COVID-19

At the eye of the COVID-19 storm

A behind-the-scenes look at how Gov. Tim Walz and key advisers addressed the Minnesota pandemic.

A man speaking at a podium.
Gov. Tim Walz speaks at a press conference about the pandemic response inside the Department of Public Safety in St. Paul on April 30, 2020. An MPR News examination of more than 9,000 pages of documents shows who was putting pressure on Walz during the COVID-19 emergency and how the administration reacted.
Evan Frost | MPR News 2020