Winter storm warnings include northeast Twin Cities

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Mornin’, and welcome to Tuesday. Here’s what you need to know to start your day.

Snow in the southern part of the state, including the Twin Cities, begins in the afternoon. After midnight, the blowing, drifting heavy snow takes over. Accumulation between 4 and 6 inches is expected, more in the south.. Statewide highs in the upper 20s to mid 30s. 

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As a newsroom based in these frigid northlands, we here at MPR News have written a lot about getting by in the winter. Part of that has to do with driving on the snow and ice, so I gathered a few years of our work into 

 driving tips and winter best practices for taking care of your vehicle.

Democratic Party leaders don’t know what to do about disinformation in the 2020 election. 

 on the party’s internal struggle on whether to adopt a pledge disavowing disinformation tactics. State DFL chair Ken Martin and others have pushed the national party to explicitly decry fake and manipulated information, but others in the party worry it could be a disadvantage in campaigning against President Trump.

Even though it may be instinctual, rinsing poultry before cooking it doesn’t do any good and only risks spreading harmful bacteria onto kitchen surfaces and other foods, 

Remember that $47 million that Minnesota got from Volkswagen? 

Minnpost’s Walker Orenstein does, and he 

 what’s going to happen with that money. I’ll buy hundreds of greener vehicles and add electric car infrastructure, but it’s really a drop in the bucket, financially, when it comes to climate change: “The $47 million also underscores the challenge of shrinking the carbon emissions that emanate from millions of cars, boats and other vehicles roaming Minnesota”

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Plus the latest snow forecast and the Democratic Party’s conundrum on disinformation.

Drivers had near zero visibility in SW Minn.

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