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An air quality alert is in place for all of Minnesota through 11 p.m. Friday. The MPCA forecast says this could be the worst smoke event for some areas of Minnesota since 2021. Get the latest weather news on Updraft.

🎙️Coming up on Morning Edition: Much of Minnesota saw widespread soaking rain over the past week. This week's U.S. Drought Monitor update — due out later this morning — will show whether that put a dent in the long-running drought conditions across the state.

🎧 Coming up at 9 a.m.: Angela Davis kicks off a series called “Power Pairs.” It’s about people you probably have heard of separately, but when we sit them down together, you'll see a different side of them. Today she talks with trauma expert and therapist Resmaa Menakem and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, who have been close friends for most of their lives.
 
St. Paul City Council overrides mayor's veto of child care ballot measure

The St. Paul City Council voted Wednesday to override Mayor Melvin Carter’s veto of a proposal that would let voters decide whether to raise property taxes to pay for early child care. 

The veto override puts the proposal on the path to the ballot in the November 2024 election. It’s asking voters to approve tax increases to fund child care in the city for children from birth to the age of five. 

It would fully cover children whose families make less than 185 percent of the federal poverty level, or about $55,500. The proposal would also partially cover families making more than 185 percent of the poverty level on a sliding scale.

 
What else we're watching:
Hidden in plain sight: U of M pressured to create space for sober students. As U of M students begin classes this fall, a faculty group is pushing to decrease stigma and increase visibility of substance use disorder on campus.

MnDOT drops plan for controversial Duluth roundabout. “We didn't want this giant disc of outsized concrete to take the place of our neighbors’ and friends’ home. We didn't want to totally change the scale of the landscape out here in a very historic neighborhood,” said Ann Klefstad, member of the group Preserve the Gateway, which gathered more than 1,000 signatures from people opposed to the project.

Wildfires prompt evacuations of capital of Canada's Northwest Territories. The fire was burning about 10 miles outside the city. "Without rain, it is possible it will reach the city outskirts by the weekend," said Shane Thompson, environment minister for the Territories.

Review: "Shane" at the Guthrie: Unsettling the settlers. The Guthrie's adaptation of “Shane” reimagines the classic Western, confronting settler-colonial myths with new character perspectives, resulting in an engaging but unresolved examination of American West violence.

Minnesota artist Mayyadda shares the stories behind her new live album. Minneapolis singer-songwriter Mayyadda released an album last month called “Try&Remember: The Acoustic Album” featuring live, one-take versions of some of the songs from her 2021 album of the same name, plus brand-new songs.

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