Good morning. I'm Michael Olson with a look at today's news around Minnesota and what's coming up today on MPR News.
Several readers have shared their sadness with us about the passing of Cokie Roberts. Tune in this morning to hear some of our favorite appearances she made here in Minnesota. Jump to the bottom of this note for the full lineup including an interview with Sen. Amy Klobuchar and a look at mental health challenges farmers are facing in this uncertain season.
Do you have questions about the proposal to reduce traffic deaths in Minneapolis by lowering speed limits? If you have a question or want to share a story idea with MPR News let us know.
Holy cats! The Twins are pretty darn hot right now. The Twins, who nearly three weeks ago broke the major league single-season mark for home runs set last year by the New York Yankees with 267, accomplished another long ball feat by becoming the first team with five players to reach the 30-homer mark last night in their win over the White Sox.
The soggy start to the day continues for parts of the state. Some thunderstorms may produce gusty winds and small hail. Highs in the lower 70s to mid 80s.
Partly cloudy this evening with a chance of showers and thunderstorms far south. Mostly clear elsewhere. Lows in the mid 50s to mid 60s.
Partly cloudy Thursday with a chance of showers and thunderstorms far south. Highs in the lower 70s to lower 80s. |
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| | Walz to push gun control, insulin affordability in 2020 | | | With summer winding down, Gov. Tim Walz said Tuesday that he's looking ahead toward the 2020 legislative session, with plans to push proposals for making insulin affordable, reducing gun violence, clean energy and criminal justice reform. | |
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| E-scooter: The good, the bad and the bloody | | Brandt Williams | MPR News |
| | Dozens of people responded to an MPR News query about electric scooters, after a story on injuries related to them. Many complain about e-scooters blocking sidewalks and riders not wearing helmets. | |
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| What's on the radio today? | MPR News with Kerri Miller
9:00 a.m. -- Jennine Capó Crucet My Time Among the Whites
In her new collection of essays, My Time Among the Whites, the University of Nebraska English professor reflects on her undergraduate days at Cornell College. She writes about the importance of her college education, and about how learning that she wasn’t quite as white as her peers shifted the way she related to her family and her native Miami. It also transformed the way she interacted with the world.
9:50 -- Remembering Cokie Roberts
The legendary broadcast journalist died Tuesday at the age of 75, of complications from breast cancer. In 2008, Kerri MIller interviewed her on stage at the Fitzgerald Theater about her book Ladies of Liberty: The Women Who Shaped our Nation. Cokie was a lifelong lover of politics and she was also an award-winning historian. She authored several books about the women who worked alongside the men during the founding of our country. Cokie herself was a fiery feminist, a woman who believed the voices we often overlook need to be heard.
1A
10:00 AM – Israel voting and Sen. Amy Klobuchar
Israel’s election is the first segment of 1A that hour. Afterwards they’ll talk to Sen. Amy Klobuchar as they continue their series of profiles on 2020 presidential candidates.
MPR News with Angela Davis
11:00 a.m. Farmer's mental health
The stress of farming can lead to anxiety or depression. It can also trigger or worsen other mental health conditions. Angela Davis talks with state leaders and a representative from the Minnesota Farmers Union about how farmers cope and how they can find the care they need.
MPR News Presents
12:00 p.m. -- Remembering Cokie
Excerpts of two talks given in Minnesota recently by longtime NPR reporter Cokie Roberts, who has died at the age of 75. She spoke in April at St. Mary's University of Minnesota. That talk was titled, "Weaving the Social Safety Net at Home and Around the World." She also gave the Eugene McCarthy Lecture at St. John's University and the College of St. Benedict in the fall of 2013. | | |
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