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2024
- 'No child sleeps outside’: Why Hennepin County leaders keep housing all homeless families despite growing costs (Star Tribune, May 27, 2024)
- Brooklyn Park’s New Approach to Mental Health Calls: How It's Working (CCX, May 13, 2024)
- Diverse groups encouraged to participate in Hennepin County’s ‘Step To It Challenge’ (CCX, April 29, 2024)
- Partnership aims to boost blood pressure checks in North Minneapolis (CBS News, March 29, 2024)
- Hennepin County receives $10M grant to replace diseased trees (CCX, March 7, 2024)
- This major US county is on the way to ending chronic homelessness (ABC News, March 21, 2024)
- How Hennepin County leaders removed barriers and built a more diverse workforce (Star Tribune, March 8, 2024)
- Hennepin County addressing issue lead poisoning in children (WCCO, February 15, 2024)
2023
- Hennepin County is set to approve $2.6 billion budget. Here’s what it pays for. (Star Tribune, December 7, 2023)
- Metro Inn Motel in south Minneapolis will soon reopen as permanent affordable housing (Star Tribune, November 14, 2023)
- Hennepin County’s Project CHILD program works to help those dealing with addiction give birth to healthy babies (MinnPost, November 06, 2023)
- Champions help neighbors recycle in large apartment buildings (Sahan Journal, October 18, 2023)
- “You don’t have to struggle alone”: Health care providers highlight resources during Suicide Prevention Month (WCCO, September 14)
- Home Sweet Hennepin: A homeless veteran finds his place (Star Tribune, July 26, 2023)
- Minneapolis nonprofit aims to make one home’s trash another’s foundation (KARE 11, July 21, 2023)
- Calls to Hennepin County’s mobile crisis team has nearly doubled since start of pandemic (KSTP, May 3, 2023)
- Hennepin County aiming to end chronic homelessness by 2025 (Star Tribune, April 22, 2023)
- Hennepin County Sheriff joins law enforcement group to help keep kids away from crime (KSTP, April 6, 2023)
- Hennepin County Library comeback plan (KSTP, April 6, 2023)
- Brooklyn Park police unveil state’s first mental health alternative response team (CCX, March 22, 2023)
- Dozens of northwest metro families experiencing housing instability find help (KARE 11, March 20, 2023)
- Construction on $28M Coliseum redo now underway on Lake Street (Star Tribune, April 4, 2023)
- Newsmakers: Hennepin County Commissioner Kevin Anderson Touts ‘Zero Waste Plan’ (CCX, March 19, 2023)
- Robbinsdale works on Blue Line design (SUN Post, March 8, 2023)
- Hennepin County’s Zero Waste draft takes aim at trash (Star Tribune, March 5, 2023)
- Hennepin County’s COVID hotels are turning into deeply affordable housing (KARE 11, February 13, 2023)
2022
- Hennepin County Libraries tackle tech disparities (KARE11 SUNRISE, July 15, 2022)
- Hennepin County efforts to house homeless see some success (Star Tribune, July 2, 2022)
- Hennepin County chair says largest challenges include racial inequity and climate change (Star Tribune, June 22, 2022)
- Hennepin County approves largest financial commitment to affordable housing (Star Tribune, June 2, 2022)
- As libraries drop late fees, long-overdue books return – as do former patrons (Star Tribune, May 27, 2022)
- Hennepin County job training program pays people on probation to learn construction skills (Star Tribune, May 17, 2022)
- Hennepin County, Minneapolis, Duluth selected for first-of-its-kind climate change grant (Star Tribune, April 27, 2022)
- Hennepin County hands out $1.1 million in another round of youth sports grants (Star Tribune, March 28, 2022)
2021
- Academy offers DEI training to all county employees (NACo, September 27, 2021)
- Hennepin County administrator proposes 3.5% levy increase in 2022 budget (Insight News, September 20, 2021)
- Hennepin County makes $20M new commitment to mental health in pandemic (Star Tribune, September 7, 2021)
- Hennepin County Board OKs funds for more computers, financial aid to those in need (Star Tribune, July 20, 2021)
- Digital Counties Survey 2021 - Winners Announced (Digital Counties, July 14, 2021)
- Hennepin County approves $100,000 budget for vaccine incentives (Bring Me The News, June 16, 2021)
- One Outside Is Too Many’: More Unsheltered Hennepin County Residents Finding Permanent Homes (WCCO, June 2, 2021)
- A tool that prioritizes people for homeless services favored white people. So Hennepin Co. stopped using it. (MPR, April 6, 2021)
- Hennepin County Board looks to raise county employee minimum wage to $20 per hour (Star Tribune, March 20, 2021)
- Hennepin County launches initiative to eliminate disparities in juvenile system (Star Tribune, January 25, 2021)
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