The senate passed an aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, parts of the Northeast U.S. were hit by a snowstorm and shipwreck hunters have discovered a merchant ship that sank in Lake Superior in 1940. Features CME Miles Schiffer has today’s News in :90.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday blasted a “radical” Supreme Court draft opinion that would throw out the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion rights ruling t hat has stood for a half century. The court cautioned no final decision had been made, but Biden warned that other privacy rights including same-sex marriage and birth control are at risk if the justices follow through.
Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor (DFL) party Rep. Ryan Winkler presented the adult-use cannabis bill to the Minnesota House of Representatives that would legalize recreational marijuana, and on Feb. 23, the bill passed through its second round of House committee meetings. Scout Mason and Lauren Dettmer have the story.
The election has set the stage for more partisan gridlock at the Minnesota Capitol, with Republicans appearing likely Wednesday to hang onto their slim majority in the Senate and Democrats poised to keep a diminished majority in the House.
Democrats pushed to seal control of the House for two more years Tuesday as they banked on their health care focus, dominant fundraising and broad suburban indignation with President Donald Trump to make their majority in the chamber even larger.
Joe Biden carried Minnesota on Tuesday, dashing president Donald Trump’s hopes of becoming the first Republican to carry the state since Richard Nixon in 1972, as polling generally went smoothly across the state.
The House has opened a second day of Trump impeachment hearings, a school shooting happened in Santa Clarita, California and a St. Paul man was arrested after a police chase. Designer Lia Saari has today’s News in :90.
Sen. Al Franken defeated his Republican opponent Mike McFadden, and Gov. Mark Dayton beat Republican Jeff Johnson in a five-candidate race.
Be sure to check TommieMedia for continuous governor, Senate and House results from Ward 4, Precincts 6 and 7, where many St. Thomas students vote.
Designer Bailey Jordan takes on the problem with mice, telling you how they get into your house and what to do when they do.
