With the 2024 expiration of pandemic relief dollars, the county has taken on a $20 million deficit to sustain robust programing aimed at stopping homelessness before it happens. Homelessness is ...

The Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation into the Minneapolis-area Hennepin County Attorney’s Office’s new directive for its prosecutors to consider race when negotiating ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Hennepin County will pay $5.4 million to move inmates from its jail to facilities in other counties following an inmate reduction order from the Minnesota Department of Corrections.

ST.PAUL — The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday, Oct. 29 that Hennepin County must change its absentee ballot board to prioritize placement of GOP-submitted nominees. The MN Voters ...

Beret grew up in Chaska and graduated from Bethel University. MINNEAPOLIS — Hennepin County says it has effectively ended veteran homelessness. State leaders, lawmakers and county social workers ...

MINNEAPOLIS — When small businesses struggled during the COVID-19 pandemic, Hennepin County contracted with a number of companies to help reach out to the community and assist with things like ...

The Minnesota Supreme Court has suspended a senior Hennepin County prosecutor placed on leave a year ago after a lie to a judge resulted in the rare decision to dismiss a rape case. Catherine McEnroe, ...

Catherine McEnroe, a 31-year lawyer who has been with the Hennepin County Attorney's Office since 2013, is suspended for 60 days and required to pay a $900 fine, the court ordered. The Office of ...

The Minnesota Supreme Court has suspended a senior Hennepin County prosecutor placed on leave a year ago after a lie to a judge resulted in the rare decision to dismiss a rape case. Catherine ...

This screenshot from Hennepin County's dashboard shows monthly patterns of homelessness inflow and outflow, informed by the county's by-name count. Overall, homelessness increased three-tenths of ...

Curiously, Hennepin County has received virtually no attention for adopting a near-identical posture on work from home. According to the county, roughly 68% of its employees, or more than 6,500 ...