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Morning Announcements for July 23
These are the Morning Announcements for Wednesday, July 23. Tell us what you’re celebrating!
How Medicaid changes will affect health care in Minnesota
Changes coming to Medicaid will make it harder for some Minnesotans to get covered by the public health insurance program. MPR News host Angela Davis talks with guests about how that will affect mental health services, rural hospitals and health care in Minnesota.
RAGBRAI+M? The Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa crosses the border into Minnesota
Thousands of cyclists rode through southern Minnesota during the famous Iowa bike tour’s first visit to its northern neighbor. At a rest stop hosted in Jackson County, riders sampled food and drinks from local Minnesota vendors and posed for photos with the state welcome sign. 
Q&A: With ‘Chunkadelic,’ Nur-D doubles down on joy and resistance
Minnesota rapper Nur-D discusses his new album “Chunkadelic,” a genre-blending, deeply personal project born from a Reddit insult, exploring joy, resistance and staying true to himself in a conformist industry.
Expert explains how federal officials will decide whether Vance Boelter will receive the death penalty
It’s been more than 100 years since Minnesota’s last state execution. The state abolished capital punishment in 1911. Federal prosecutors have not sought the death penalty in a Minnesota-based case since the Supreme Court reinstated capital punishment in 1976.
Closure of Midway Cub Foods puts damper on neighborhood revitalization efforts
Cub Foods in the Hamline-Midway neighborhood announced it will close on August 2. City and neighborhood leaders hope it creates an opportunity to redevelop the block which has several vacant buildings.
They came to the U.S. to attend middle school. Then the immigration crackdown began.
One dreams of becoming a lawyer. The other imagines a career as an FBI agent. Over a year at Andersen Middle School in Minneapolis, two students from Mexico and Ecuador reached milestones and faced new barriers to their future in the U.S.