Christopher Magan

Most new spending will go to salaries, with $10 million set aside for uncompensated care at HCMC. The capital budget includes $100 million for the Blue Line.

County Commissioner Angela Conley condemned the practice of isolating kids as “cruel and unusual punishment” and questioned why county operators were not finding “tangible solutions.”

A statewide push is on to encourage residents, businesses and churches to cut back on deicing salt to limit sodium pollution in Minnesota's waters.

A union nurse appointed in November to one of two labor seats on the Hennepin Healthcare System board was promoted to a management role just weeks later.

Nearly 17,000 federal workers could be furloughed or have to work without pay. Here’s how some services might be affected.

County officials struggle to keep up with the growing demand for safety net programs. Officials say they are working to add staff and improve processing times.

Bids for the new zero-energy structure were more than $1 million over cost estimates.

The team has agreed in principal to extending its lease through 2059 if the Legislature signs off on continuing the sales tax that built Target Field.

MINNEAPOLIS — The Twins again are signaling they want to play at Target Field until at least 2059, if they have an ongoing source of taxpayer funding to help keep the ballpark in top shape.

The Hennepin County jail’s first drug-sniffing dog has been on the hunt for contraband for about a year, amid increasing inmate drug use.