The DOJ said in a statement the state department’s policy “seems to be part of a broader effort by the state to engage in race- and sex-based employment practices in its ‘affirmative action’

The Trump administration has launched an investigation into the Minnesota Department of Human Services over its newly updated affirmative action hiring policy.

The Trump administration said Thursday that it has opened an investigation into whether a Minnesota state agency's newly updated affirmative action policy violates civil rights laws. The Minnesota Department of Human Services' policy requires supervisors to provide a “hiring justification when seeking to hire a