MPR News Update

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Another Department of Human Services departure. Former hostage dies. Flash flood update.
Good afternoon. Minnesota's largest city has a new leader: Jacob Frey is Minneapolis' next mayor. Ranked-choice voting added to the dram in this year's contest. | Full story
Good afternoon! At age 27 and 28, Angela and Andy McLaughin quit their jobs, sold their possessions and hit the road. Becoming the envy of the cubicle farms of Minnesota, but also learning some valuable lessons about planning and about what's important in life. | NewsCut | Forecast
Good afternoon! More paving on Interstate 94 is paving the way for more driving headaches in the Twin Cities. Check out that and more weekend road woes here. Hopefully you have air conditioning. | Forecast
Good afternoon! Mediation sessions between Gov. Mark Dayton and leaders of the Legislature are costing taxpayers hundreds of dollars per hour, but the public has little chance of learning what is happening. | Capitol View | NewsCut | Forecast
Good afternoon! Today we recognize another example of people doing good. After Sawyer Ruby Rose Hanson, 4, got lost in a field last night near Nerstand, Minn., about 150 people organized to help look for her. After being thanked for their work, one searcher had the appropriate Minnesota response. "You bet." | NewsCut | Forecast
Good afternoon! According to a study published in Child Development, teens are growing up more slowly than generations before them. So, is that good or bad? | NewsCut | Forecast
Good afternoon! After being honored several times in previous years, Minnesota has been shut out in Money magazine's top 10 best places to live. A Minnesota town not only didn't make the top 10, it didn't make the top 20. Or 30. Or 40. Or 50. | NewsCut | Forecast
Good afternoon. Today on NewsCut, bad news on one of the "hero" cops working in Hurricane Irma's aftermath in Florida. A trio of officers in Gainesville went viral for a selfie of them cleaning up after the storm. All that happiness went away when the internet found out the cop taking the picture is an anti-Semite. | Full story