| Good morning! Cloudy with occasional light snow in the a.m. Highs in the teens to mid-20s. Sorry, but we have some bad news (or good, depending on your love of winter): National Weather Service forecasts show some bitter cold descending on the state next week. | Forecast | Updraft weather blog |
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| Minnesotans are getting older and more diverse, and many of us go to college. But racial disparities have only worsened since the 2008 recession, Census data show. | Life expectancy in U.S. drops for first time in decades, report finds |
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| Before the vote, council members heard from opponents of the plan, who say the resources would be better spent on crime prevention. Council members tweaked the budget in the hopes of addressing those concerns. | St. Paul council votes to remove cops from complaint review board |
| "If for the first time this nation can listen and hear us, they'll understand that this is about climate change," Standing Rock Tribal Chairman Dave Archambault said of the Dakota Access oil pipeline protest. |
| The push for a new administrator comes after disputes between some family members and Bremer Trust over selling intellectual property assets of the estate. | Prince: His life and music |
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| Ilhan Omar made history on Nov. 8 when she won a Minnesota House seat to become the nation's first Somali-American legislator. On Wednesday, she said she was the victim of Islamophobic hate. | SPLC: Minnesota had 34 incidents of hate in days after election |
| The president-elect is giving speeches in swing states he won that hark back to his rallies during the campaign. NPR policy and political experts check the claims Trump is making on his victory tour. | Trumps picks for Small Business Administration and EPA |
| Early intervention for treating psychosis and grants to train more psychologists and psychiatrists are just some of the ways the legislation would change mental health services. |
| Fake news played a bigger role in this past presidential election than ever seen before. And sometimes it has had serious repercussions for real people and businesses. Our favorite nonfiction books of the year will make you laugh, cry and learn a lot about microbes. | Fiction favorites | Young adult | Children's and middle-grade faves | Best poetry collections |
