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We’ll see some scattered showers Thursday night as a cold front slides across Minnesota and then a more significant upper-level low and plume of moisture moves north from the southern plains Friday night into Saturday night. Get the latest on Updraft.
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 | | Art Hounds: Minnesota children’s book authors divert airport audiences | | The Picture Book Parade displays a rotating series of art by Minnesota authors at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport’s concourse C. All 100 of Carolyn Sue Olson’s “Essential Worker” portraits are on display for the first time in Duluth and Annmarie Geniusz’ multimedia art show opens Thursday at Wussow’s Concert Cafe in Duluth, with ska band Woodblind performing. | |
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Nearly 1 in 4 Minnesota GOP legislative candidates questioned 2020 election. An MPR News analysis of campaign platforms, public comments and actions, social media posts and court documents found that 43 Republicans currently running for the Minnesota Legislature have denied or questioned the 2020 election. If elected, they could influence Minnesota’s voting laws.
Candidates press, counties prep as Election Day hits final stretch. Candidates across the state this week began rolling out their final pitches to voters, hoping to win over anyone still undecided. County election officials, meanwhile, are testing the machinery and hoping for a smooth Nov. 8.
Biden implores voters to save democracy from lies, violence. After weeks of reassuring talk about America’s economy and inflation, President Joe Biden turned Wednesday night to a darker, more urgent message, warning in the final days of midterm election voting that democracy itself is under threat from former President Donald Trump’s election-denying lies and the violence he said they inspire.
Meeting abortion patients where they are: providers turn to mobile units. In response to increasing abortion restrictions in the region, a Planned Parenthood chapter in Missouri and Illinois is preparing to open a mobile unit providing abortions in southern Illinois.
Listen: Climate change concerns fueling many Minnesota voters this year. Polling suggests inflation and abortion are the top issues in the midterm election but for many Minnesotans, climate change is always on the ballot. MPR News senior producer Melissa Townsend spoke to climate change communications expert Heidi Roop, an assistant professor at the University of Minnesota’s department of soil, water and climate. | |
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