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Look for cooler high temps, mostly in the 60s as well with the clouds and rain on Tuesday. Get the latest weather news on Updraft.

🎧 Minnesota Today: Heavy rain and flooding in the North Shore; Minnesota union members rally with striking auto workers

🎧 Coming up at 9 a.m.: MPR News host Angela Davis talks with the Jerome Foundation’s new CEO and president Eleanor Savage about what the foundation does and its new focus on equity. We want to hear from you, too. 

Are you an artist who received a grant from the Jerome Foundation? What did that support allow you to do? If you’ve seen a new play or dance or experienced other new work by a local, living artist, how did it inspire or challenge you? Call 651-227-6000 or 800-242-2828 during the 9 a.m. hour.  
 
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A vision for green energy — and jobs in underserved communities

As Minnesota moves towards a green economy there will be an increasing demand for people trained to install the acres of solar panels needed to supply clean energy. 

“Being Indigenous I know that the current modern society that we live in relies too much on fossil fuels, you know, dirty energy,” Timothy Sever said. “And we are out of sync with the world around us. Our planet is suffering each and every day.”
 
What else we're watching:
Ballet is booming among Minnesota's older adults. MPR News host Cathy Wurzer talked with Jill Lile about the benefits of ballet for older folks. Lile teaches ballet at Macalester College and the St. Paul Ballet — and recently started a program for folks 55 and older: “Boomer Ballet. ”

How to protect your identity after the U of M data breach Cybersecurity specialist Ian Coldwater on what former students, applicants, staff and all of those impacted can do to protect against identity theft.

Medical examiner rules Roseville deaths as murder-suicide. The Ramsey County Medical Examiner has preliminarily ruled three deaths in Roseville, Minn.,  over the weekend as two murders and a suicide.

FDNY deaths from 9/11-related illnesses now equal the number killed on Sept. 11. Two recent deaths brought the total to 343, matching the death toll from Sept. 11, the FDNY said. Some 11,000 former and current FDNY employees suffer from 9/11-related illnesses, 3,500 with cancer.

Washington prepares for the shutdown that was never supposed to happen Congress is just days away from a possible government shutdown with few solutions being discussed.

— Sam Stroozas, MPR News
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