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Opposition to policing amendment spanned north and south Minneapolis
Through impassioned debates in the nearly 18 months since George Floyd's killing by police, one question was frequently asked: Who would decide the future of policing in Minneapolis? Black residents disproportionately impacted by crime and police use of force, or white voters who often dominate local election turnout?
Precinct-by-precinct look at how Minneapolis voted down police charter question
While other younger, more diverse areas showed stronger support for the failed amendment, precincts on the North Side had narrower results.
Pandemic, homelessness brought record overdose calls in Minneapolis
Opium epidemic is spreading to more places in Minneapolis.
How Twin Cities housing rules keep the metro segregated
Decades of zoning policies that prioritize single-family homes have perpetuated more racially explicit discrimination.
Where are the COVID-19 cases in Minnesota? Here's a look by ZIP code
The Minnesota Department of Health releases weekly data on COVID-19 cases by ZIP code each Thursday. See where new cases are appearing in the state, and which areas have been hardest hit over the pandemic.
Can we tell if the vaccines are working in Minnesota?
Short answer: Yes! Longer answer: It's exceptionally complicated.
A COVID turnaround in Minneapolis' Cedar-Riverside
Through aggressive testing and stringent measures to curb the disease, the city has consistently lower rates of infection and deaths.
What were the hottest housing markets in the Twin Cities metro area?
With mortgage rates falling to record lows and a pandemic upending how and where people want to live, sales exceeded new listings throughout much of the metro. Find out how your community fared in our searchable Hot Housing Index for 2020.
Wait, so where in Minnesota did Kanye get all his votes?
Mr. Kardashian pulled in more than 7,000 votes from around our fair state.
An election like no other: Tracking Minnesota's early voting
With nearly 2 million absentee votes already accepted, Minnesotans are trending well ahead of previous election early voting.
What would it take for Trump to win Minnesota over Biden?
Geography is just one of many variables in a presidential race — but it's a big one. Where voters turn out could determine whether President Donald Trump becomes the first Republican presidential candidate to win Minnesota in nearly half a century.
See which neighborhoods carried Ilhan Omar to victory in DFL primary
She pulled in strong support from most precincts in Minneapolis, but newcomer Antone Melton-Meaux managed to earn more than 60,000 votes in the race.
People of color hit harder by COVID-19 in Twin Cities, data confirm
Black and Hispanic Minnesotans are far more likely to be infected than white Minnesotans, state data show.
Find which Minnesota companies received money from Paycheck Protection Program
Nearly 14,000 employers in Minnesota hauled in at least $150,000 from the federal program.
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360 deaths or 22,000? Why Minnesota's COVID-19 models are so different
How can scientists looking at the same data come up with such different estimates? And who's right?
How Minnesota voted in the 2020 Democratic primary, precinct by precinct
Explore a detailed map of each precinct's result showing where Joe Biden bested his rivals across Minnesota.