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Scattered snow showers persist Friday; becoming colder this weekend; generally light accumulations and still mild Friday Get the latest on Updraft.
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Police say increasing women among the ranks is one step towards police reform

Brooklyn Park police officer Alyssa Archer has been a patrol officer at the department for about seven years. Becoming an officer was Archer’s lifelong goal.

"Kids want to be a teacher, they want to be a veterinarian, and that changes throughout the stages of their life. That never wavered for me. I always and consistently wanted to be the police,” Archer said.

Now, she's one of five officers in the department who are women.

A low number compared to the about 40 male officers on staff. It’s partly why the department signed the 30x30 pledge — a national initiative with the goal of turning police departments to 30 percent women by the year 2030.
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The tail end of our week long storm
We’ll have scattered snow showers statewide still Friday but generally they’ll be lighter. Temperatures will still be mild ranging from the low 30s to the upper 20s. Colder air moves in for the weekend and next week.
 
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Congress votes to remove a bust of the Dred Scott decision's author from the Capitol. The bill calls for replacing the bust of former Chief Justice Roger Taney, who wrote the decision upholding slavery, with one of Thurgood Marshall, the first Black person to serve on the high court.


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