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

WEATHER

🍂 Not quite sweater weather season yet. Tuesday will bring temperatures back above normal with some filtered sun through some mid and high clouds. Most of Minnesota will see highs in the 70s.

☀️ The remainder of the week will be continued sunny and dry with above-normal temperatures in the 70s. Skies will be sunny also Wednesday through Friday.

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Minnesota Poll: Walz approval rating holds steady amid VP run, has narrow edge in favorability

A MPR News, KARE 11, Star Tribune poll shows that Democratic vice presidential nominee Gov. Tim Walz has a slightly higher favorability rating in Minnesota than former President Donald Trump’s running mate Sen. JD Vance, but voters are mixed about Walz’s crisis responses as governor.

A college debate about cancel culture where no one gets canceled

The point of the debate is not to determine a winner — the point is to introduce students to a new way of understanding people they disagree with. It’s part of a bigger, year-long initiative at the College of St. Benedict and St. John's University called Disagreeing Better.

NEWS ROUNDUP

👮🏽 Morales out as chief of Metro Transit Police. The departure comes after Morales was placed on paid leave in August for unspecified reasons. A Met Council spokesperson confirmed Morales “has left the organization,” but did not provide further details.

🏗️ Minnesota Power plans to build solar projects in Cohasset and Royalton. Julie Pierce, vice president of strategy and planning for Minnesota Power, called the projects a “key milestone” in the utility’s shift away from producing electricity by burning coal toward cleaner sources of energy.

❌ Trump says he wouldn’t run for president again in 2028 if he loses this time. When asked whether he would run again in four years if his current presidential bid is unsuccessful, Trump said “I don’t see that at all.” He would be 82 in 2028 — a year older than Biden is now.

🍦 Minnesota-based company Yelloh, once better known as Schwan’s, announces November closure. Founded in the southwestern Minnesota city of Marshall 72 years ago with an initial run of ice cream, the company was a pioneer in the frozen food home delivery industry. Its fleet of yellow trucks fanned out across the country delivering food to families where they lived.

📊 Minnesota Poll: Klobuchar with comfortable lead in U.S. Senate race. Fifty-one percent of likely voters in Minnesota would vote for Klobuchar if the election were held today. Forty percent say they would vote for White.

🌎 In 100 Days, Minnesota plans to be free of ‘forever chemicals.’ Some businesses already are. State officials and PFAS-free business owners gathered Monday afternoon to remind residents and businesses that there are 100 days until the state enacts the most restrictive ban on these chemicals in the nation.

🗳️ A state senator has thwarted a GOP effort to lock down all of Nebraska’s electoral votes for Trump. GOP Sen. Mike McDonnell of Omaha said in a statement that he opposes awarding Nebraska’s five electoral votes on a winner-take-all basis, like 48 other states do.

MUST LISTEN

🎧 Lebanese Minnesotan describes ‘numbness’ watching attacks in her home country. It’s been five days since news broke of an attack on Lebanon via exploding pagers and walkie talkies. More than 7,000 Lebanese Minnesotans have been witness to the chaos from afar. One of them is south Minneapolis resident Rasha Ahmad Sharif.

🎧 Voter guide helps Minnesotans prepare for November elections. Michael Olson, MPR News’ deputy managing editor for digital, explains how MPR News’ Voter Guide serves as a comprehensive resource for voters navigating their ballots this fall.

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

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