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Six months after Gov. Tim Walz first declared the peacetime emergency, where is Minnesota in the response to the pandemic and what will the next few months bring? On this week’s Politics Friday, MPR News host Mike Mulcahy talked with Walz, discussing some of the pressing issues in Minnesota and taking listener questions from around the state. 

MPR News political editor Mike Mulcahy looks ahead to Tuesday’s primary election in Minnesota. He’ll discuss the races to watch and how politics and voting has changed during the pandemic.

Minneapolis city council members want to defund the police department; new agenda items for special legislative session

Results from the latest Minnesota Poll

Walz takes heat from those saying he’s moving too slowly on reopening businesses and churches

Nurses say they need more protective equipment; Asian owned businesses have been especially hard hit

What the Legislature wants to do when it returns; more businesses cautiously reopen

The legislative session ends, but a special session is coming; Ellison goes to court to try to stop bar owner from reopening

Trying to make nursing home safer from COVID-19

Gov. Tim Walz relaxes his stay at home order