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Hmong senator en route to Paris to support Suni Lee, helped bring gymnastics trials to Minnesota
About two dozen Minnesotans — including gold medalist and St. Paul native Suni Lee will attend the unconventional and unprecedented Opening Ceremony of the Summer Games in Paris. Sen. Foung Hawj, DFL-St. Paul is also on his way to France to support Lee and he hopes to witness Olympic history.
Stauber cites mineral mining as one reason for Trump’s appeal in northern Minnesota
Minnesota 8th District Republican Rep. Pete Stauber spoke to MPR News’ All Things Considered host Tom Crann about his party’s platform and how he sees it playing out in northern Minnesota.
COVID-19 hospitalizations rise for fifth consecutive week in Minnesota
Over 150 people were admitted to hospitals throughout the state with COVID-19 during the week ending July 6. Preliminary data for the week ending July 13 already shows 155 COVID-19 admissions, which is five consecutive weeks of increases.
From ‘Cork Truck’ to ‘Garden-Rainbow-Space-Mushroom-Whatever’: The Minnesota ArtCars Parade Celebrates 30 Years
In Minneapolis, children at Articulture’s ArtCar camp creatively transform a Toyota hatchback as part of a local tradition where art cars, decorated and driven daily, partake in a vibrant parade celebrating its 30th anniversary around Lake Harriet.
Critical DMs: The brat and the brät, or the semiotics of Kamala Harris and Tim Walz
MPR News’ Max Sparber and Alex V. Cipolle discuss the presidential campaign in terms of aesthetic and generational coding, highlighting how Kamala Harris and Tim Walz, though close in age, symbolize different generations — Gen X and Boomer, respectively — through their public personas and stylistic choices.
Minneapolis Park Board, striking workers reach tentative contract agreement
After a strike lasting more than three weeks, the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board and the union representing park workers announced Friday morning that they’ve reached a tentative contract agreement.
Third annual Anishinaabe Arts Festival offers community engagement — and food 
More than 50 artists are expected at the third annual Anishinaabe Arts Festival in Bemidji this weekend. The organizers promise art works ranging from traditional to modern, food and a lot of socializing.
Cube Critics discuss ‘Fly Me to the Moon‘ and ‘Twisters‘
Cube Critics Jacob Aloi and Mandy Thalhuber discuss a historical fiction that was confusing and a movie about weather-obsessed individuals doing anything they possibly could to die.