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Highs will be in the 70s to near 80 degrees again today across Minnesota. We could see some rain and thunderstorms, and afternoon storms could be on the stronger side across western and southern Minnesota later today and Friday. Get the latest on Updraft.

🎙️ Coming up on Morning Edition : MPR News reporter Dan Gunderson takes us behind the scenes in Duluth as the first grain ship of the season is loaded.

Catch up on all the latest news with our Minnesota Today podcast, including updates on an arrest made in a St. Paul shooting, the public safety bill moving through the Legislature and a bill for free college tuition for some Minnesota families.

🎧 Coming up at 9 a.m., MPR News host Angela Davis speaks with her guests — Lauren Bennett McGinty, executive director of Explore Minnesota, and Jade Tittle, radio host and music director at The Current —about upcoming live music events, art festivals, craft fairs and other events across Minnesota this summer.

Plus, she talks to a St. Paul mother whose family is once again deliberately setting aside their phones, laptops, tablets and TV screens to spend more time outside. They did it last year successfully. Tune in to find out how.
 
Ag exports critical to Minnesota in a changing world

Minnesota's agriculture industry had a record-breaking year for exports last year. The state is a leading producer of many farm commodities like soybeans and corn, and exports to other countries are a key part of the ag economy. A complex web of connections moves those crops around the world. 

“It's going to take a collaboration and cooperation amongst all industries, not just agriculture, to really bring up the Twin Ports to capacity,” aid Charles Wachsmuth.
 
What else we're watching:
Minnesota lawmakers are considering billions in transportation funding. What's in it for transit riders? Both bills would also create a new program to address safety concerns on buses and rail lines in the metro and allocate funding for a passenger train between Duluth and the Twin Cities.

St. Paul police arrest teen in St. Anthony Park fatal shooting. SWAT officers arrested the teen while executing a search warrant at a home on the city's east side. Investigators are still trying to determine what happened in the moments before the shooting.

Welcome back to the Barrio: Teatro del Pueblo hosts live podcast performance. The St. Paul-based theater company Teatro del Pueblo has adapted one of their live shows, “Coco's Barrio,” into a podcast during the COVID-19 pandemic. They have now created a new show, “War of the Worlds REDUX,” set in the same world, which will be performed live and recorded for podcast distribution.

Art Hounds: Memories of France. Art Hounds recommend French-inspired art by Ilene Krug Mojsilov, Spiral Theater's play “West Point Players” and an exhibit by artist Lori Franklin in Duluth.

Advisers to the FDA back first over-the-counter birth control pill. In a unanimous vote, 17-0, a panel of advisers to the Food and Drug Administration recommended that the agency approve the first over-the-counter birth control pill. 


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