MPR News PM Update

Jan. 8, 2024

🌨️ Winter is finally here! We have three separate chances of snowfall and frigid air coming by late in the week into the weekend. The first one develops Monday into early Tuesday. The Twin Cities metro area could see 2 to 3 inches of snow by Tuesday morning. Get more on Updraft.

Winter storm causes tough travel in parts of Minnesota

After a historically slow start to winter across much of the region, swaths of Minnesota and neighboring states are finally getting significant snow.

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Ceasefire resolution pushed to next Minneapolis City Council meeting

In a room packed full of supporters of the ceasefire resolution, council members voted 10 to 2 to refer the resolution to the Jan. 23 meeting.

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🚨 Ellison sues Minnesota dairy farm for wage theft, substandard housing
According to the lawsuit, many of Evergreen Acres’ employees are unauthorized workers and speak little to no English. The suit alleges workers received threats in regards to their status in order to discourage them from complaining about rent and pay.
🏛️ Court interpreters begin work stoppage amid pay dispute
Freelance legal interpreters in Minnesota began a work stoppage Monday and are refusing to accept new court assignments amid a long-running dispute with the state over pay.
✊🏽 Postal workers rally in Minneapolis against 'senseless crimes' targeting mail carriers
The rally was held by the National Association of Letter Carriers in response to a national rise in attacks on letter carriers, including two in Edina and Brooklyn Center last November.
🎭 Prince's 'Purple Rain' headed to Broadway in stage adaptation
Forty years after Prince's iconic "Purple Rain" film and album, a stage adaptation is in development for Broadway, featuring a team including Pulitzer-finalist Branden Jacobs-Jenkins as writer and Tony-winning Lileana Blain-Cruz as director.
Israeli strike kills elite Hezbollah commander as fears of another regional war grow
Wissam al-Tawil is the most senior militant in the secretive armed group Hezbollah killed since Hamas' Oct. 7 attacks on Israel. The killing in southern Lebanon is the latest Gaza-linked escalation.
🏆 Lily Gladstone is the Golden Globes' first Indigenous best actress winner
Lily Gladstone has made Golden Globes history. She became the first Indigenous person to win an award for best actress in a drama on Sunday night. Gladstone won for her role as Mollie Burkhart in Martin Scorsese’s epic “Killers of the Flower Moon.”
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