MPR News PM Update
April 9, 2019
Journalists from across the nation have visited Minnesota to take part in MPR’s Broadcast Journalist Series. Last night our guest was NPR’s Noel King. We talked about what it’s like to host Morning Edition and how journalists should cover difficult topics like white nationalism. Tune in tomorrow for a discussion on a new documentary about a struggling elementary school in north Minneapolis.
~ Angela Davis, MPR News host | Forecast
 
Blizzard warnings: Complex wind, snow and sleet storm peaks Thursday

A powerful out-of-season winter in spring storm is still on track for Minnesota. Parts of western and central Minnesota are likely to see 10 to 20 inches of snowfall totals by Friday and to experience ferocious blizzard conditions Thursday.

4 Earth-friendly tipsTo clean up your sidewalk
What to doIf you get stranded in a snowstorm
How much snow will fall? What to know about the storm
 
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Charges: Duluth man described plans for school, theater shootings

Authorities say a Duluth man whose threats prompted a citywide lockdown on schools last week referred to a school shooter as "my hero," compared his firearm capabilities to those of the man who killed 58 people in Las Vegas and described how he could barricade a movie theater and shoot people like "fish in a barrel."

 
Noor trial: Sounds, figures, fears surface in first day of testimony
Was there a thump outside the police squad before Minneapolis police officer Mohamed Noor shot 911 caller Justine Ruszczyk? It's a key question that surfaced Tuesday during opening statements in the ex-officer's trial.
Who are the jurors?What we know
Full coverage The shooting of Justine Ruszczyk and the trial of Mohamed Noor
 
Report: 61,000 clean energy jobs in MN and counting
Minnesota jobs in energy efficiency and renewable energy grew by nearly 5 percent in 2018, bringing total clean energy jobs to more than 61,000, according to a report released Tuesday at the State Capitol.
Clean energy 2050 100 percent renewable energy bill gets hearing at Capitol 
Listen Carbon-free electricity by 2050, is it possible?
 
White House lawyers discussed Trump tax returns with Treasury Department

Democrats point to a 1924 law that allows Congress to request the tax returns of any taxpayer. But Trump and his defenders say the president's returns are private and can't be reviewed by Congress.

 
Fact check: Trump wrongly states Obama administration had child separation policy

Speaking to reporters Tuesday, President Trump restated an earlier falsehood in which he blamed the Obama administration for a policy the Trump administration in fact started.

 
Minneapolis also a Final Four winner, locals say

Local organizers say by the time the final buzzer sounded, about 94,000 people descended upon Minneapolis for two rounds of basketball, plus concerts and other activities.

 
NewsCut: We’re No. 6

Minneapolis-St. Paul ranked sixth in the nation of best places to live in the annual U.S. News & World report survey. Winning the whole thing would've been nice but we're just happy to be in the same company as Des Moines, Fayetteville, Austin, Denver, and Colorado Springs.

 
Teen pleads guilty in stolen SUV crash that killed 3 people

A Minneapolis teenager accused of crashing a stolen SUV into a pickup and killing the three people inside the pickup has pleaded guilty.

 
Hands-free bill a big step closer to becoming law

Only one vote and Gov. Tim Walz’s signature are needed to add Minnesota to the list of states where holding a phone behind the wheel is illegal.

 
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