MPR News PM Update

Aug. 2, 2023

Steamy Wednesday! Most of Minnesota will stay dry, but there could be some local and isolated downpours. High temps in the low 90s for the Twin Cities and much of central and south-central Minnesota. Get the latest on Updraft.

📝 Law change will unseal original birth records for people born in Minnesota and later adopted
A major change is coming to birth records kept in Minnesota. Starting next summer, people who put children born in Minnesota up for adoption — in the past, and in the future — won’t be able to keep their names private.
😮‍💨 Photos: People celebrate day one of legal cannabis in Minnesota
From Red Lake to Minneapolis, Minnesotans embraced the new legal status of cannabis. MPR News photographers captured the celebrations.
⛏️ Minnesota Supreme Court deals another setback to proposed NorthMet mine
The Minnesota Supreme Court has dealt another blow to the proposed NorthMet copper-nickel mine in northeastern Minnesota, sending a key water quality permit back to state regulators for additional work.
❤️‍🩹 Amid addiction need, Augsburg's student recovery program seeks more participants
Since it launched in 1997, StepUP has stood out among Twin Cities collegiate recovery programs for its longevity and impact on students. Now Augsburg welcomes students outside its gates to participate.
🚨 Police search Senate office buildings after report of active shooter; later declare it a false alarm
Authorities issued a shelter-in-place order and searched Senate office buildings near the U.S. Capitol Wednesday afternoon after a 911 call warned of a possible active shooter. But Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger said the cause of the security scramble “may have been a bogus call.”
- Nicole Johnson, MPR News
 
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