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Friday highs will be in the upper 80s to around 90 in most of the state. The above-normal temps may linger through the end of next week and into the following weekend. Get the latest on Updraft.

🎙️Coming up on Morning Edition: A new law allows people who aren’t incarcerated to vote regardless of whether they remain on parole or probation. MPR News host Cathy Wurzer talks to Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon and newly registered voter Elizer Darris about the law change.

🎧 Coming up at 11 a.m., Minnesota is more than home to author William Kent Krueger. It’s a central character in most of his books. Kruger talked about it — and about his primary human character, Cork O’Connor — at a special spring Talking Volumes in Duluth earlier this month.
 
ChangeMakers: Showcasing transgender and nonbinary Minnesotans for Pride month

Every week in June, MPR News is featuring transgender and gender nonconforming Minnesotans who are making an impact. These are our “ChangeMakers.” We know you’ll recognize some. We hope you’ll learn about someone new.
 
Independent bookstores on the rise in Minnesota, each with a story of their own

Across Minnesota and the nation, new and more diverse independent bookstores have been popping up. In fact, for every independent bookstore that has closed since 2020, more than three new ones have opened, according to the American Booksellers Association. Here are 15 to look out for in Minnesota.
 
What else we're watching:
HyLife Windom plant to close Friday: 1,000 workers will lose jobs. HyLife filed for bankruptcy protection in April and since then more than 1,000 employees have been unsure about the plant’s future.

Metro Transit police chief promises safety improvements. The number of people riding buses and trains continues to slowly tick upward after a steep drop at the start of the pandemic. But reports of vandalism, drug use, and assaults are up sharply.

MPR News and Meet Minneapolis presentIn Focus: Stories behind the storefront: Join us at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 6, for a panel discussion about creating an inclusive recovery, led by MPR News host Angela Davis.  

ChangeMakers: Dr. Angela Kade Goepferd pioneers gender-affirming care for kids. For the past 17 years, Dr. Angela Kade Goepferd has worked to change the way Minnesotans view pediatric health care for gender-nonconforming youth. Meet our first ChangeMaker.

Rainbow Scandinavia: Duluth artist Kirsten Aune puts a kaleidoscopic spin on textile folk art. “It was a weird town, but there were some great artists here and there and I couldn't believe that,” Aune says of moving to Duluth and finding creatives from all over the country had relocated there as well.

State regulators approve 9 percent electric rate increase for Xcel Energy. Initial estimates indicate Xcel's final rates will be lower than the interim rates it's currently charging, meaning most customers will receive a refund. 

New law seeks to stem rising costs of disability claims while also providing PTSD treatment. Almost 800 police officers around the state have filed duty disability claims for PTSD since 2019. Many of these officers, said Rep. Kaohly Vang Her, DFL-St. Paul, were leaving their departments with this serious diagnosis without receiving medical treatment.  

Former lawmaker Roger Moe honored by University of Minnesota Crookston. He remained in the legislature for 32 years, including 22 years as Senate Majority Leader and he ran an unsuccessful campaign for Governor in 2002.


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