Good morning Minnesota!

Happy Thursday! Here's the latest news from across the state to start your day. ☕

WEATHER

🌬️ A slow-moving cold front will slide through Minnesota by late Thursday. As it glides east, occasional showers and a few thunderstorms will roll in.

🌧️ The weekend brings a chance for spotty storms. The best chance for widespread rainfall appears to be Sunday night and Monday. Get the latest weather news on Updraft.

What to know as early voting starts Friday in Minnesota

Mind already made up on who to vote for this election and there’s nothing that is going to change it? Headed out of town in early November? Just want to avoid polling place lines? Starting Friday, the ability to vote sets in. Minnesota has one of the earliest early voting periods in the country. Here's a look at the multiple ways to do it.

Six months after fire, 19 Bar sets sights on reopening

Since its opening in the 1950s, 19 Bar has weathered the loss of friends and regulars during the peak of the AIDS epidemic and a long closure during COVID-19. The fire came during ongoing instability in the industry, as several other Twin Cities bars and restaurants have shut their doors in recent months.

NEWS ROUNDUP

🎨 Art Hounds: A play looks at things Hinckley lost in the fire. Art Hounds recommend Bucket Brigade Theater’s original play “Survivors of the Fire,” “SOLO: the performances of the McKnight Dancer Fellowships” and the the St. Peter Art Stroll.

🧸 Officials search for more staff, other fixes for growing child care crunch in Duluth. Officials, providers and parents gathered in Duluth this week to discuss possible solutions to the child care crisis in the city. The news three large day care centers will close soon is adding to an already large shortage of child care slots.

🕯️ Community healing: Groundbreaking honors ‘all lives lost and forever changed’ by 2005 Red Lake shootings. On Saturday, supporters will gather for a groundbreaking ceremony on the Red Lake Nation for a memorial dedicated to those affected by the mass shooting in 2005. Ten people died that day, including the perpetrator.

🗳️ Report: Minnesota youth have huge potential to shape the 2024 presidential election. The report anticipates young voters in the 2nd Congressional District will have a huge impact in the match-up between U.S. Rep Angie Craig, a Democrat running for reelection, and Republican Joe Teirab.

🌿 St. Paul City Council passes zoning ordinance for cannabis businesses. The new rules mirror those of liquor stores in St. Paul. The ordinance requires 24/7 video monitoring of the store’s sales areas and entrances and exits.

🎤 Vance says Haitian migrants with protected status are ‘illegal aliens’ to be deported. The Republican vice presidential nominee continues to rail against Haitian migrants living in Ohio, though many have Temporary Protected Status, as the GOP escalates its hardline immigration stance.

🏛️ House rejects temporary funding bill to avoid government shutdown. The vote was 220-202, with 14 Republicans and all but three Democrats opposing the bill. Speaker Mike Johnson, who said after the vote he was “disappointed,” will likely pursue a Plan B to avoid a partial shutdown, though he was not yet ready to share details.

MUST LISTEN

🎧 ‘It’s part of who we are’: Traditional Mexican music has been celebrated for centuries in Minnesota. Anthropologist Maya Santamaria has thousands of Mexican-Minnesotan musicians throughout history. Santamaria joined MPR News host Cathy Wurzer to talk about the enduring popularity of Mexican music in the state.

🎧 ‘This is affecting a lot of people in my community‘: Haitians in Minnesota stand strong amid hateful rhetoric. The city of Springfield, Ohio, has spent the week on edge. Hospitals, colleges, city government buildings and public schools have received threats linked to false, racist claims that target the city’s Haitian population. We checked in with members of Minnesota’s Haitian population.

🎧 Listen to today's headlines on our Minnesota Today podcast.

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