Hennepin County faces higher property-acquisition costs to help make the street more accommodating for bicyclists and pedestrians.

Hennepin County rescinded a $300,000 grant for Ackerberg’s MoZaic East.

The ruling said the lower court erred in not fully considering all of the constitutional arguments and ordered a fuller review of the lawsuit's claim that DOMA violates rights to due process, freedom of association and equal protection.

With a host of issues like light rail ridership and civic pride on the line, Hennepin County officials are keeping their powder dry in the event that they can find an opening to advance a Minnesota Vikings stadium plan.

Since Gov. Mark Dayton’s administration unveiled its analysis of the risks associated with the proposed Minnesota Vikings stadium site in Arden Hills on Wednesday, opinion has varied as to whether it dealt a fatal blow to the Ramsey County/Vikings plan.

Carruthers, who's name was forwarded on to Gov. Mark Dayton's office for the job this week, served in the Minnesota House from 1987 until 2000, leading the chamber as House Speaker from 1997 to 1998.

The cost of the Minnesota Sex Offender Program has grown dramatically in recent years. In 2004 the program for detaining the state’s most dangerous sex offenders cost just $20.4 million. By 2012 that figure is projected to rise above $70 million.

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Kathy Kardell, the assistant commissioner for treasury at the Minnesota Department of Management and Budget, is leaving the agency to take a new job with Hennepin County.

Following last week’s introduction of a bill that would scrap municipal garbage burning and landfill gas as renewable energy sources, the chair of a Minnesota House of Representatives panel said existing burners may be exempted from a proposed ban.