MPR News Update

Happy Friday! We have a lot of fun segments for curious listeners lined up for today! Here's a quick look at what you'll hear/see:
Tune in at 10 a.m. for the annual weather quiz with meteorologist Mark Seeley -- who will be testing folks at the State Fair on their climate knowledge. You can take the quiz online here!
At 11 a.m., MPR News host Angela Davis will sit down with 1A host Joshua Johnson for a conversation on what it's like to host a daily conversation with America.
Before the hour is over, Angela will also talk with R&B icons “Tony! Toni! Tone!”
Then at noon we'll hear from Amy Walter on the role organized labor might play in the 2020 election. Listen in here as you finish up your week and head into Labor Day weekend! | Forecast

Sign language interpreters open State Fair concerts to all
Brandt Williams | MPR News
American Sign Language interpreters are some of the important but mostly unsung folks working at the fair. For those who need them, they’re vital to the experience — even at the fair’s loud, high-energy concerts. “It’s really more about the deaf community and the deaf community’s access to have equality with all the hearing people at the State Fair,” one interpreter said. “So, they can enjoy the music, visually, the same way as the hearing people enjoy it, auditorially.”
Cideries, breweries tap into Duluth’s expanding music scene
Simone Cazares | MPR News
In the past six years, there has been a boom of breweries and cideries opening up in the city. Seven new taprooms have sprung up in that time, and as the numbers have grown, so has the local music scene.
Report: U.S. Native American health agency at crossroads
The Associated Press
The federal agency that administers health care for more than 2.5 million Native Americans has long been plagued with problems that have kept it from improving health care delivery. Money, staffing, infrastructure, health disparities and a general lack of accountability all have played a part.
As FEC nears shutdown, priorities such as stopping election interference on hold
Brian Naylor | NPR
The campaign finance agency will be temporarily shuttered due to a lack of a quorum. A former FEC chair says there's a "real possibility" the agency is effectively closed through the 2020 election.
Bill of the month: Estimate for cost of hernia surgery misses the mark
Rachel Bluth | NPR
Patients are often told to be smart consumers and shop around for health care before they use it. But even when you do so, estimates from insurers, hospitals and doctors can be unreliable.
What do you call the 'anniversary' of a disaster?
Leah Donnella | NPR
Whatever words we choose, the practice of keeping certain histories alive — remembering — is one of the ways communities decide what is important. And doing that is no simple thing.
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