MPR News PM Update

May 9, 2024

Cooler Thursday with temps in the 50s and a fair amount of sun through patchy clouds, especially southern Minnesota. Expect a frigid Friday morning. Get the latest on Updraft.

$100K for ruby slippers? Minnesota lawmakers put seed money into acquisition of Dorothy’s footwear

A bill staged for final votes would use $100,000 from a historical legacy account to help facilitate purchase of the ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in ‘The Wizard of Oz.’ But it would need to be combined with other money.
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📝 Citizen police oversight petition falls short of required number of valid Minneapolis signatures
A city of Minneapolis analysis of the petitions found thousands of signatures couldn’t be validated. The coalition Minneapolis for Community Control of Police has been collecting signatures since 2020, and said they’re outraged that so many signatures were excluded.
🎧 Lee Hawkins unpacks family history and intergenerational trauma in new podcast
Listen: MPR News host Angela Davis talks with Lee Hawkins about his new long-form limited series podcast, What Happened in Alabama? 
🥣 Appetites: Sisters bottle up mom’s ‘magic’ chutney recipes
On Mother’s Day, many celebrate the mother figures in their lives with flowers or by cooking a meal. Sisters Yasameen and Sheilla Sajady started a sauce company to honor their mother, Fatima, and the “magic” of her chutney recipe.
– Nicole Johnson, MPR News
 
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