MPR News PM Update

May 28, 2024

Cool Tuesday! Unsettled weather continues with scattered showers for the eastern half of Minnesota. Highs will range from the mid-60s to just upper 50s north. Portions of Northeast Minnesota are under a frost advisory through 7 a.m. Wednesday. Get the latest on Updraft .

Appeals court overturns conviction in fatal shooting of Minneapolis teenager Deshaun Hill

In 2023, Cody Fohrenkam was found guilty of shooting and killing 15-year-old North High School student Deshaun Hill. But the state Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that the state failed to prove that Fohrenkam’s statements were lawfully obtained.
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State agency board recommends against loan for tribal cannabis facility

The Advisory Board of the Minnesota Department of Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation voted 5-2 against a proposed $2.5 million loan to a subsidiary of the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa to build a cannabis growing facility in Brookston.
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📝 Minneapolis announces tentative contract agreement with police union
Details of the agreement won’t be released until after officers vote to approve it. The Minneapolis City Council still needs to sign off on the contract.
🧫 Former 3M scientist talks PFAS contamination, decadeslong corporate cover-up
The “forever chemicals” were developed then dumped by corporate giant 3M over several decades in the Twin Cities suburbs.
🛣️ When driving on the wrong side of the road is the right way to speed up traffic
An unconventional design known as the diverging diamond interchange can be both safer and more efficient than conventional left turn lanes. Seven of these interchanges are in place in Minnesota.
📱 T-Mobile to buy almost all of U.S Cellular in deal worth $4.4 billion with debt
T-Mobile is buying U.S. Cellular’s wireless operations and certain spectrum assets in a deal valued at $4.4 billion, giving U.S. Cellular customers more options on cellular plans and lower prices.
🎛️ Interview: DJ Anthony Kasper on working with the Timberwolves, Twins and more
Carbon Sound spoke with Kasper about his work as a DJ in stadiums and clubs, his interactions with players like Naz Reid and what songs he’d want to hear as a player.
🏞️ Minnesota lawmakers assert protections for public waters
Legislators passed language clarifying that a waterway that meets the legal definition is a public water, even if it’s not on a decades-old state inventory. Its passage followed a lengthy legal dispute over Limbo Creek, the last free-flowing stream in heavily-farmed Renville County.
❌ Armenians, Hmong and other groups feel U.S. race and ethnicity categories don't represent them
The federal government recently reclassified race and ethnicity groups in an effort to better capture the diversity of the United States, but some groups feel the changes are still missing the mark. Hmong, Armenian, Black Arab and Brazilian communities in the U.S. feel that they are not accurately represented in the official numbers that their government produces.
– Nicole Johnson, MPR News
 
 

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