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More strong to severe storms are possible Wednesday as dew points and temperatures rise again. Get the latest on Updraft. 
Me and Mr. Bridgeman
"Mr. Bridgeman’s paternal spirit immediately filled me with a sense of wonder and a brand-new feeling of security. Without him saying a word, I felt a higher standard of expectation and sensed a loving, but no-nonsense accountability that my father inspired at home."  -- Lee Hawkins on how one Black teacher on one day helped him — a Black kid in a mostly white school — feel less alone growing up in Minnesota.
 
Bear seen in St. Louis Park likely heading to Minneapolis Chain of Lakes
Two bear spottings in St. Louis Park on Sunday evening and over 30 in Hennepin County this year alone have brought up the question: Are the number of bears wandering into urban areas increasing, or are we just noticing them more?

Andy Tri, Bear Project Leader for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, says it’s the latter.

“Sightings in the metro are much more common and part of it is the bear sighting map. It can become this self-fulfilling prophecy where people are more likely to check the map, see there are bears in their area, look out for them and report them,” Tri said, referring to the DNR’s online bear sighting map.

 
What else we're watching:
Jury convicts DFL campaign volunteer of lying in ballot fraud investigation. After a day of testimony, the jury of 10 women and two men took just 40 minutes to convict Muse Mohamud Mohamed of two counts of making false statements to a grand jury.

Bill allowing paid-leave insurance policies clears Senate. The legislation that allows for a voluntary option is paired with tax credits in a separate bill due for a vote this week. But it’s a narrower approach than a state-managed family and medical leave program passed earlier by the DFL House, and the bill drew complaints that it wouldn’t deliver on the promise of adequate coverage.

Efforts to add boys volleyball as official high school sport in Minnesota fails by one vote.  The proposal required a two-thirds supermajority to pass — meaning 32 members of the 48-person assembly needed to vote for it. The measure received 31 votes for, 17 against.
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