The session that is required to conclude by early Tuesday will put leadership-negotiated budget agreements to the test in a closely divided Legislature. Gov. Tim Walz summoned the Legislature into the special session as part of an agreement with top legislators that it be confined to 14 bills and be wrapped up by 7 a.m. Tuesday.
Seven years after a group of Duluth middle schoolers first began advocating for solar panels on their school, they’re graduating from high school. They got it done, but they also learned some lessons on politics, policy and perseverance.
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💵 Apple Valley woman charged in Feeding Our Future investigation. Federal prosecutors charged Dorothy Jean Moore, the owner of Jean’s Soul Food, with several felonies on Friday as part of the Feeding Our Future investigation. Moore is accused of defrauding the Federal Child Nutrition Program of $1.4 million.
✏️ Watch: Thousands attend annual pencil sharpening in Minneapolis. Every year on the first Saturday in June, the Minneapolis community comes together to watch a huge No. 2 Pencil be sharpened.
🚢 Cruise ships return to Duluth for the summer, to a newly rebuilt shore. The first cruise ship of the season arrived in Duluth this past week after traversing Lake Superior — and for the first time since cruise ships returned to Duluth in 2022, the giant, nearly 400-foot long ship was able to dock directly on shore.
🪖 National Guard faces off with protesters hours after arriving in Los Angeles on Trump's orders. Tear gas was fired at protesters in Los Angeles on Sunday hours after President Donald Trump’s extraordinary deployment of the military over the objections of the governor and mayor.
👨🏻⚖️ Man once convicted in Minnesota of supporting al-Qaida is now charged in Canada for alleged threats. Mohammed Abdullah Warsame, 51, allegedly told a homeless shelter employee in Montreal that he wanted to build bombs to detonate on public transit. He was charged with uttering threats.
🐧 Penguins in Antarctica could actually be helping cool the climate… with their poop. In places like Antarctica, small things can make a difference. Scientists are finding that penguin waste is helping form clouds, which could be offsetting the effects of climate change.
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🎧Lawmakers slog toward budget conclusion as special session is set. A one-day special session has been called for 10 a.m. Monday. Will there be enough votes to approve a final compromise? MPR News politics editor Brian Bakst talks with two House leaders about a state budget and what could happen if the budget deal isn’t met.
🎧 Ask a Bookseller: ‘No One Was Supposed to Die at This Wedding’ by Catherine Mack. Julia Green of Front Street Books in Alpine, Texas, recommends the lighthearted whodunit, “No One Was Supposed to Die at This Wedding” by Catherine Mack.
