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Minnesota election 2023; Como Zoo's baby giraffe

Nov. 7, 2023

Happy election day! Polls close at 8 p.m. Scattered showers are expanding north and east. They will become snow in northeast Minnesota into the late afternoon and overnight hours. High temps will range from the low 50s in southern Minnesota to the 30s north. Get the latest on Updraft.

🗳️ Election 2023: Check live results from Minneapolis, St. Paul , Duluth, School boards and All municipal.

Voters head to polls to shape leadership of Minnesota city halls, school boards

The makeup of city councils and school boards across Minnesota will be determined in Tuesday’s election. Several mayoral contests and ballot initiatives are also on the line.

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St. Paul's Como Zoo welcomes new baby giraffe

St. Paul’s Como Zoo welcomed a new baby giraffe this week — and it’ll likely be on view to the public in the next few weeks.

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🗳️ ‘My voice matters’: Felons vote at polls for first time after voting rights restored

Tuesday marked the first time roughly 55,000 Minnesotans with a convicted felony were able to go to the polls after having their voting rights restored in June.

🖌️ Loons, stars and ‘bayg’: Minnesotans can check out state flag designs this week

Thousands of submissions for the state’s new flag and seal will be unveiled this week ahead of the State Emblem Redesign Commission’s move toward finalists later this month.

🗳️ Few people vote in odd-year, local elections. Here are 5 reasons why you should

So few people vote in local, off-year elections that some have been decided by just one vote.

🏹 Minnesota deer hunting firearms opener numbers down, crossbows gaining popularity

Expanded eligibility for crossbow hunting has been popular, with roughly 40 percent of archery deer season attributed to crossbow harvest.

🚸 'A long time coming': Red Lake unveils permanent location of its first charter school

From The Bemidji Pioneer: Monday, Nov. 6 will go down in Red Lake Nation history as a day that students get to call the Endazhi-Nitaawiging charter school their own.

🚓 A year of challenges and change for Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara

One year ago, Brian O’Hara became the new chief of the Minneapolis Police Department. He joined MPR News host Cathy Wurzer Tuesday on Minnesota Now to reflect on his first year as chief.

🚨 Authorities still seeking answers seven years after Minnesota hunter was fatally shot

On Nov. 7, 2016, Terry Brisk was deer hunting on his parents’ property in Morrison County, east of Little Falls, Minn., when he was shot and killed. Investigators said they believe he was killed with his own rifle.

📝 Ohio voters to decide on a constitutional right to abortion

Ohio could become the seventh state to pass abortion rights since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last summer.

– Nicole Johnson, MPR News

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