Good morning! Spring may be here sooner than you think. According to the National Phenology Network spring leaf out is running 20 days early across the Ohio Valley. Spring is running 5-6 weeks early in parts of the Southwest. Interestingly, the spring debut is running a few days later than average across the Gulf Coast. Minneapolis might see high temperatures at 33 degrees today. | Forecast |
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| | Polling place battleground: freedom of speech versus freedom from intimidation | All 50 states has laws that banned electioneering outside polling places and eventually, most states adopted even stricter laws inside polling places. Among the strictest is a Minnesota law that bars voters from wearing apparel or buttons that bear a "political" message. On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court will consider the law. | |
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| No blank checks to fix MNLARS licensing, key Republican says | After months of problems with the system known as MNLARS, Republican state Rep. Paul Torkelson said Tuesday that he won't give a blank check to DFL Gov. Mark Dayton's administration. Instead, he's proposing a $10 million allocation that would require the administration to cut an equal amount from executive branch budgets. | |
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| Stoneman Douglas Students head back to school | Students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., will once again walk the halls of their school Wednesday, exactly two weeks after many of them evacuated in single file lines, scared for their lives and worried about their friends. | |
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