The Metropolitan Council and Hennepin County have signed off on a grant agreement that will provide $75.3 million in additional county money for the Metro Blue Line Extension project, according to ...

The Hennepin County Board, responsible for a $2.5 billion ... a former legislator from Edina and former owner of the Fine Line Music Cafe in Minneapolis' Warehouse District. Part of LaTondresse's ...

The bulk of the money is committed to current and future light rail and commuter rail lines. Hennepin County, for example, pays half the operating costs of the Green and Blue lines and provides ...

The line was slated to link downtown Minneapolis ... all options to force BNSF into an agreement with the council and Hennepin County. "It's not time to move on," Harris said.

Tapping CURA will better Hennepin County's ability to weigh residents' concerns and consider "some of the historic harms that have occurred" with transit development, Commissioner Irene Fernando said.