🎧 Tune in today at 9 a.m. Imagine being the speech writer for the most powerful person in the world. That was Cody Keenan’s job. He was the chief speech writer for former President Barack Obama during some of the most pivotal times in modern American history. Angela Davis will talk to him at 9 a.m.
❄️ Tuesday brings another shot of snow to much of Minnesota. A surge of moisture from Iowa will push north Tuesday. We’ll see some patchy lighter snow overnight, but snowfall coverage and intensity will pick up once again starting Tuesday morning. Check the radar before you head out this morning. Get the latest on Updraft.
The Minnesota Orchestra's season is in full swing, but behind the scenes the organization says it is addressing diversity with the help of a new leader.
When Sheri Notaro thinks about what the Minnesota Orchestra does well, she recalls an early October performance.
“It was so powerful and just so moving to be a part of that and to look out at the audience with so much diversity and so many different folks and different walks of life who really wanted to learn more about these pieces that they would never have heard about,” Notaro said.
Notaro is new to the Minnesota Orchestra, but she is no stranger to diversity work. She was a senior leader of the Institute of Social Research at the University of Michigan, and has held positions in human resources and diversity and inclusion programs. She started her job with the orchestra earlier this month.
Prosecutors: No criminal charges expected from Giuliani raid. Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani will not face criminal charges over his interactions with Ukrainian figures in the runup to the 2020 presidential election, federal prosecutors revealed in a letter to a judge Monday.
DNR repeals ban of lead bullets on some state lands. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has temporarily repealed a requirement that hunters use non-toxic, lead-free ammunition in special hunts in state parks, because of an ongoing ammunition shortage.
