MPR News PM Update

Dec. 12, 2022

Be careful out there this week, and that doesn't just go for Minnesotans: Fifteen states are under winter weather warnings or advisories, including an ice storm warning for southwestern Minnesota. Winter storm warnings span from western through northeastern Minnesota. Get the latest on Updraft.
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'It's a human rights issue': The year of Minnesota strikes and union organizing
It’s been a year of strike headlines. And also a year for new unions. Petitions to form a union were up 53 percent in 2022 compared to last year. What’s behind all the union activity?
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Metrodome down: Remembering Minnesota's epic 2010 snow storm
Twelve years ago this week, the Metrodome collapsed after the fifth-larges snowfall ever in the Twin Cities. Shakopee saw the highest total at 21.5” and the airport closed for 19 hours.
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🏳️‍🌈 J️‍ean-Nickolaus Tretter, renowned Twin Cities LGBTQ archivist, dies at 76
“When everybody else in the world was saying ‘Being gay was bad and sick and evil,’ Jean was celebrating the GLBT community and saying, ‘We are a community, we have a history, we are worth studying, we are worth documenting. We are worth preserving and honoring."
🍃 Road map for legal marijuana in Minnesota already exists
Legislation passed by the House in 2021 came out of more than a dozen town hall meetings throughout the state. Under that plan, the sale of marijuana would generate about $180 million in revenue for Minnesota.
🚬 Supreme Court won't block California flavored tobacco ban
Nearly two-thirds of voters approved of banning the sale of everything from cotton-candy vaping juice to menthol cigarettes. Supporters of the ban say the law was necessary to put a stop to a staggering rise in teen smoking.
🎥 Golden Globe noms led by 'Banshees,' 'Everything Everywhere'
The Globes are trying to mount a comeback this year. A Los Angeles Times investigation in early 2021 found that the group then had no Black members, a revelation compounded by other allegations of ethical improprieties.
- Amy Felegy, MPR News
 
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