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Temperatures Wednesday will be about normal for late June with highs in the 70s across the north and 80s in the south, but cooler near Lake Superior. Dew points will climb especially Wednesday afternoon. Get the latest weather news on Updraft.

🎙️Coming up on Morning Edition: Minnesota lawmakers approved hundreds of millions of dollars in grant funds for nonprofits across the state. We'll follow the money and all the day's news on Morning Edition.

🎧 Coming up at 9 a.m., we revisit a conversation on the mental health of men and boys. Men are less likely to receive mental health care than women, but they are more likely to die by suicide. Also, learn how to approach anybody in need of mental health support, including what to say and do in a moment of crisis and how to offer compassionate, practical help.
 
ChangeMakers: Reneka Evans has dedicated her life to helping Black trans women

Reneka Evans, 54, has been working in community health care in Minnesota for more than two decades. She currently works as the LGBTQ+ community lead for the Minnesota Department of Health as part of its COVID-19 community response.

In celebration of LGBTQ+ Pride Month, throughout June MPR News is featuring stories about transgender and nonbinary Minnesotans making an impact. See more at mprnews.org/changemakers.
 
What else we're watching:
Lawmakers earmark nearly $1 billion for Minnesota nonprofits along with new oversight. Lawmakers approved more than $900 million for nonprofits over the next two years, but they’re also after stricter oversight in the wake of the Feeding Our Future scandal.

Mobile business owner experiences bumps in the road. Retail in small towns is changing, and mobile businesses are seeking their place in this new world. In Courtland in Southern Minnesota one entrepreneur with a mobile coffee shop is finding out, there are pluses and minuses to being on the move.  

What the Supreme Court's rejection of a controversial theory means for elections. A major ruling that rejects the most extreme version of a once-fringe legal theory has eased the anxiety of many election watchers across the country.

Airport worker charged with recording video in restroom stalls. Prosecutors allege in a criminal complaint that on Feb. 16, a worker who was about to use a an employee restroom on the lower level of the E concourse spotted a cell phone under the stall he was about to use.

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