Good morning, Minnesota. Happy Tuesday!

Here's the latest news from across the state to start your day. ☕

WEATHER

🌧️ A messy spring storm will bring rain, snow and high winds to central and southern Minnesota. In the Twin Cities, the wettest period looks to be later Tuesday afternoon and evening.

❄️ Blizzard warnings, winter storm warnings and winter weather advisories are posted for late Tuesday into Wednesday. The heaviest snowfall totals will be in southern and southeast Minnesota.

Get the latest weather news on Updraft.

In polarized times, these Minnesota legislators want to restore civility at the state Capitol

This year’s legislative session started with a lot of vitriol between DFLers and Republicans, but a bipartisan group of legislators is trying to get both sides to be more collaborative and civil.

A crucial, vacant Minnesota House seat will finally be filled next week

The March 11 special election will determine whether Republicans secure enough seats to pass bills in the Minnesota House or if they’ll fall back into a tie with the DFL.

NEWS ROUNDUP

📱 ‘We may have become the mob’: Feeding Our Future leader’s texts revealed in trial. In text messages that founder Aimee Bock wrote to others charged in a $250 million conspiracy, she discussed scorched-earth tactics for dealing with critics of her nonprofit.

🏳️‍⚧️ Minnesota House rejects banning transgender athletes from girls sports. The proposal came to the House floor after it passed in the GOP-controlled House Education Policy Committee. But with 67 Republicans and 66 DFLers, and 68 votes needed to pass legislation, the bill failed along party lines.

🏛️ Disabled Minnesota veteran inverts American flag after losing job in federal downsizing. A Minnesota veteran left disabled following several overseas deployments used the flag as a distress signal after being laid off as part of the Trump administration’s effort to downsize the federal government.

🔫 Number of state permits to carry firearms issued in 2024 lower than in recent years. Permits holders committed 5,340 crimes in 2024. While that is the highest number reported since the state law granting permits was passed in 2003, the percent of permit holders who commit crimes — about 1 percent — is on par with recent years.

🫎 Minnesota’s 2025 moose population stable, but they’re not out of the woods. The DNR estimates there are 4,040 moose in northeastern Minnesota, up from 3,470 in 2024. Their numbers have remained stable for more than a decade after crashing from 2009 to 2013, but climate change, predators and parasites still put them at risk.

💰 3 things in Minnesota that will be impacted by tariffs on Canada. President Trump’s plan to apply 25 percent tariffs on Canadian and Mexican exports is set to start Tuesday. Here's where we could see impacts in Minnesota.

🌩️ Twin Cities meteorologist concerned about Trump cuts to NOAA. Paul Douglas, creator of several private weather forecasting businesses, told MPR News host Cathy Wurzer that the private sector won’t be able to make up for the loss of government weather staff and data.

🎒 Some Minnesota child cares closed Monday to call for more state funding. Hundreds of Minnesota child care providers, teachers and families were expected to keep their centers closed on Monday to underscore the need for more state funding to make child care more affordable and boost wages for staff.

MUST LISTEN

🎧 Aging in place: What it really takes to live at home as you get older. MPR News guest host Kelly Gordon and her guests discuss the pros and cons of aging in place, what to plan for and the conversations we should be having when it comes to taking care of a loved one as they get older.

🎧 Former White House correspondent, Minnesota native shares concerns about press freedom. The White House said it will decide which news outlets can regularly cover President Donald Trump in what’s known as the press pool. The decision, announced last week, breaks from a tradition where an independently chosen press pool follows the president and holds him accountable on behalf of the American public.

🎧 Northstar train ridership dip leads to rethinking of commuter transit. The Minnesota Department of Transportation and the Metropolitan Council are studying replacing the Northstar commuter train line with buses. MPR News host Tom Crann spoke to the author of the report driving some of this rethinking.

🎧 Listen to today's headlines on our Minnesota Today podcast.