Feb. 24, 2020
Sorry, not yet spring. Colder air, light snow coming Tuesday. As soon as the warm weekend ended, Minnesota winter started slowly coming back, but it won’t be too bad. We’ll see some flurries starting tonight through Tuesday, but the total will be less than an inch. Lows tomorrow will be single digits below zero in northern Minnesota and single digits above zero in the southern half with highs in the 30s in the metro. Worried your voter data from the primary may be shared? Legislature is moving fast to prevent that. In Minnesota, four major political parties can know which one of them you voted for in the primary. The state House is voting on a bill this week that would allow voters to opt-out of the data sharing. Top Senate Republicans released their own version, too, to classify the data as private. Catch up with what’s going on at the Capitol this week. “Minnesota cops should do better at intervening in mental health crises,” police, experts urge. Police, legal and policy experts across the state, including the uncle of Philando Castile, released a report with more than two dozen recommendations to curb fatal encounters with police. “The fact is we have to start somewhere ... But hopefully in the future, we can mandate something like that,” said Clarence Castile. ICYMI: Minnesota divided as to whether to approve what President Trump is doing. That’s according to a new poll by MPR News/Star Tribune released late last night. Fifty-two percent of Minnesotans surveyed said they disapprove of the job Trump is doing whereas 44 percent said they approve. Most of the approval rating results aligned with the party line. Which age group supports the president most and what are their education/gender/income characteristics? Learn more here. 44,000 USPS workers who got injured on the job fired, left under pressure. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says USPS targeted the injured employees through a program where they were forced to leave the job, ProPublica reports . “I was an emotional wreck. Like man, what am I going to do? This is supposed to be my job to pay my bills,” said Madelaine Sattlefield, one of about 44,000 USPS workers who were forced out.
Minnesota Made Matchup: Mo Richard’s tarot cards vs. Post-It Notes, the winner is… We just closed out round four of our online contest. Tomorrow it’s all about the outdoors as The North Shore takes on Minnesota’s state parks. Follow along with all the action and cast your vote here. — Jiwon Choi and Sara Porter, MPR News |