Wednesday’s Health Department data added more detail to an increasingly grim portrait of the pandemic in Minnesota amid a week of record hospitalizations, steeply rising caseloads and double-digit daily deaths.

While it remains to be seen where those efforts to vastly reimagine public safety will land, an MPR News survey of Minneapolis council members show that there’s still significant common ground among them for changing the city’s relationship with the Police Department, including transferring police responsibilities to social workers, leaving police to focus on responding to and investigating crime. 

President Donald Trump will return to Minnesota in the closing days of the 2020 campaign. He has a rally scheduled in Rochester on Friday evening.

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Jason Lewis of Minnesota was released from a hospital Wednesday afternoon following a two-night stay for emergency internal hernia surgery, the campaign said in a release.

On Monday the Anoka-Hennepin school board voted 5-1 to continue high school sports and extracurricular activities, while transitioning students to distance learning. Other districts are likely watching Anoka-Hennepin’s experience and could make similar decisions going forward as they try to resume the normal rhythms of the school year. 

Contestants from throughout the Midwest gathered in Bloomington for a socially distant pageant to inspire their community at home and in the United States.

Bradley Harrington, who serves as the state tribal liaison for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, says he hopes to set a new, less divisive tone. Dave Oslin is seeking his third term and looks forward to a federal court decision that could resolve a long-running boundary dispute.

Many traditional Halloween traditions, like trick or treating, involve face-to-face interactions with lots of different people. But this year, in order to prevent the spread and protect each other from COVID-19, some parts of Halloween may need a little updating. 

MPR News is partnering with ProPublica, a nonprofit investigative news organization, to track voting problems and election integrity. You can help — tell us if you experienced or witnessed any problems when casting your ballot.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it would not grant a quick, pre-election review to a new Republican appeal to exclude Pennsylvania absentee ballots received after Election Day.

The governors of Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi each declared a state of emergency ahead of the Category 2 hurricane. "Pray for God's protection," Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said.

While they may not be able to vote yet, the next generation of leaders in Minnesota has a say in what’s going on today and what they hope for America’s future. From reforming the criminal justice system to painting the White House pink, here are some of the presidential plans Minnesota’s future leaders shared with us.

Side-by-side comparisons of the Democratic and Republican candidates running for Minnesota’s most hotly contested political races.

 A former Trump administration official who penned a scathing anti-Trump op-ed and book under the pen name “Anonymous” revealed himself Wednesday as a former chief of staff at the Department of Homeland Security.

The Dow tumbled more than 900 points as COVID-19 cases surge in the United States and Europe, while next week's election is only adding to the uncertainty over the economy.

Police shot and killed Walter Wallace during a confrontation Monday afternoon in West Philadelphia. Police said he was holding a knife.

A Minnesota Republican candidate's bid to delay voting in his congressional race to February due to the death of a third-party candidate was rejected Tuesday at the Supreme Court.

COVID-19 forced Rick, Kirsten and Clara Jeddeloh to isolate from one another for weeks in their home. It was excruciating, they say, but the experience brought them closer together.