MPR News is following an incident where dozens of federal agents to surround a restaurant in the heart of the Latino community in Minneapolis Tuesday.

As news of the operation spread on social media, people believing the presence of federal agents was connected to an immigration raid tried to block tactical vehicles from coming down Lake Street and shouted at agents. At one point, some law enforcement used a chemical irritant to break up the crowd.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said in a statement it was part of a narcotics and money laundering investigation and not related to immigration enforcement.

The Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office partnered with federal agencies to carry out the investigation, according to a statement posted on social media. For more information on what happened, MPR News host Nina Moini talks with Hennepin County Sheriff Dawanna Witt.

State lawmakers are still working to finish up their budget bills, which they'll take to a vote in a special session as soon as Wednesday. We heard about the major sticking points and what it will take to avoid a government shutdown.

We found out how state health officials are responding to a recent measles case at the Mall of America.

The U.S. Supreme Court will soon release its opinion on a disability rights case that began in a Minnesota school district. A law professor joined the show to break it down.

We met one of 29 leaders from the region who are being recognized for their community work through the 2025 Bush Fellowship.

We learned all about two red pandas and their new habitat at the Minnesota Zoo.

Our Minnesota Music Minute was ‘Sleepn’ by TABAH and our Song of the Day was ‘Fool's Gold’ by The Harlow Pennies.

The Bush foundation announced 29 recipients of its annual fellowship Tuesday. Each of them will get a grant to help build skills and make a difference in their communities.

The fellows hail from Minnesota, the Dakotas and the native nations in the region. Many of the fellows focus on racial justice. One of them is Kelis Houston. When she started working in child welfare, Kelis noticed that an alarmingly disproportional number of African American children were being separated from their families. The children were being kept away for longer and more frequently than other children. Kelis Houston joined Minnesota Now to explain the work that lies ahead of her.

Red pandas are wildly popular at zoos around the world, and in their home region in forests across Asia. Over the weekend, two panda brothers made their debut at the Minnesota Zoo for the summer. It's been four years since the Minnesota Zoo has hosted red pandas. They're joining a new exhibit focused on the forests of China.

Randy Kochevar is the chief animal care, health, conservation and behavior officer at the Minnesota Zoo. He joined Minnesota Now to explain how the zoo set up a new home for the pandas.

June is typically the time of year when the United States Supreme Court hands down their opinions on the cases they decided to take up this session. One of the cases up for a decision is a disability discrimination case involving a Minnesota family that sued Osseo Area Schools.

The family has a daughter with severe epilepsy and cognitive disabilities. They requested that Osseo Area Schools allow their daughter to have a later school schedule because she tends to suffer from seizures in the morning. The school did not make that accommodation and the family is working to prove that public school officials violated the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act.

The case could test the reach of federal laws that promise special help for children with disabilities in public schools. Jill Hasday, a law professor at the University of Minnesota, joined Minnesota Now to explain the case.

If legislative leaders and Governor Tim Walz had their way, all 201 lawmakers would be headed back to the Capitol for a special session as soon as Wednesday. The governor has not yet made that report-for-duty call, and the legislature hasn’t polished up the budget enough to stage bills for up-or-down votes.

Officials are making early preparations for a possible partial government shutdown, but that worst-case scenario is still weeks away. Peter Cox joined Minnesota Now from the Capitol to talk about what’s ready and what’s still holding things up.

One woman is dead and five others were shot following a mass shooting at Boom Island Park in Minneapolis last night. As police are preparing for busier months ahead, Minneapolis police Chief Brian O'Hara will join us to talk about violence prevention this summer.

A new study finds it's becoming more difficult for teachers to afford to rent or own homes in the communities they teach in. We'll learn why that matters and what effect this trend is having in Minnesota.

Plus, a Minnesota youth-led conservation group is tackling local environmental problems. We'll hear from two teens behind the Green Crew.

And the Lynx are undefeated to start the season. We'll get the latest from our sports contributors Wally and Eric.

Our Minnesota Music Minute was “In The Light” by Laamar and our Song of the Day was “Minnesota Moon” by The Big Wu.

This weekend there was a concentration of Minnesota teams on the West Coast. The Twins lost their series in Seattle while Minnesota United won in that same city. The Lynx won their game in San Francisco against the WNBA's newest team, the Golden State Valkyries.

The Twins, Loons and Lynx will all be at home for their next games.

Our sports contributors Wally Langfellow and Eric Nelson joined Minnesota Now to tell us what to expect.

A group of Twin Cities teens want youth to feel more hopeful about the future of our world. They’re turning to their own back yards to tackle climate change. The Green Crew is a youth-led conservation and leadership program. It was recently featured in the New York Times as part of the “50 States, 50 Fixes” series about local solutions to environmental problems.

Joining Minnesota Now to talk about the Green Crew is Hannah Barisonzi. She is a junior at The Blake School and the founder of the Green Crew and Griffith Pugh, who just finished his freshman year of college and is a co-founder of the Green Crew.

A new study from the National Council on Teacher Quality shows that housing costs are outpacing the growth of teacher salaries across the country, including here in Minnesota.

As part of a sample of more than 72 large urban school districts around the U.S., the research and advocacy group looked at whether teachers at Anoka-Hennepin Public School District and St. Paul Public Schools could afford to rent or own a home in the community they teach in.

From 2019 to 2025, the study found in Anoka-Hennepin schools, teacher salaries increased on average 21 percent, while home prices jumped by nearly 36 percent and rental costs by nearly 51 percent.

In St. Paul Public Schools during the same time period, teacher salaries increased on average 19 percent, with home prices increasing nearly 29 percent and rent nearly 51 percent.

Joining Minnesota Now to talk about what impact housing affordability has on teacher retention and the education system is Heather Peske, the president of the National Council on Teacher Quality and John Wolhaupter, an educator in the Anoka-Hennepin Public School District.