Good morning! Plenty of winter on the way today. A winter weather advisory is in effect for the center of the state and continues until midnight with about 3 to 5 inches of snow by this evening. Western and south western Minnesota is currently under a blizzard warning, while northern part of the state only has a winter storm warning. We could also see patchy freezing drizzle this morning. Follow our live weather updates. | Updraft | What's on MPR News today? | Forecast
For good or bad, DFL Gov. Tim Walz came in without much history in state-level affairs despite a dozen years serving in Congress. That means few of the deep-rooted relationships or long-held grudges that can propel a governor's agenda forward or hold it back.
Some Minneapolis residents want the police department to put a moratorium on a certain type of traffic stop which they say unfairly targets people of color. They brought their concerns in front of a city council committee Wednesday and asked that Minneapolis police stop making "equipment stops" until they find a way to do so in a non-discriminatory way.
The biggest, most valuable new technology on Midwestern farms these days is a new family of soybean seeds. But some farmers say they're buying these seeds partly out of fear.
Once again, the world was unusually hot in 2018. In fact, on average it was the fourth-hottest year around the planet since modern record-keeping began in 1880.
The plan is massively ambitious and faces political blockades. Proponents believe it's what's necessary to start saving the world from the threat of climate change and to reshape the U.S. economy.
Artiera Evans, 31, is a third-grade teacher at Emerson Spanish Immersion Learning Center in Minneapolis. Evans received a national award from a nonprofit called Honored in part because of her work with a shy student who struggled to focus during school. | Who is making things better in your community?
Another U.S.-Russian nuclear pact is in danger following the U.S. move to withdraw from a Cold War-era arms control treaty, a senior Russian diplomat said Thursday.