Southern Minnesota came under a blizzard warning Wednesday, but the snow missed the metro and the rest of the state. MPR chief meteorologist Paul Huttner joined MPR News host Nina Moini with details on the storm and the forecast ahead.

Republican state Sen. Justin Eichorn remains in custody Wednesday. He faces widespread calls to resign from members of both political parties after an arrest on suspicion of attempted solicitation of a minor. The person turned out to be an undercover detective.

This is the latest upheaval in a legislative session that has seen plenty of it. MPR News senior politics reporter Clay Masters joined MPR News host Nina Moini with the latest.

The state is still yo-yo-ing into springtime with more wintry weather headed to southern Minnesota. Meteorologist Sven Sundgaard joined the show with a weather forecast.

Minnesota has the third highest cost of infant child care in the country, according to a new report. But that’s not the whole story. We dug into the data.

With layoffs at the federal Department of Education, we learned how special education is protected by state and federal law.

An artist teamed up with a tailor for an art exhibit called ‘Connective Thread.’ It explores Latina power through clothing and textiles.

Our Minnesota Music Minute was ‘Couldn't Live a Day Without You’ by Gary Louis and our Song of the Day was ‘Stay’ by Twins of Franklin.

The U.S. Department of Education is expected to shrink by half. The Trump administration has laid off more than 1,300 workers, and 21 states including Minnesota have sued to stop the layoffs. 

One of the agency’s major roles is to make sure students with disabilities can get an education. Special education programs are required by law, and they remain intact. But parent advocates in Minnesota say they are watching for other impacts, including indirect ones. 

Gretchen Godfrey is the associate director of the Minnesota-based organization, PACER Center. She joined MPR News host Nina Moini to explain how parents of students with disabilities interact with the Department of Education and how the staffing cuts may affect Minnesota students.

A group of Latina artists is highlighting the complexities of moving through the world as women in a new exhibit. They contributed to the exhibit called “Connective Thread,” about the clothing items that protect and adorn women’s bodies. Their work is being shown at CLUES, Minnesota’s largest Latino-led nonprofit.

Carla Manzoni is the director of arts and cultural engagement at CLUES. She joined MPR News host Nina Moini to talk about the art in the exhibit that celebrates Latina womanhood and bodily autonomy.

‘Connective Thread’ runs through May 14 at the CLUES Latino Art Gallery in St. Paul.

Minnesota has the third highest average cost of infant child care in this country, according to a new study out of the Economic Policy Institute. Its average cost in the state is $22,000 per year. That’s 18 percent of a median family’s income in Minnesota.

Ann McCully, the executive director of Child Care Aware Minnesota, joined Minnesota Now to explain the nuance of the data.

Another winter spring storm is taking aim at Minnesota. After a warm and sunny start to the week, snow could make its return to the southern part of the state. MPR meteorologist Sven Sundgaard joined Minnesota Now to explain.

The Trump administration is ignoring judge’s orders in immigration cases, most notably on the deportation of hundreds of Venezuelan immigrants to El Salvador. We talked to a University of Minnesota immigration law expert about what this move means.

It’s been five years since the COVID-19 pandemic began. We learned how the virus exposed racial disparities in health care. We also looked at how the pandemic impacted downtown Duluth and how the city is trying to bring people back.

A Minnesota law professor joined the show to discuss her new book, in which she argues that forgetting women's historic struggles for equality perpetuates injustice.

The Timberwolves are on a historic 8-game winning streak. We got the latest from our sports contributors.

Over 100 years ago Monday, a group of suffragists met with the new president, Woodrow Wilson, to ask him to support votes for women. The women left that meeting without any promises and spent years fighting for the passage of the 19th Amendment. They picketed the White House and endured violent harassment, arrests and jail time.

In a new book, a Minnesota law professor argues that their struggle — and others like it — are still obscured by stories that keep men at the center. Jill Hasday is the author of “We the Men: How Forgetting Women’s Struggles for Equality Perpetuates Inequality.” She joined Minnesota Now to talk about her research for the book.

March Madness begins this week. You wouldn’t find a Minnesotan team if you were to check out the brackets for the men’s and women’s NCAA basketball tournaments this year. But a Minnesotan is a face of the women's tournament. Paige Bueckers is in her final season with the number two seed, the University of Connecticut.

Wally Langfellow is the founder of Minnesota Score Sports Magazine and co-host of the sports talk show 10,000 Takes. Eric Nelson is the other host of that show and Minnesota Vikings NFL reporter for CBS' Eye on Football and Sirius XM. They both joined MPR News host Nina Moini to talk about basketball and other sports news.