MPR News PM Update

Sept. 21, 2023

Warm Thursday! One more 80 degree day before weekend showers develop. Forecast models suggest heaviest rainfall zone favors western Minnesota. The air quality alert for northern and northwest Minnesota continues until 11 p.m. due to wildfire smoke. Get the latest on Updraft.

Minneapolis begins search for first-ever poet laureate
Minneapolis is launching its first-ever poet laureate program in partnership with the Loft Literary Center, aiming to infuse arts and culture into the community through educational opportunities, city ceremonies and a civic project.
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Cannabis company founder picked to oversee Minnesota marijuana market
Gov. Tim Walz named Erin DuPree, the founder of a hemp products company, as the first leader of Minnesota’s Office of Cannabis Management. DuPree will oversee the buildup of a retail market for legal marijuana.
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💻 U says hackers may have stolen decades of student, worker data
University of Minnesota officials on Thursday acknowledged that a data breach initially reported last month exposed personal information on students, potential students and employees from 1989 to 2021, including Social Security numbers.
🚔 'We're all clear': Ellison says latest moves should end questions over police in schools
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison told MPR News on Thursday he believes his latest legal memo and a meeting with state and local leaders and law enforcement will resolve the controversy around how officers can restrain students in schools.
🕺🏾 The song that never ends: Why Earth, Wind & Fire's 'September' sustains
It begins, “Do you remember?” — and we supply the memories. Dan Charnas tells the origin story of the Earth, Wind & Fire hit that still unites generations on the dance floor.
- Nicole Johnson, MPR News
 
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