minnesota

Trump and Biden hit unlikely battleground state of Minnesota

By Will Weissert, Kathleen Hennessey, Associated Press

President Trump almost won Minnesota in 2016 and sees it as a state he might peel away from Democrat Joe Biden in November. But Minnesota has steadily moved further away from the president since 2016.

WATCH: Mike Pence speaks at Trump campaign event in Minnesota

By Joshua Barajas

Vice President Mike Pence is expected to speak at 1:30 p.m. ET today. Watch his remarks here.

WATCH: Trump counters Biden with law and order message in Minnesota

By Zeke Miller, Associated Press

The stop in Mankato is part of his plan to counterprogram the Democratic National Convention, which starts Monday.

Trump on the road as Biden prepares for convention show

By Zeke Miller, Associated Press

President Donald Trump isn't about to cede the political stage as Democrats begin their national convention this week. He's launching aggressive counter-programming to former Vice President Joe Biden’s show.

Minnesota lawmakers pass police accountability package

By Steve Karnowski, Associated Press

The Minnesota Legislature has passed a broad police accountability package that includes a ban on neck restraints like the one that was used on George Floyd before his death in Minneapolis.

WATCH: Minnesota and Ohio AGs discuss police reform, protests and constitutional challenges

By Candice Norwood

The discussion comes after several highly publicized police killings of Black people, including George Floyd in Minnesota and Breonna Taylor in Kentucky.

WATCH: Rep. Ilhan Omar holds news conference on systemic racism

By Justin Stabley and Associated Press

Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar held a news conference on systemic racism alongside other state leaders as Minneapolis continues to be a flashpoint in the nation's reckoning on race.

WATCH: Minnesota governor marks 100th anniversary of Duluth lynching

By Associated Press

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz marked the 100th anniversary of a painful chapter in Duluth history by visiting a memorial to three black men lynched by a white mob.

Minnesota Senate GOP aim to block most policing overhaul plans

By Steve Karnowski, Associated Press

Key Republican lawmakers in Minnesota say they'll block most of an ambitious effort by Democrats to remake policing in the state where George Floyd died and they plan to approve only a limited set of police accountability measures.

WATCH: George Floyd’s family on ‘what those officers took from us’

By Yasmeen Alamiri, Molly Finnegan

The family of George Floyd, a Minnesota man who died after been held down by the neck by police in Minneapolis, held a news conference Tuesday where they spoke to the void his death had left in their lives.