MPR News PM Update

July 31, 2024

Stormy end of the month! Heavy showers are covering much of the Twin Cities and there's a severe thunderstorm watch for much of central and northeast Minnesota until 7 p.m. Get the latest on Updraft.
‘Build the plane while we’re flying it’: Cannabis regulators ready for next phase of legalization

The state’s Office of Cannabis Management is reviewing applications for the first applicants set to stand up Minnesota’s legal cannabis marketplace. The office is also fine-tuning an inspections regimen.
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This Minneapolis Indigenous Design Camp for teens is the first of its kind in the U.S.

Indigenous teens are participating in the first U.S. Indigenous Design Camp, where they craft architectural models and explore careers in architecture to address the underrepresentation of Native Americans in the field.
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🚀 John Lee Clark is pioneering an emerging language — and culture
Changemakers: In a culture where people operate at a distance from each other and their surroundings, John Lee Clark advocates for Protactile, a set of practices and language based entirely on touch and designed by DeafBlind people.
📝 Unionized janitors fear job losses as Ramsey County contracts with new companies
Starting Aug. 5, three companies that do not contract with the union will take on cleaning of county buildings — including one that faces wage theft allegations.
🤝 Duluth settles suit with couple that alleges racism by police department
The Duluth City Council has agreed to pay $135,000 to a couple to settle allegations of racism by police . Aaron Kirk, who’s Black, and his wife Amy, who’s white, say that starting in 2007, two neighbors called police dozens of times and made false complaints about everything from meth cooking to child abuse and that police failed to investigate the neighbors.
🌎 Refugee athletes want more of them to compete at the Olympics as migration takes global focus
South Sudanese runner Perina Lokure Nakang first ran for sport along the road near her refugee camp in Kenya. Now, the 21-year-old is among many of the 37 athletes on the refugee team who are pushing to see more refugees like her able to compete at the Olympics.
– Nicole Johnson, MPR News
 

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