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Climate change linked to rising home insurance rates in Minnesota
Minnesota was the only state to see losses in the home insurance market in six of the last seven years, the New York Times reported. The losses correlate with increasing home damage from severe weather.
Financial advice for new grads in Minnesota
MPR News host Angela Davis talked with two financial experts about financial advice for students who are leaving high school or college and starting in their first jobs.
After big U.S. win, cricket craze comes to Minnesota
The USA cricket team has just beat global powerhouse Pakistan in a World Cup match. Masaood Yunus, president of the Minnesota Cricket Association, said the win marks for him that the moment “has finally arrived” for cricket in the U.S.
Here are a few items in the proposed contract between Minneapolis and the police union
The city of Minneapolis has released its tentative contract with the city’s police union. The agreement would give officers a substantial boost in pay in exchange for more control over staffing by the city’s police chief. 
Jay Cooke Swinging Bridge celebrates its centennial with free park day, summer of events
In honor of the bridge’s big birthday, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is celebrating with a summer of educational programming and events for park visitors. It all kicks off with Free Park Day on Saturday.
Jury convicts five of seven defendants in the Feeding Our Future trial
At the trial, prosecutors showed the jury page after page of bank statements, canceled checks, invoices, WhatsApp messages and meal site attendance sheets to bolster their allegations that the group falsely claimed to have served 18 million meals during the COVID pandemic, for which they collected $47 million in taxpayer money.
Wet weather continues into the start of June
May and June both started with heavy rainfalls. What does that mean for Minnesota’s drought? Meteorologist and Climatologist Mark Seeley answers that question in his weekly weather chat.