A weak cold front is sweeping through southeast Minnesota, pulling in slightly cooler air today and increasing wind speeds. Temperatures will still be near or above normal into the weekend. Get the latest weather news on Updraft.
Coming up on Morning Edition: Democrats and Republicans in Minnesota’s congressional delegation are pressing the U.S. Postal Service for answers about mail delivery issues and worker conditions in rural parts of the state. It stems from arrangements that carriers also deliver Amazon packages, often first. Democratic U.S. Sen. Tina Smith is among the lawmakers who want the country’s postmaster general to rethink private delivery contracts. She will join host Cathy Wurzer this morning.
Coming up at 9 a.m.: Click Here is a special five-part series about the people making and breaking our digital world. Hosted by former NPR Investigations correspondent Dina Temple-Raston and produced by Recorded Future News, Click Here uses deep reporting and investigative journalism to introduce listeners to the people behind today’s cybersecurity and intelligence headlines. You’ll meet not just the hackers, but the people who are chasing them.
When the picks are in, Ross Bruggink could have the only loon standing.
Minnesota’s state bird is a point of contention in the discussion over what should reach the fore of the new state emblems. And Bruggink’s state seal submission with a stunning loon at the center might be the last hope for people who want the common loon to get its due.
Two DFL legislators on Thursday will propose expanding state child care and early education subsidies so that families would pay no more than 7 percent of their income for child care.
The average Minnesota family spends about 21 percent of their income on child care currently, according to Cisa Keller, senior vice president of early childhood programs at the education advocacy group Think Small.
Art Hounds: Fergus Falls wraps up a Year of Beck. The “Year of Beck,” celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of artist Charles Beck (1923-2017), concludes with "C. Beck: Rarities and Masterworks” at the Kaddatz in Fergus Falls. The Granite City Folk Society brings great Minnesota musicians to St Cloud, including John Gorka this Friday. The one-woman show “Letters to Santa” brings laughs to Bryant Lake Bowl in Minneapolis this month.
