The University of Minnesota School of Public Health is launching a new Cannabis Research Center. The center announced Thursday was included in the law signed in May that made Minnesota the 23rd state to legalize adult-use cannabis. 

And Minnesota's unemployment rate inched up last month to 3.2 percent, up slightly from September.

Those stories and more from this MPR News evening update. Hosted by Kirsti Marohn. Music by Gary Meister.