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At Issue: July 5 — Senate turns attention to damage after Floyd's death, Minnesota reaches 'moon shot' testing goal

07/05/2020 05:53 PM

Minnesota’s lawmakers have turned their attention to the fallout from George Floyd’s death, but it’s a divided attention...

Minn. holds steady as other states see COVID-19 deaths, hospitalizations surge

Questions remain about 'temporary morgue' as COVID-19 deaths decline

At Issue: June 28 — Investigation into MPD, what Minnesotans think of pandemic response

KSTP/SurveyUSA Poll: Coronavirus response approval ratings for Trump, Walz

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (left) and President Donald Trump (right)

Special session likely to be costly even with few accomplishments

The sun shines on the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul, Wednesday, May 15, 2019, as Gov. Tim Walz and top legislative leaders continued their budget talks.

At Issue: June 21 — Legislative special session ends, Klobuchar withdraws from VP consideration

Minnesota lawmakers adjourned a special legislative session without much to show from it. Their one success was a $62.5 million relief package for small businesses affected by the coronavirus pandemic ...

Debate over police accountability in Minnesota Senate off to rough start

Minnesota House considers sweeping police reform bills

At Issue: June 14 — Minnesota lawmakers get back to work and calls for 'defunding the police' continue

Police defunding likely to be statewide political issue

Minneapolis City Council Member Jeremiah Ellison announces his support for dismantling the Minneapolis Police Department on Sunday, June 7, 2020, at Powderhorn Park.

Minneapolis mayor remains opposed to defunding police department

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey isn't backing down on his opposition to defunding or dismantling the Minneapolis Police Department. Over the weekend, he was booed loudly by a crowd of protesters who favor such a move proposed by nine of 12 Minneapolis City Council members ...

At Issue: June 7 — What's next in George Floyd case, looking ahead to special session

At Issue: May 31 — Unrest in Twin Cities from the death of George Floyd

At Issue: May 24 — Churches, restaurants reopening in Minnesota; HHS Secretary Azar talks about federal COVID-19 plan

50 years later, assassinated St. Paul Officer Jim Sackett remains a hero

Jim Sackett, Jeanette Sackett and their children

KSTP/SURVEYUSA: Big difference in Walz, Trump approval ratings on virus response

It might be a tale of two different approaches to regular briefings on the coronavirus by state and federal leaders. Whatever the reason, Minnesotans approve of the coronavirus response of Governor Tim Walz much more than that of President Donald Trump ...

At Issue with Tom Hauser

Join KSTP Chief Political Reporter Tom Hauser every Sunday at 10 a.m. on 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS

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Special session likely to be costly even with few accomplishments

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