Kirsten Mitchell at WCCO News talked with Minnesota business owners taking part in “A Day Without Immigrants,” a nationwide initiative happening Monday aimed at demonstrating the vital role immigrants play in the U.S. economy and protesting recent anti-immigrant policies.
Katie Wermus at FOX 9 has some early tallies from the Minnesota State Patrol on the overnight and morning snow effect on traffic. So far, there have been 83 crashes, four injury crashes, one fatality, 21 vehicles off the road, five vehicle spinouts and one jackknifed semi.
Allison Kaplan at Twin Cities Business interviews north Minneapolis entrepreneur Houston White about Target Corp.’s rollback of some DEI initiatives.
Feven Gerezgiher at MPR News talks with trans University of Minnesota student Micah Leroy after several right-wing commentators criticized his videos on social media related to a gender-affirming operation, drawing hateful attention and leading Meta to shut down his accounts on Instagram and Facebook.
Susan Du and Jessie Van Berkel at the Star Tribune are reporting Minnesota’s rollout of one of the nation’s first Medicaid-funded programs to help people find and keep housing has been deeply flawed, according to some providers.
Via Bring Me the News: A goalie mask designed by Mdewakanton Dakota artist Cole Redhorse Taylor and worn by Minnesota Wild goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury has been purchased by the Minnesota Historical Society and is now on display at the Minnesota History Center.
