Twin Cities

Mpls. City Council President Bender says she won't seek reelection
Lisa Bender has led the City Council since 2017, during some of the city’s most difficult and controversial months. She represents the city’s 10th Ward, which includes neighborhoods around Minneapolis’ Uptown area, including Lowry Hill, East Harriet and Whittier.
Photos: Remembering George Floyd and the toll of COVID-19 on Día de los Muertos
The Mexican celebration that honors the lives of loved ones who have passed on from this lifetime held special meaning this year in Minnesota, with COVID-19 disproportionately affecting the Latino community and the killing of George Floyd still fresh in many people’s minds.
Biden, Trump hold dueling rallies in Minnesota
Former Vice President Joe Biden and President Donald Trump breezed through Minnesota, speaking to rallies capped by coronavirus restrictions before heading to their next stops. Neither is due back before Tuesday’s election.
After pledging to defund police, Mpls. City Council still rethinking public safety
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. 
Floyd killing: Judge keeps 1 murder charge against Chauvin, drops another
A Hennepin County judge Thursday dismissed the third-degree murder charge against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. Charges of second-degree murder and manslaughter remain, as do aiding and abetting charges against three other former officers.