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Today and Thursday look like the warmest days this week. Temperatures should reach the 60s in the Twin Cities and much of southern Minnesota this afternoon. Wednesday will be a few degrees cooler, but highs on Thursday will once again push into the lower 60s across the south. Get the latest weather news on Updraft.

Coming up on Morning Edition: Minnesota native Adam Johnson was killed when a skate slashed his neck during a hockey game last month. The USA Hockey Board is trying to require players to wear neck guards, but there's long been a reluctance among players to wear such equipment. Hockey reporter Jess Myers with The Rink Live joins us to talk about why that attitude is changing.

Coming up at 9 a.m.:  MPR News host Angela Davis talks with Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, the executive director of the National Basketball Players Association Foundation, about the culture of basketball and the impact professional players can have on their communities.
 
Minnesota schools turn to voters, plead for lawmaker help in fending off cyberattacks

Faced with the growing threat of cybersecurity breaches, school districts around the country and in Minnesota are turning to local taxpayers and state officials for help in building up their defenses.

Voters in at least 17 communities last week weighed ballot questions letting local districts raise tax levies for cybersecurity improvements; more than half were approved. But school officials on Monday told lawmakers that it shouldn’t be entirely on their shoulders.

 
Survey: Minnesota hospitals report hefty financial losses

The Minnesota Hospital Association reported Monday that many of the state’s health systems are losing money at a growing clip.

The MHA, a trade group that represents care providers that include large Twin Cities health systems and small rural hospitals, said that 67 percent of its members that took part in a recent survey reported losses in the first half of 2023. That’s a sharp increase over the 55 percent that reported negative operating margins in 2022.

“These hospitals are clinging and hanging from the side of a very dangerous cliff, and their arms are getting tired. We must act before they crash,” said MHA President Dr. Rahul Koranne in an interview with MPR News.

 
What else we're watching:

Local ski resorts playing the waiting game for colder weather. With high temperatures in the 60s and lows not going below freezing this week for central and southern Minnesota, our warmer weather isn’t great news for ski and snowboard hills.

Why nuclear energy is a political minefield in Minnesota. Nuclear energy is controversial in Minnesota and across the country. A new series from Minnesota news startup Project Optimist is diving into all the gray areas.

Escape to the cold? MPR's Sven Sundgaard on his trip to the arctic. Sven is high up in the Canadian tundra to see polar bears and learn about how they’re being affected by a rapidly warming climate.

Prince's puffy "Purple Rain" shirt and other pieces from late singer's wardrobe go up for auction. Fans of Prince, who was known nearly as much for his extravagant wardrobe as for his chart-topping hits, will have a chance to bid on some of the late musician's sartorial splendor in an online auction this week.

— Anna Haecherl, MPR News


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