Rain will lift north Tuesday morning with some pop-up showers or thunder possible this afternoon and evening in central Minnesota. High temperatures will pop back up into the low 70s in southern Minnesota, but remain cooler in the clouds and showers north. Get the latest weather news on Updraft.
Coming up on Morning Edition: Student demonstrators decrying the violence in Gaza no longer have a protest encampment set up on the University of Minnesota's campus after coming to an agreement with college leadership. Some student group leaders will meet with the Board of Regents later this week, but will the truce stand true? We speak with associate professor Lisa Mueller, who studies why social movements succeed or fail, on Morning Edition with Cathy Wurzer.
Coming up at 9 a.m.: Vernon Neal is a late-night weekend voice on YourClassical MPR and host of the Rhapsody in Black podcast. MPR News host Angela Davis talks with Vernon about growing up in Belize and his unconventional path to loving — and sharing — classical music.
Last year, DFL lawmakers adopted legal protections for those seeking gender-affirming care in the state and those who provide it. Hundreds have made the move as a result.
When Charley moved to Minnesota from Texas, he began looking on local social media pages to try and find a social group to join. But there wasn’t a group in the Twin Cities dedicated to trans individuals who had moved to Minnesota.
So in January, Charley made his own. The Minnesota Transplants group offers a social network for new Minnesotans who are fleeing states that banned gender-affirming care — members of the group help each other move into their new homes and organize outings to explore their new city.
Not long ago, Olmsted County was once a reliably Republican regional center. Today, it’s a solidly Democratic outpost, where highly educated voters are consolidating in Rochester and reshaping the county’s electorate.
Even though the political headwinds appear to be pushing liberal candidates forward, local officials and voters don’t always support truly progressive policies, said Nicole Andrews, who grew up in Rochester and has worked on local political campaigns and for local nonprofits.
“Based on where we were 10 years ago, absolutely, Rochester is progressive,” she said. “If we are looking at the standards of what is technically progressive, Rochester is not progressive.”
MPR News is launching Reverb, an initiative focused on serving younger (and young-at-heart) Minnesotans.
We know Minnesota is changing and younger adults want news in new ways. So we’re delivering news content that centers their perspectives, answers their questions, celebrates them and explores how they’re impacted by issues in a changing world, and all accessible where they are — on mobile, online, on social media.
State Senate ethics committee to probe DFL senator’s burglary arrest. The Senate Subcommittee on Ethical Conduct is scheduled to meet Tuesday afternoon and will discuss whether there is probable cause to move forward with internal investigations of Sens. Nicole Mitchell and Glenn Gruenhagen.
St. Paul police officers fatally shoot woman. A woman died in after being shot by police Monday night in St. Paul. Authorities say it happened on the city's east side after the woman allegedly pointed a gun at officers.
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