Good morning! Today's forecast is ... oh wait, you probably don't care about today's forecast, do you? You probably just want to know how much snow is going to fall this weekend, right? Well, here's an early forecast: Northern Minnesota could get 4 to 6 inches, central Minnesota could see 6 to 8 while southern Minnesota could get buried under another 8 to 12 inches of snow. The boys' state hockey tournament began Wednesday and with it, the pageantry we've all been waiting for: the hockey hair showcase. That flow! That cabbage! So old school dirty! If you have no idea what we're talking about, here's your guide to the lingo. | What's on MPR News today? | Forecast
In Rochester, an arts-focused elementary school has brought health care, social services and other family needs under its roof. Leaders say the whole effort is helping at-risk children. Challenges remain, but the school's caught the attention of the Walz administration. | 'Full-service' community schools get a deeper look at the State Capitol
House Democrats on Wednesday postponed indefinitely a vote on a resolution condemning anti-Semitism after a contentious meeting in which some new members confronted leaders over their push to rebuke Minnesota U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar. | The latest anti-Semitism allegations against Ilhan Omar
Minnesota already has a 25 percent renewable energy mandate, and close to half of the state's electricity comes from carbon-free sources: renewable energy, which mostly comes from wind but also solar and hydroelectricity; and non-renewable nuclear, which doesn't give off carbon. | Minnesota's solar capacity jumped almost 50 percent last year
The death of a 17-year-old on a day when several others were injured by gunfire has galvanized residents of the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood in Minneapolis. Dozens filled a conference room to tell top police officials of their concerns Wednesday.
With lots of snow on the ground and more in the forecast, state officials and even the Legislature are starting to prepare for floods. | Digging deep to predict spring floods
On Thursday, a federal judge will tell the president's former campaign chairman how much time in prison he must serve and how much money he must pay for bank and tax fraud.
As climate change becomes a hotter topic in American classrooms, politicians around the country are pushing back against the near-universal scientific consensus that global warming is real, dire and man-made.
