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The Minneapolis City Council is now reviewing Mayor Jacob Frye's budget proposal, which includes 14 additional police officers, $31 million for affordable housing and the creation of so-called cultural districts. Demonstrators calling for police reform disrupted the beginning of Thursday’s meeting. The mayor then delivered his remarks at times having to speak over protesters. MPR’s Phil Picardi spoke with him about police, housing, and Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn, who attended the meeting.

To round up what July 2019 looked like in Minnesota, MPR News guest host Phil Picardi talked with retired University of Minnesota meteorologist and climatologist Mark Seeley.

It comes some six weeks after longtime drummer Janet Weiss announced she was leaving the band.

Of the 65 students taking part in the White Coat Ceremony on Friday to welcome the class, 18 percent are Native American. These doctors-to-be could help address a shortage of American Indian physicians nationwide that some say has reached "crisis" levels.

Rhythmically Speaking presents “The Cohort.” Plus, Art Hounds recommend an Iranian cultural festival and music performed in trees.

By that time, Beatlemania was in full swing, and Martin hadn't had a Top 40 hit in six years.

Haji Yussuf attended college and raised a family in St. Cloud. He worked to ease racial and religious tensions and build a community welcoming to immigrants. But he says incidents the past few years have poisoned the place he loved.

Wildlife managers from across Minnesota say DNR leadership is mismanaging the upcoming timber harvest in a way that risks altering state forest lands for the animals that depend on them.

As the baby-boomer generation ages, there’s a growing number of senior housing projects going up to meet future demand. 

The case involved a suspect in an illegal drug investigation who refused to cooperate with officers. A justice writing for the majority said Guntallwon Brown’s personal privacy was violated.