Good Monday afternoon.
Thanks for joining us. So right,
Minnesota lawmakers are wrapping
up the 2023 legislative session
at the state Capitol.
And just the last couple of hou,
the House and Senate jumped
back into debate hoping to
avoid a tiny special session.
Their focus today includes the
capital investment bill that kep
the nurses at the bedside act.
And over the weekend to catch you up,
some bills were already sent
to the governor's get desk and
one of those is the tax bill.
We match
every single dollar that the fel
government is going to give us for roads,
bridges, and transit.
These taxes are the most regrese
taxes you could put in place,
which means they're going to
impact low income Minnesotans me
than high income Minnesotans.
Obviously that had some debate to it.
The bill's going to send rebate checks,
among many other things to.
Several Minnesotans Democrats
are excited about this,
but as you saw Kurt Dowd and Republicans,
they say this bill is packed with tax hikes.
Also on the governor's desk tod,
the transportation and the
Uber driver protections bills.
And we are of course at the Capitol today
for this final push to get the legislation
done before the deadline tonigh,
just before midnight.
We'll start filling you in today at 4:00,
but before we get to our newsca,
you can always check it out
on care11.com or on the app.
Jamie has been keeping an eye on
haze and wildfire smoke for what
seems like well over a week now.
How we doing?
We
still have it overhead.
It's been kind of coming
and going as of lately,
but we're going to start to reay
notice it today, even into tomo.
But there are some improvements
coming just down the road.
We'll start off,
look at the current conditions,
sunny skies being reported,
but you'll see that haziness out there.
78 degrees dew point at sitting at 47,
just a little breeze from
the southwest at around.
8 miles an hour When you take a
look at the rest of the region,
we are well on our way into thoe
low to mid 80s for much of the ,
but there is going to be a wind
off Lake Superior that is goingo
keep things cool up around ther.
Grand Marais sitting at 6143 rit
now being reported in Duluth 75
for Hayward and the Arrowhead
region is going to be a little
bit on the chilly spot for toda.
We'll probably find more 60s and 70s there,
but 80s across the rest of the
area you can see for the satelle
and the radar right now,
pretty quiet conditions.
Little bit of cloud covering the
far western side of the state,
but it is the haziness that's
outside air quality.
We're up to moderate for the air quality
but we are expected to stay the.
Green and yellow expected acrose
map today even into tomorrow should see
improvements as we get into Wednesday.
There's a look at the temperatures for
today and like I said the Arrowhead region,
a little on the cooler side
but a lot of 80s elsewhere,
a few upper 70s mixed in and whn
you check out the seven day forecast.
It just gets warmer and warmer t
into Tuesday, expecting a high of 84,
then a cold front coming to
bring us some isolated showers.
That is really going to cut
into those daytime highs.
We have some low 70s,
but that's where we're supposed
to be this time of year.
And then we start the warm up looking
ahead to the Memorial Day weeke.
We do have a chance of showers right now.
Looks like just showers for
Saturday and for Sunday.
All
right, well, we need a little bt
of rain too, so that looks good.
Thanks so much, Jamie.
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And Speaking of weather
or adjacent to weather,
potholes don't disappear when the snow falls.
Minnesota, however,
is officially the worst state in the nation.
Congratulations to us when
it comes to potholes.
No surprise when it comes to ci.
Who are the worst with potholes?
Minneapolis, you're #2.
Or we're sitting in the country.
Our northern neighbors in Duluth ranked 7th.
I wonder who's first. Is it Saint Paul?
Well, you can check it out.
The rankings come from Quote Wid
from the folks at LendingTree.
And if you thought potholes were bad,
wait until you see the sinkhole.
Jennifer Hoff went up north,
where sinkhole tourism is a thi,
and it's booming.
She'll have that story tonight at 6:00.
And check this out.
Springtime means lots of baby animals
are being welcomed into our wor.
Deb shared this picture with usa
Mama duck and her four little ducklings.
It's that time of year where
you'll see so many.
Deb, they never get old.
Thanks for sharing those with u.
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Monday afternoon. We'll be
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