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Good morning and welcome to Big Tuesday. Here’s the news you need to know.


Mild, and maybe a little wet. The Twin Cities have a 40 percent chance of rain Tuesday afternoon and a 50 percent chance at night, with a possible rain/snow mix at night. Daytime highs in the lower 40s; nighttime lows in the upper 20s. Statewide, daytime highs from the mid-30s in the northwest to to mid-40s in the southeast. Central, eastern and southeastern Minnesota have a shot at some precipitation at night as temperatures dip. More on Updraft. | Forecast


St. Paul teachers are walking off the job. A union representing 3,600 educators in the city is seeking a fully staffed mental health team in every school, plus better pay and benefits. After days of negotiation, the union and district leadership couldn’t ink a deal. It’s the first St. Paul teachers’ strike since 1946.


It’s not quite super, but tonight is Big Tuesday. Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden try to win the more than 350 Democratic delegates that are up for grabs Tuesday as six states hold their Democratic presidential caucuses. Follow along for our coverage into the night as we see if Sanders can have a resurgence or Biden can continue building on his lead from last week.


Will hourly workers get some help amid the coronavirus outbreak? President Trump says possible payroll tax and other “very substantial relief that's a big number” is on the way as people without paid sick time face a tough decision: work through illness or miss a paycheck.


A viral bright spot: flu season is easing up. The season started early this year, NPR reports, and it’s beginning to wind down. However, it has been bad: between 30 and 40 million cases with 20,000 to 40,000 flu-related deaths.


We want to help you navigate the COVID-19 outbreak. We’re taking your questions here and answering them as the virus continues to spread.

-- Cody Nelson, MPR News
Coronavirus forces houses of worship to change some practices
The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis suspended communion from the chalice and discouraged hand holding during the Our Father prayer, Archbishop Bernard Hebda said in a recent statement. | Metro Meals on Wheels quandary: How to deliver meals without spreading coronavirus
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Freeman asks to have feds review Myon Burrell case
Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman has requested that the U.S. Department of Justice revisit the case of Myon Burrell, a Minnesota teen sentenced to life after an 11-year-old girl was killed by a stray bullet.
MN conservation officers choose education as way to enforce state’s natural resources laws
Conservation officers have wide discretion when it comes to issuing warnings or citations. And much of the time, they choose education rather than punishment as a means to enforce the law.
Minneapolis report: Residents want to drive less
A new 10-year vision for transportation released Monday by the city of Minneapolis focuses on making it easier for people to get around the city without driving.
What's on the radio today?
9 a.m. —  MPR News with Kerri Miller

In the 1950s, the federal government worked to end Native American rights and treaties under a “termination policy.” Author Louise Erdrich sets her latest novel at her family’s home reservation, with a focus on this period of history. We talk with her about her latest work.

10 a.m. — 1A

As many as 6 million Americans who could vote now can't. Convicted felons and people on probation face a range of voting laws that vary state by state. And those looking for change face an uphill battle. "Blocked from the Ballot" is a new series from 1A looking at those who will have no say in November.

11 a.m. — MPR News with Angela Davis

First, what does it take to become a successful filmmaker? And is it harder if you are a woman? Filmmakers Kelly Nathe and Melody Gilbert showed their first films at the Walker Art Center in the 1990s. This weekend, they’re holding a reunion that will celebrate decades of work by female filmmakers from around the world.

Then, as the curator until her recent retirement, Lisa Vecoli made big changes at the upper Midwest’s largest LGBTQ archive, the Tretter Collection at the University of Minnesota. Now she’s onto a new project, one that was inspired by her work at the archive: Over the next couple years, she will capture oral histories of lesbians who were activists in the Twin Cities in the 1970s and 1980s.

12 p.m. — MPR News Presents

Writer Nicholas Kristof and entrepreneur Sheryl WuDunn — co-authors of a book about the problems facing working class America called "Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope" — speak at the Commonwealth Club of California.

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