Plus: Minnesota school board votes to remove Pride, Puerto Rican flags from Worthington classroom; early voting in presidential primary begins Friday; crime fell across major categories in 2023.
Plus: Multiple people shot inside a small-town Iowa high school; 1,600 Minnesotans have already purchased blackout license plates; Ricky Rubio retires; and more.
Plus: Park Square Theatre to re-open next month; Taylor Swift is Minneapolis top artist according to Spotify Wrapped; DFL lawmakers clash over Israel-Hamas war; and more.
Coming up Friday at noon, MPR News guest host Brian Bakst talks to Sen. Amy Klobuchar about changes in political party dynamics in Washington, Supreme Court ethics questions and the Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act. Later, a conversation about the future of paid family and medical leave in Minnesota.