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Hennepin County needs to dramatically change how it deals with solid waste if leaders are going to close a controversial trash incinerator and not send more garbage to landfills. That was the takeaway from a 39-page briefing on "reinventing the county's solid waste system" presented Thursday in response to a unanimous resolution from the County Board in October asking what it would take to ...

Season’s greetings! This year has proven to be both impactful and engaging in Hennepin County and in District 1. It is a privilege to serve as your county commissioner and

Juveniles in Minnesota's Twin Cities are committing increasingly serious crimes, including auto theft, assault and robbery, according to the Star Tribune.

Over the past year, Johnson has started similar grassroots walking groups in nine other Minneapolis neighborhoods and has seen positive results.

With no bonding bill since 2020, cities and counties are particularly desperate this year.

Officials from Hennepin and Ramsey counties shared jurisdictional, legal and staffing concerns about the proposed Transit Safety Intervention Project.

Bill calls for 3 months of intensive safety interventions, including social workers.

I love this story. It encapsulates liberal governance in a few hundred words. Liberalism at its dumbest. Lawmakers call for cultural 'reset' on light-rail trains https://t.co/ITUJvSgdJj &mdas...

Commissioners also approve $2.61 billion budget for 2023

A new top prosecutor and sheriff are two key players in a criminal justice system facing calls for reform and for dealing with violent crime.