Good morning, Minnesota. Happy Monday and Martin Luther King Jr. Day!

Here's the latest news from across the state to start your day. ☕

WEATHER

🥶 Minnesota continues to be gripped with extreme cold warnings and advisories until midday Tuesday, with dangerously cold wind chills expected to reach 30 to 40 degrees below zero.

❄️ The coldest air arrives overnight Monday into Tuesday morning, followed by potential snowfall midweek as temperatures gradually rise.

Get the latest weather news on Updraft.

Trump returning to power after unprecedented comeback, emboldened to reshape American institutions

Donald Trump, who overcame impeachments, criminal indictments and a pair of assassination attempts to win another term in the White House, will be sworn in as the 47th president on Monday, taking charge as Republicans assume unified control of Washington and set out to reshape the country's institutions.

Civil rights expert: How to bridge Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Trump's inauguration

Civil rights expert john a. powell, author of the recently published book “The Power of Bridging: How to Build a World Where We All Belong," addresses the dual occasions of Martin Luther King Jr. Day and President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration day and how to bridge the two.

NEWS ROUNDUP

🏛️ Inside Trump's Inauguration Day: How, when and what to watch. President-elect Donald Trump will take his oath of office inside the U.S. Capitol Rotunda at 11 a.m. Monday. Trump is the second president to move his inauguration indoors to the Rotunda due to a forecast of frigid weather.

📝 Trump promised dozens of actions on immigration on Day 1. Here's what we know. President-elect Donald Trump is expected to kick off a slew of executive actions related to immigration after his inauguration ceremony, beginning as soon as Monday.

⛄ Cold weather prompts school closures, train cancellations in Minnesota. Temperatures across parts of northern Minnesota dropped into the 30s below zero early Monday. Wind chills were in the 40s below zero. Extreme cold warnings and cold weather advisories remain in effect through midday Tuesday.

⚖️ Biden pardons Fauci and Milley in an effort to guard against potential 'revenge' by Trump. Biden pardoned Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley and members of the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol to guard against potential “revenge” by the incoming Trump administration.

📸 Photos: Sculptures from artists in Stillwater for the World Snow Sculpting Championship. Twelve teams from around the world were chiseling and carving on the banks of the St. Croix River since Wednesday. Team Mongolia won with their sculpture titled “Voice.”

🗳️ Minnesota Supreme Court sides with GOP, cancels special election key to House control. The decision deepens uncertainty over the Minnesota House because that seat will determine if Republicans keep an edge or if Democrats could pull the chamber into a tie.

🧑‍⚖️ Minnesota Sen. Nicole Mitchell trial delayed until after legislative session. The judge overseeing the trial of DFL state Sen. Nicole Mitchell delayed the case until after lawmakers adjourn in May, which has a bearing on party control of the Senate for most of the session.

🎡 Minnesota State Fair admission price jumps to $20 per person; increase to fund improvements. The board that oversees the Minnesota State Fair announced Sunday that at-the-gate admission prices are rising to $20 this year. That's up from $18 last year.

MUST LISTEN

🎧 Disasters in warm-weather states spur climate migration to Minnesota. California wildfires. Florida hurricanes. Texas heat. Some residents of these states say climate disasters are driving them to move to northern parts of the United States — including Minnesota.

🎧 AI could impact 500,000 Minnesota jobs, report warns. Artificial intelligence, or AI, is continuing to change the way we work and live, and hundreds of thousands of Minnesota workers may soon feel the impact. That’s according to a new report released Thursday from North Star Policy Action, a pro-union think tank. It characterizes 17 percent of Minnesota’s workforce as “high risk” to AI’s impacts.

🎧 Listen to today's headlines on our Minnesota Today podcast.

Get tickets today for The Current’s 20th Anniversary Celebration!

Celebrate 20 years of music with The Current on Friday, Jan. 24, at First Avenue! Don’t miss Frank Black of the Pixies perform his solo album “Teenager of the Year” in its entirety with local Minnesota artists she’s green and DJ Jake Rudh opening the night.

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