal agents searched the New Vision Foundation, a St. Paul nonprofit that allegedly operated fraudulent meal distribution sites.
🌿 Minnesota opening new registration period for sellers of hemp-derived cannabinoid products. There is a new registration window for
businesses that sell hemp-derived cannabinoid products, including beverages to gummies. Businesses not registered to sell those products face steep fines and other penalties.
📷 Photo essay: My five years photographing George Floyd Square. MPR News visual journalist Ben Hovland lives minutes from where Minneapolis police killed George Floyd in 2020 and has spent the years since
documenting the impact on his neighborhood. 🧑⚖️ Judge dismisses Department of Justice lawsuit and consent decree with Minneapolis police. The consent decree was created after a two-year federal investigation into the police department that found
MPD’s culture cultivated “systemic problems” that made possible the police killing of George Floyd in 2020.
🎸 ‘Washita Love Child’ remembers Indigenous guitarist Jesse Ed Davis’ prolific music career. Indigenous guitarist Jesse Ed Davis played alongside iconic musicians in the 1970s and 1980s.
His life, career and ancestors are remembered in a recent book by author Douglas Miller.
🏀 Williams, Collier lead the way as the Lynx topple the Storm 82-77 in early West showdown. Courtney Williams scored 23 points, Napheesa Collier had 16 points and 10 rebounds and
the Minnesota Lynx held on to beat the Seattle Storm 82-77 on Tuesday night in a matchup of early season leaders.
MUST LISTEN
🎧 How to talk with kids about race. In 2021, MPR launched a podcast called Early Risers to help parents talk to kids about race. MPR News host Angela Davis talks with the original host of the Early Risers podcast, Dianne Haulcy, and the current host, Andre Dukes. 🎧
Frost Coach Ken Klee on championship win: ‘To be able to repeat is unimaginable.’ The Frost will celebrate with a victory parade Wednesday at 6 p.m. in downtown St. Paul. Minnesota Frost coach Ken Klee spoke with MPR News host Clay Masters about the team's second championship win.
