Good morning! Spring may be here sooner than you think. According to the National Phenology Network spring leaf out is running 20 days early across the Ohio Valley. Spring is running 5-6 weeks early in parts of the Southwest. Interestingly, the spring debut is running a few days later than average across the Gulf Coast. Minneapolis might see high temperatures at 33 degrees today. | Forecast
Polling place battleground: freedom of speech versus freedom from intimidation
All 50 states has laws that banned electioneering outside polling places and eventually, most states adopted even stricter laws inside polling places. Among the strictest is a Minnesota law that bars voters from wearing apparel or buttons that bear a "political" message. On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court will consider the law.
A $15 an hour minimum wage is already on the books in Minneapolis. The phase-in started in January and goes fully into effect starting in 2022. In St. Paul, mayor Melvin Carter said at his inauguration that a $15 an hour minimum wage — up from $9.65 an hour now for large employers — is one of his top priorities for his first year in office.
The family of a man killed by a Ramsey County Sheriff's deputy last April in Vadnais Heights is criticizing the investigation into his death, saying it's taking too long to get answers.
To chants of "U.S.A," four gold medalists from the men's team, along with two women's team members, followed a bagpiper into a packed ballroom through a canopy of curling brooms held up by local players.
After months of problems with the system known as MNLARS, Republican state Rep. Paul Torkelson said Tuesday that he won't give a blank check to DFL Gov. Mark Dayton's administration. Instead, he's proposing a $10 million allocation that would require the administration to cut an equal amount from executive branch budgets.
Authorities say that after school let out Tuesday afternoon and most students had left the building, someone ran in. The district said "concerns about the possibility of a weapon" led school officials to call the police. All students are safe and accounted for. | Minnesota schools say they're taking all threats seriously
President Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, has lost the top-level security clearance he has been using on an interim basis to do his work inside the White House, according to reports on Tuesday.
North Korea has reportedly sent ballistic missile and chemical weapons components to Syria in violation of United Nations sanctions, according to a draft of a new report authored by U.N. experts that has been viewed by several news organizations.
Students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., will once again walk the halls of their school Wednesday, exactly two weeks after many of them evacuated in single file lines, scared for their lives and worried about their friends.
