Minnesota Now: July 11, 2023

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Businesses are preparing for legal cannabis — that brings up questions about drug tests, expungement and more. We have answers from an advisor to Minnesota companies on the big change.

Minnesota trees are facing all kinds of ailments — we talked to an arborist who is coming to the rescue.

And you’ve probably heard some hype around the northern lights coming to Minnesota this week. But some astronomers are warning us not to get too excited. We hear from one about why the aurora is so hard to predict.

Plus, we look into problems with special education teacher training in the state. We look into why that’s an issue — and where the state goes from here.

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