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☂️ Like the last couple of days, we’ll continue to see some isolated to spotty showers and a couple thunderstorms Tuesday. High temperatures today will be in the low to mid-80s. Get the latest weather news on Updraft.

 
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Lino Lakes council members voted last night to put a Muslim-centered housing development — including businesses and a mosque — on hold for a year. Some residents say that would put too much stress on the city’s infrastructure. But backers of the project say the council’s move is thinly veiled Islamophobia. Matt Sepic brings us the story.

Striking Minneapolis parks workers are due to return to work on Thursday —without a new, ratified contract. It comes after the union filed an unfair labor practices charge against the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board. Well examine their allegations and where negotiations stand.
 
Coming up at 9a.m.

❤️ Summer is the season of the beach read, and romance novels are flying off the shelves in 2024. MPR News, host Angela Davis talks with romance author and chef Abby Jimenez, plus the owner of Minneapolis bookstore Tropes and Trifles.

📚 And we want to hear from you, too. What questions do you have for our guests about romance novels? What hooked you on the genre? Our guests might even have a recommendation for you or a friend.  Call 651-227-6000 or 800-242-2828 during the 9 a.m. hour. 
 
Ready, set, eat: Here are the new foods that'll be featured at the 2024 Minnesota State Fair

Sweet corn cola floats, sweet heat bacon, Swedish ice cream sundaes and a host of other creative culinary concoctions: Starting planning your taste tour, the list of new food offerings at this year’s Minnesota State Fair is out.

The list released Tuesday morning by fair officials includes 33 official new foods and six new vendors.
 
Can wolf haters and wolf lovers talk without howling?

As controversy once again swirls around wolf management in Minnesota, two educational groups continue their work to insert science into the debate around wolves without dismissing people’s fears.

After a significant drop in the deer hunting harvest in northern Minnesota last fall, a new grassroots group called Hunters for Hunters held a series of packed meetings across the region, blaming wolves for the poor hunt.

“There is definitely a groundswell of strong anti-wolf rhetoric out there,” said Grant Spickelmier, executive director of the International Wolf Center in Ely.
 
What else we're watching:

🏗️ One-year development moratorium halts Muslim-oriented project in Lino Lakes. Some residents say the project would put too much stress on the city’s infrastructure. But backers of the project say the council’s move is thinly veiled Islamophobia.

🪲 In gardens across Minnesota, the beetle battle begins. Sporting metallic green and copper colors, Japanese beetles are starting their annual feast of roses, grapevines, fruit trees and any number of other plants, including soybeans and some other crops.

📻 Listen: Minnesota Now and Then: Minnesota's role in the Underground Railroad. Black abolitionist Moses Dickson led countless formerly enslaved people to freedom. But there are about 10 years of his life that historians haven't been able to place. Until now.

🧑🏽‍⚖️ Report: Asylum seekers face ‘refugee roulette’ in Minnesota court. The fate of someone winning asylum and being granted permission to stay in the U.S. depends on the judge they’re assigned in court. Some approve more than 50 percent of cases while others approve less than 20 percent.

📝 With just one mention of abortion, Republican Party lays out its 2024 policy platform.
Despite failing to unveil a new platform in 2020, the Republican Party Monday released its policy goals and aims in  its official 2024 platform, where the languages sticks close to Trump.


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