Sept. 7, 2023

Overall, our state's in a serious drought right now. Western Minnesota is still under an air quality alert. Friday we'll see temps in the 70s, some maybe in the 80s across Minnesota. Weekend-wise, expect patchy rain Saturday, highs in the 70s. Check our latest Updraft .

Push begins in Minnesota to let terminally ill patients end their own lives

The End-of-Life Options Act would make it legal for terminally ill, mentally capable adults to be prescribed and take a medication to end their life.

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Bloc of DFL lawmakers opposes special session to repeal prone restraint law

A large number of MN DFLers oppose a special session to repeal a law setting limits on physical holds by school staff. They call it “extreme punishments” unfit for school.

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🍁 Minnesota already showing some fall colors, but weather and drought may still impact timing

Fall colors are already starting to emerge in the Red River Valley, but most Minnesotans are a month or more from peak leaf color this year.

🚧 Minneapolis approves purchase agreement for Roof Depot site

The Minneapolis City Council Thursday approved a purchase agreement with the East Phillips Neighborhood Institute (EPNI) for land at the center of a years-long controversy, calling it "a win for the community."

🚗 Minnesotans can now schedule appointments to get driver's license, regardless of immigration status

All Minnesotans, regardless of their immigration status, can now schedule appointments for written tests to get a driver's license, under the new Driver’s License for All law.

💨 CO2 pipeline project denied key S.D. permit; another seeks second chance in N.D.

Navigator CO2 Ventures wants to build a 1,300-mile pipeline network across Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska and South Dakota, to carry planet-warming carbon dioxide emissions from more than 20 industrial plants to be buried over a mile underground.

⚖️ Actor Danny Masterson sentenced to 30 years to life in prison for rape

"This has been a long and arduous road for the victims of Mr. Masterson," read a statement from District Attorney George Gascón. "They not only survived his abuse, they also survived a system that is often not kind to victims."

🚙Minneapolis council fails to override mayor’s veto of proposal to boost rideshare driver pay

The Minneapolis City Council failed Thursday to override a veto by Mayor Jacob Frey of an ordinance that would have required higher pay and better protections for rideshare drivers in the city.

- Amy Felegy, MPR News

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