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A high of 40 could come after this cloudy stretch. But that’s not until Sunday. For Wednesday, Twin Cities highs in the mid-20s with nighttime lows around 17. Statewide highs in the low to mid-20s, with nighttime lows between 10 and 20. More on Updraft. | Forecast
President Trump’s legal team wrapped up its impeachment arguments. Their focus, in a nutshell: "We are living in what aptly can be described as the age of impeachment," said Trump attorney Ken Starr, "filled with acrimony and divides the country like nothing else." Three presidencies ago, Starr led the investigation that triggered the impeachment of President Bill Clinton. The trial continues at noon Wednesday.
Some 300,000 Minnesotans are at risk of losing their health insurance. The Minnesota Reformer’s Rilyn Eischens analyzed the potential impacts of the Affordable Care Act being overturned in the courts, which she notes is on the table as a lawsuit challenging the Obama administration’s health care reform law moves through the legal system.
Invasive species are making for smaller walleye. Here’s reporter Kirsti Marohn: “A new University of Minnesota study has found that, when lakes were infested with two common aquatic invasive species — zebra mussels and spiny waterflea — young walleye didn’t grow as large as quickly, as they did before the invaders arrived.” The research’s next step is to see how the findings translate to older walleye and other lakes.
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