After Florida shooting, Minnesota schools double check security; 3 more Minnesota kids die from flu

Minnesota school leaders hope to learn from the recent Florida shooting in an effort to keep students safe. | Officials vow to ensure 'justice is served' | Lives lost

Facing a White House veto threat and opposition from the Senate's GOP leaders, the chamber derailed a plan by bipartisan senators that would have helped 1.8 million young immigrant "Dreamers" achieve citizenship.

The entire agreement stayed within the district's budget of just over $2 million a year in added costs. That budget constraint continually clashed with teacher demands during negotiations and nearly led to a strike Tuesday.

The heart of the policy is a color-coded graph that indicates five levels of suspects' potential resistance to officers. The levels range from "compliant," which carries a "low probablity of causing injury," to "aggravated aggressive," which is "likely to produce death or serious bodily injury."

The embrace of e-cigarettes and vaping by Minnesota youth is reversing a long-term trend of declining teen tobacco use in Minnesota, the Minnesota Health Department said Thursday, noting that 1 in 5 high school students use e-cigarettes.

The Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities will push this year for another increase in state aid, along with help for local infrastructure and child care.