MPR News PM Update
May 29, 2019
Several studies in the past few years have pointed to a growing public health crisis in America: loneliness. I recently led a group discussion about why we feel so lonely, what we can do about it and whether technology makes us feel more isolated or more connected. You can check out a recording from the event here. You can also join a conversation about technology and loneliness in MPR’s “Talking Mental Health” Facebook group. ~ Angela Davis, MPR News host | Forecast | Updraft
 
Abortion rights groups file lawsuit to block future Minnesota restrictions on procedure
Abortion rights supporters say they're launching a preemptive legal strike on existing abortion restrictions in Minnesota, as laws governing the procedure expand across the country.
Related: MN Capitol rally calls for abortion rights protection
NewsCut: As more states ban abortion, a safe house movement grows
 
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Mueller: Charging Trump was 'not an option we could consider'
Mueller underscored that his report did not exonerate the president. In his first public remarks, he said that he did not believe the Justice Department could charge a sitting president with a crime.
More: Highlights from the Mueller report, annotated
 
Warmer and drier weather pattern evolving; U.S. tornado count skyrockets
The upper air maps finally suggest a ridge of high pressure pumping summerlike air into the Upper Midwest the second week of June. Highs near 90 in the next two weeks?
 
As planting window closes, Minn. farmers face tough choices
Spring planting is about two weeks behind. Farmers will soon need to decide whether they'll try to plant late, and run the risk of losing their crops to an early frost, or if they'll work up to an insurance payment deadline and take a loss on the seeds they're not able to get into the ground.
Tell MPR: What has this year's planting season been like for you?
'Black cloud':Poor prices, trade woes follow MN farmers to the field
Listen: A cruel spring for farmers
 
'Mental health is health': Docs who treat kids get trained to spot mental health problems
There's a 1 in 5 chance that kids will develop depression sometime between middle and high school. Yet, doctors who take care of kids most of the time — like pediatricians and family doctors — don't get much training in how to treat mental health problems.
Listen: Tools for teens and young adults navigating mental health
More : Minnesota's inadequate mental health screening for teenagers
Call to Mind:Conversations on mental health
 
How Grand Old Day came back from the dead
Initially canceled, the one-day festival was revived by a tongue-in-cheek Facebook post and a determined restaurateur who convinced organizers it wasn't too late to have a little fun.
 
In Kenyon, the police chief knows demons, desperation and hope
Lee Sjolander speaks candidly of lessons learned from a traumatic childhood in southern Minnesota and his struggles with mental health. In doing so, he's flipping the stereotype of the hardened, stoic chief and reshaping the police's role in Kenyon.
NewsCut: A police chief’s call to fix MN’s mental health system
The 'man card' Reflection on our younger, dumber selves
 
How climate change is affecting Minnesota's apples and wine grapes
Minnesota apples are world famous for quality. And northern wine grapes and wineries are popping up all over. But what climate trends and impacts are growers seeing as climate shifts?
 
NewsCut: Meteorologist loses it when viewers complain about tornado coverage
Everybody has a breaking point and for a TV meteorologist in Ohio, it's The Bachelorette.
 
Local pastor embraces life of a queer Christian
Kerri Miller's Women of Faith series looks at how LGBTQ Christians can find a home, even in a church that often wounds.
 

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