Jan. 16, 2020
Snow boots✔️ Shovel✔️ Scraper✔️ Heavy snowstorm hits Minnesota tomorrow. Friday’s storm will dump several inches of snow across the state — up to 10 inches in the Twin Cities, 6 to 11 inches up north and 4 to 7 inches in southern Minnesota. Good luck digging out tomorrow. Tomorrow is the first day Minnesotans can vote for president. Early voting starts Friday, and you can get your absentee ballot with no excuse through the Minnesota Secretary of State office. Don’t forget: You have to declare a party to vote in the primary. Which ballot you picked will be known to the chairs of the four major parties in the state. Have more questions about the presidential primary? Watch this video to learn how to vote and what to check before the election, in about 2 minutes. President Trump broke law by freezing assistance funds for Ukraine. That’s according to a federal watchdog report released Thursday. The White House has said previously that it believed Trump was acting within his legal authority. ICYMI: One of the first men to cross the treacherous Drake Passage is Minnesotan. Meet Andrew Towne, of Minneapolis, who spent 13 days in December rowing across one of the most harrowing stretches of water in the world with five other men. Towne talked about his journey on this week’s All Things Considered. — Jiwon Choi, MPR News | 