Significant blowing snow could impact travel across western and south-central Minnesota through Thursday. As for the cold? Well, let's just say it's here to stay. Next week could be even colder than this week.
For medical and financial reasons, a growing number of rural hospitals have stopped delivering babies. That's adding risks to rural birth, and making it that much harder to keep people in small-town Minnesota.
Lawmakers from both parties say there should be more transparency in how prices for the medication are set, and they don't want any diabetics to be denied insulin because they can't afford it.
President Trump's former personal lawyer is postponing his public testimony to Congress.
One vote will be on McConnell's own measure, which reflects Trump's offer to trade border wall funding for temporary protections for some immigrants. The second is set for a bill approved by the Democratic-controlled House reopening government through Feb. 8, with no wall money, to give bargainers time to talk.
The proportion of those polled who say global warming is "personally important" to them jumped from 63 to 72 percent last year.
An upcoming conference aims to encourage journalists to examine their own racial biases and assumptions. MPR is part of that effort and is taking a deep look now at its own newsroom.
President Trump says he plans to deliver his State of the Union address in the House chamber next week. He brushed aside Speaker Nancy Pelosi's advice to wait until a partial government shutdown ends.
After more than a year of negotiating with the school district, Denver teachers could begin a strike as soon as Jan. 28. It would be the city's first teacher strike in almost 25 years.
Verlon Jose, vice chairman of the Tohono O'odham Nation, says President Trump's proposed border wall would cut through the reservation, with negative impacts.
Baker made his name as a columnist for The New York Times, where he wrote thousands of columns over more than 30 years. He won one Pulitzer Prize for commentary, and another for his autobiography.
Justice Ginsburg's recent surgery recalls more than two centuries of Supreme Court encounters with aging, nervous breakdowns, vanity, and triumphs over adversity.
Old Lady bolted from her foster home Jan. 4 and her leash got tangled in the woods in Zimmerman. She's frostbitten and malnourished, but rescuers say her vital signs are strong.
A criminal complaint filed in Ramsey County charges 25-year-old Alontae Butts with second-degree murder without intent. The complaint says toddler was in cardiac arrested when paramedics brought him to Children's Hospital Jan. 15. He died a short time later.
Mortgage rates are up after years near historic lows. Price increases have been outrunning paychecks. And at a target price that families with a median income could afford, fewer homes are for sale.
"I was not disrespectful to Mr. Philips. I respect him. I'd like to talk to him," the teen said on NBC's "Today" show. In hindsight, I wish we could've walked away and avoided the whole thing, but I can't say that I'm sorry for listening to him and standing there."
Gov. Tim Walz says he's committed to improving the way the criminal justice system treats veterans, throwing his support behind an effort to expand the number of veterans courts in the state.
The District 11 seat opened when Stu Lourey's father, Tony Lourey, was named state Human Services commissioner earlier this month.
More than 90 percent of the agency's local employees are still showing up for work, even though they're not getting paid, said the Transportation Security Administration's federal security director in Minnesota.
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