🥶 Most of Minnesota is seeing subzero temperatures this morning, with high temperatures that will run about 20 degrees below the average in the teens and single digits. Temps warm up this weekend with rain, snow possible Monday. Get the latest on Updraft.
🎧 It’s being compared to “The Godfather” and “Gatsby” — high praise for a young writer. But MPR News host Kerri Miller says Deepti Kapoor’s new novel is worth the accolades. “Age of Vice” is set in modern day India, a country changing so quickly, few can stay balanced. This Friday at noon on Big Books and Bold Ideas, Miller talks with Kapoor about gangster capitalism in India, ill-fated love and about what honor and nobility mean in a time of intense change. Get the radio lineup here.
During its 2021 session, the Minnesota Legislature increased reimbursement rates to make sure more Medical Assistance enrollees saw the dentist. A year later, those changes have made little difference.
“They're going 'My mouth hurts, I can't chew, I can't do this.' And then we expect them to focus and do well in school and their mouth is just on fire,” Kim Sundve said, who has been a foster parent to 55 kids.
Despite the challenging weather, MPR News visual staff and freelance photographers Judy Griesidieck, Stephen Maturen, and Jackson Forderer, and videographer Ben Garvin were out in force, capturing Minnesota life throughout the day.
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This Minneapolis man clears snow for neighbors and he thinks you should too. Every year, north Minneapolis resident Paul Skrbec invites neighbors with snowblowers to join his “snowblower challenge:” Go a little farther and clear sidewalks for the whole block.
