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Good morning. Here’s what you need to know this Tuesday. 

Another good break from the snow. The Twin Cities will be mostly sunny with highs in the lower 30s and winds between 5 and 10 mph. At night, the winds pick up a bit and temps run in the 20s. Statewide, partly cloudy with highs from the mid 20s to lower 30s. Overnight lows in the upper teens to mid 20s.  More on Updraft. | Forecast

Most floors in the Minneapolis high-rise apartments where a fire killed five people didn’t have sprinklers. That’s because they were built before Minnesota building codes required them. About 10 percent of apartments in the state have sprinkler systems, and the deadly fire in a Minneapolis Public Housing Authority property has renewed calls to retrofit older buildings with sprinkler systems. 

Minnesota isn’t meeting its climate change goals, but Gov. Tim Walz wants to change that. He announced the creation of a new climate change subcabinet whose members will suggest policy changes to help the state meet its goals of reducing emissions 30 percent by 2025 and 80 percent by 2050. The goal in question is the Next Generation Energy Act, and it’s more than a decade old. 

A new homeless shelter is slated for downtown Minneapolis. The Star Tribune’s Kelly Smith reports Catholic Charities is working to open a $65 million facility that’ll more than double the number of rooms available downtown. A $5 million dedication from Hennepin County for the project marks the county’s biggest investment of all time in a single housing project. 

This summer, there will be two more common conditions qualifying for medical marijuana. If you have chronic pain or age-related macular degeneration, you might be a candidate for a medicinal cannabis prescription. Regulators added those conditions to the medical marijuana program, effective in August, while announcing more proposed sites to access the drug and new ways to take it, including gums and lozenges. Gummies, however, will remain illegal. 

Cody Nelson, MPR News
'Not just physical violence': Advocates say domestic violence goes beyond recent killings
Alisa Roth | MPR News
Minneapolis police investigated several deaths over the holiday weekend that appear to be caused by former intimate partners. So far this year, 19 people in Minnesota have died at the hands of an intimate partner.
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Which health care strategy has the edge among Democrats and swing voters?
Julie Rovner | NPR
Fans of Medicare for All are betting that most Democrats who vote have moved left since 2008, at least on health care. But results from a mix of recent polls suggest voters' views aren't clear-cut.
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9 a.m. — MPR News with Kerri Miller 

Peter Asher has his own, storied credentials: He’s a Grammy Award-winning producer for artists like James Taylor and Linda Ronstadt, half of the singing duo of Peter & Gordon. But it was his weekly SiriusXM radio show about the Beatles that inspired him to write a book about the Fab Four. Until then, he had resisted calls for a Beatles-related tome. "It seems like everyone Beatles-related has written a book," he said. But fans loved his show, where he shared Beatles stories and memories. 

 Tuesday, Asher will join Kerri Miller to talk about the aspect of the Beatles that seems to pique everyone's interest. What made their music so great? As the Beatles influenced a generation, who influenced them? And who might be the Beatles of today? 

10 a.m. — 1A with Joshua Johnson

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) created a fake university in Michigan to attracting immigrants whose student visas were obtained illegally. This plan led to the arrests of some 250 students who enrolled at the "University of Farmington" in Farmington Hills, Michigan. Journalists and lawmakers are asking many questions in the wake of the story breaking. Where did this money go? What will happen to these students? How common is this practice? Is this how we want Homeland Security to handle immigration?

11 a.m. — MPR News with Angela Davis

One year ago today, Angela Davis made her debut as the host of the 11 a.m. show. Today, we’ll reflect back on a year of conversations. We’ll play some highlights from our most memorable shows. And we’ll pull back the curtain a bit, to give listeners a sense of what it takes to produce and host a live, daily talk show about Minnesota. 

MPR News Program Director Stephanie Curtis will take the host seat – and Angela Davis will be in the hot seat, answering rather than asking the questions this hour.

Noon — MPR News Presents

A new documentary from the Humankind series at WGBH/Boston. It's called "Health Care With Kindness." Part 1 offers examples from Reno, Nevada, and Part 2 from the Twin Cities.

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