A back-and-forth between the Trump administration and state leaders is causing confusion about the SNAP benefits Minnesotans received this weekend amid the ongoing federal shutdown.

An exhibition at the Plains Art Museum brings together 400 years of women’s artwork, highlighting both celebrated and overlooked creators while confronting how the art world has historically excluded them.

Leaders of the Minneapolis teachers union say they expect members to approve a tentative agreement for a new contract, averting a strike that would have started Tuesday.

Robert Barron, the somewhat controversial bishop of the Winona-Rochester diocese, is in the running this week to become president of the U.S Conference of Catholic Bishops. The 65-year old prelate is well known for his social media empire, and has close ties to President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance. But some theologians and church watchers say the fiery conservative would be more of a dividing force in the American church, not the uniter who is needed now.

The Trump administration is again asking the Supreme Court to keep full food aid payments on hold. The request Monday is the latest in a legal fight over how the program that helps 42 million Americans buy groceries should proceed during the government shutdown. 

The flight cancellations at airports across the U.S. are expected to persist even after the government shutdown ends. As of late morning, about 60 flights had been canceled so far Monday at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.