State auditor Julie Blaha and state Sen. Melisa Franzen were both injured and briefly hospitalized after colliding with a truck while driving together back to the Twin Cities from the Farmfest agriculture expo. The truck driver was not injured. The crash remains under investigation. [Read more]
The Minnesota Senate has agreed to requests from DFL senators to hire an outside investigator after complaints about how the Senate DFL handled a sexual harassment complaint. [Read more]
One week from today, the Census will belatedly release data that states can use to draw new congressional and legislative districts. Minnesota barely kept its eighth congressional district, but existing districts still need to be redrawn to equalize their populations after a decade of unequal growth. [ Read more from NPR's Hansi Lo Wang]
Among the provisions passed by the Legislature this year were new protections for people renting self-storage units. The final deal had support from both renters groups and storage owners. [ Read more from MinnPost's Peter Callaghan]
President Joe Biden unveiled new emissions regulations and a deal with auto manufacturers to increase the share of electric cars up to 50 percent of new vehicle sales by 2030. [ Read more from NPR's Asma Khalid and Camila Domonoske]
National Republicans are honing their campaign messages for the 2022 mid-terms: inflation and "critical race theory." [Read more from Politico's Ally Mutnick]
But I mention this all as a setup for this fascinating video about another venerable game show that replaced its long-time host: "The Price Is Right." Here, John Teti breaks down the simple matter of how Bob Barker and replacement Drew Carey come on stage at the start of each episode, and how that simple 30-second sequence dramatizes the difficulty involved in achieving a fit between a show and its host. (And guess who was the producer in charge of revamping "The Price Is Right" to fit Carey? Mike Richards.) [Watch]
Listen: Twitter user @dropshotbob recommends "Starshine" by Sweetwater Rain. [Watch]
