Breathing better? Air quality has drastically improved across Minnesota, though elevated smoke lingers aloft. It's looking like a nice weekend with temps warming (hello sunshine and dry weather.) Enjoy it, and get the latest on Updraft.
New restrictions on gun possession and sales were signed into Minnesota law today. It makes us the 20th state to enact protections designed to remove firearms from at-risk people; it also expands criminal background checks to private transfers of firearms.
Muyehpen, a well-known legend in Karen culture, has found home in one of the first — and possibly the first ever — English stage adaptation of the story, and it opens today. It has not been told in other cultures due to fears of persecution in the Karen community in southeast Asia. "We want to keep our story alive."
Learning to read by using picture cues doesn't work for many students. Minnesota legislators recently voted to move away from that system in its Read Act, requiring: kindergarteners through third graders to be taught phonics and decoding; and teacher training in ‘structured literacy.’
Do you have a story about a time you experienced 'Minnesota nice'? We want to hear the many ways this cultural phenomenon appears in our lives. Tell us about it here.
