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Monday morning, the Supreme Court ruled former President Donald Trump has some immunity from prosecution over his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. We broke down the ruling with a law professor from the University of Minnesota.

A law went into effect Monday which unseals birth records for some Minnesota adoptees. We spoke with an expert about the impacts on adoptees and birth parents.

WCCO-TV turned 75 Monday. We heard from a former WCCO news director and general manager.

Plus, we heard an update on the story of a transgender man from Russia who took refuge in Minnesota.

Our Minnesota Music Minute today was “Bucket of Blue” by Wish Wash, and our Song of the Day was “Spanish Town” by Jaggedease.

Monday marks the 75th anniversary of WCCO’s first ever television broadcast in the Twin Cities.

Ron Handberg wasn’t at WCCO-TV way back in 1949 when the station broadcast its first ever newscast, but he was responsible for shaping the station throughout the second half of the 20th century.

Handberg got his start at WCCO radio in 1960 and was the producer of the first Scene Tonight shows on WCCO-TV in the late ‘70s. He joined MPR News host Cathy Wurzer on the show to paint of a picture of his early years on WCCO.

Monday is the first day Minnesota adoptees over 18 can request their original birth record—even those from closed adoptions that happened decades ago.

The law was championed by adoptees citing the right to know their own history. Also affected are the birth parents who must rapidly come to terms with the idea of being contacted by a child they believed they would never see again.

Alexis Oberdorfer is the vice president of services at the Minnesota Children’s Home & LSS. She joined MPR News Host Cathy Wurzer to share the details of the law change and how it will affect both adoptees and birth parents.

In April, we told you about a Russian transgender man who fled with his partner to Minnesota after learning it was trans refuge state. It was a harrowing journey that captured the hearts of many Minnesotans.

While Erik Beda made it to Minnesota in March, he was separated from his partner Ivan at the border. Minnesotans stepped in to bring the couple back together. And Minnesota Now Senior Producer Aleesa Kuznetsov was the only journalist invited as Erik and Ivan reunited.

On Monday morning, the Supreme Court ruled that former President Donald Trump is immune from prosecution over the events of Jan. 6, 2021.

The court decision was 6 to 3, divided along partisan lines. The decision sends the case back to lower courts, and that move will likely delay a trial for Trump on plotting to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

University of Minnesota law professor Jill Hasday joined MPR News host Cathy Wurzer to explain the decision.

President Joe Biden gathered with his family at Camp David over the weekend to regroup after a debate that many viewed as disastrous for his reelection campaign. He showed more energy at a North Carolina rally as his campaign pushed back against calls by some Democrats to drop out.

Support for Biden has faltered among parts of the coalition that elected him in 2020—including young voters. In one survey covered by NPR, only a third of voters ages 18 to 26 supported Biden and another third supported former President Donald Trump. The rest preferred third-party candidates.

For our series State of Democra-Z, we’ve been talking to a group of young voters who work in politics. Cori Stockard is an incoming senior at the University of Minnesota and president of the College Democrats, and Cory Hallada is an incoming senior at St. Olaf who has interned with former president Trump’s campaign.

The two Gen-Z voters joined MPR News host Cathy Wurzer to share what they took away from the debate.