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Feb. 26, 2024

Happy record-breaking Monday! We just hit 65 degrees making it the warmest February day on record in the Twin Cities. However, a powerful cold front will make temps plummet on Tuesday. What a whiplash! Get more on Updraft.

St. Paul teachers set March 11 strike date as contract talks continue

Another mediated session with union and district negotiators is scheduled for Friday. The union represents about 3,700 teachers, educational assistants and school professionals. Union members voted earlier this month to authorize a strike.
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Jessie Diggins and Gus Schumacher win 50th annual ‘Birkie’ cross country ski races

Less than a week after both reaching the podium in a World Cup cross country ski race in Minneapolis, Jessie Diggins and Gus Schumacher won the 50th American Birkebeiner race in northwestern Wisconsin.
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〽️ New University of Minnesota president is University of Michigan research head
During public interviews for the job, Cunningham, who has family ties to St. Paul and said she visits the Boundary Waters each year, emphasized protecting free speech on campus while also supporting and acknowledging those hurt by speech.
🗳️ Minnesota’s 2024 precinct caucuses are Tuesday. Here’s how to participate
Minnesota’s precinct caucuses start at 7 p.m. on Feb. 27. The caucuses are a place to elect local party officers and delegates to the state convention. They are also a place for party members and supporters to present different ideas and issues.
📣 Walz calls for more resources to prevent opioid overdose deaths, including Naloxone access
“This is a crisis that has not been talked about enough,” Gov. Walz said. “It’s pretty hard now to not find that it touches our families, our friends, our neighbors across the state.”
📋 Mitchell Hamline School of Law names new president
Southern Illinois School of Law Dean Camille Davidson will replace interim Mitchell Hamline School of Law President Jim Hilbert on July 1.
🚒 Grain elevator fire strains Hawley water supply
Schools are closed Monday and residents are asked to limit water use in the northwestern Minnesota town of Hawley, after a massive fire overnight.
U.S. airman dies after setting himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy
Aaron Bushnell, who was an active duty member of the U.S. Air Force based in San Antonio, Texas, is seen in a video saying “Free Palestine!” after lighting himself on fire.
–  Nicole Johnson, MPR News
 
Talking Sense with MPR News and Braver Angels
During what promises to be a divisive election year, MPR News and the nonprofit Braver Angels are partnering to create Talking Sense, an online and in-person platform to help Minnesotans have hard conversations, better. On Wednesday at 6 p.m., we will host an in-person event at Valley Creek Rooms at Central Park in Woodbury.
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