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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.

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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.

A bill that would "generally prohibit" public school teachers from using student pronouns different to that assigned at birth was vetoed by Gov. Doug Burgum, AP says. But the Senate then voted to overturn the veto. Meanwhile, in Texas an anti-trans minors' gender care bill was modified slightly.

The $3.5 million federal grant will add more fellows to Jewish Family Services’ newest mental health program.

The Minnesota Department of Human Rights has issued a 72-page report finding probable cause to conclude that the Minneapolis Police Department has massively discriminated against blacks in the course of its enforcement duties. The department has an investigation page that links to its report as well as its press summary. The Star Tribune is flooding the zone with coverage including an editorial that takes a pass on a key question: