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We get the sun today, but the cold will stick around. Expect sunny skies with highs around 2. West winds 5 to 10 mph. Get the latest on Updraft.

🎧 Coming up at 9 a.m., the notion of saving money and frugality is dependent on your relationship with money and how you value where your income goes. Guest host Chris Farrell talks about emotional spending, and how to build a healthy relationship between you and your money. Find the full MPR News line up here.
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‘Record productivity is our aim’: DFLers hit the gas on top issues

As they enter the second month of the legislative session this week, Democrats at the Capitol say they're ready to keep the pedal to the metal. And given their current rate of moving bills, they’re on track to hit that record productivity target, at least in terms of recent history.

“We’re moving fast, but we’re addressing that concern that Minnesotans have raised for as long as I’ve been here, that they don’t want the Legislature to cram everything in the last five weeks,” Hortman told reporters. “The more we do now, the less we have to do in April and May.”

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New Warroad campus teaches robot maintenance as worker shortage continues

Northwestern Minnesota manufacturing companies are struggling with worker shortages. One solution is to invest in more automation technology. To help train the skilled workers needed to run that technology, Minnesota’s newest college campus is now open in Warroad.

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After Nichols killing, protesters call for police reform during St. Paul rally

About 300 protesters marched around the Minnesota Governor’s Residence in St. Paul two days after a video was released showing Tyre Nichols being fatally beaten by Memphis, Tenn., police.


 
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Winter Play: Cruising snow-covered trails on a fat tire bike near Brainerd. The sport of winter fat tire biking is booming in popularity. It’s an accessible, low-cost and fun way to get outside in nature during the colder months — and we tried it.

Fohrenkam guilty of murder in killing of Minneapolis student Deshaun Hill. A jury on Thursday convicted 30-year-old Cody Fohrenkam of second-degree intentional murder in last year’s killing of Deshaun Hill Jr., a 15-year old student and standout athlete at Minneapolis North Community High School.

Memphis deactivates the unit that fatally beat Tyre Nichols, as officials urge reform. The official efforts to respond to the vicious beating of Tyre Nichols by Memphis police are already underway, just two days after footage of the incident was released to the public.

9 diseases that keep epidemiologists up at night. Thinking about the next pandemic is job number one for many researchers around the world. Here's a look at the World Health Organization's current list of pathogens with pandemic potential.

A NASA spacecraft discovers a formation on Mars resembling a bear. NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter snapped the uncanny photo in December. Eyes are formed by craters. A hill with a "V-shaped collapse structure" resembles a snout.

The Half Moon Bay shooting was prompted by a $100 repair bill, local prosecutor says. The man charged with killing seven people in Half Moon Bay this past week reportedly told police he carried out the attack after a supervisor demanded he pay to repair a forklift damaged at work.

— Matt Mikus, MPR News
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