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 ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Nearly one in four registered voters in Hennepin County have also already voted. On Wednesday the county's top election official is sharing what you can expect come election night.

The sheriff’s office is working with the Hennepin County Library system to make donation sites easily accessible, according to a news release from HCSO. “Our annual cold weather item donation ...

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 ...

Target, once downtown’s largest employer, has been well chronicled. Unique among large downtown businesses, it requires no in-person presence for most headquarters team members. The company has ...

A seasoned veteran of libraries with two decades of experience — and definitive plans to relocate to the Twin Cities — has been appointed to lead the Hennepin County Library system.

the county council on Monday approved a resolution scolding the library and seeking to limit employees’ online political speech. Decried as a bullying tactic by its critics, the move won praise from ...

There are 41 libraries in the Hennepin County system, the busiest being the Minneapolis Central Library downtown. “We had a plan in the past but this one is really much more data-driven,” said ...

Hennepin County Library Director Chad Helton, who has been under fire for running the library system from his condo in Los Angeles, has resigned his position. County Administrator David Hough ...

It's part of a nationwide movement, meant to increase access for more people. Hennepin County Library eliminated fines in March. All library cards with late fees had them erased. "Those fines add ...

deputy director of facilities and the project manager for the library’s construction. In 2014, the Hennepin County Board allocated funds for a rebuilding project. “The biggest challenge was ...