County commissioners finalize strategy to save Hennepin Healthcare
The Hennepin County Commission, which took over managing the hospital in the fall, is trying to get state leaders to help with the dire financial situation.
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The Hennepin County Commission, which took over managing the hospital in the fall, is trying to get state leaders to help with the dire financial situation.
The Minnesota House has passed a bill to ban apps and websites that create fake, sexualized pictures of individuals.
Upgrading this software and other outdated programs used to administer critical social services is a top priority for all of Minnesota's 87 counties, which manage enrollment and case management for Medicaid, SNAP and other assistance.
After weeks in limbo, a proposal to set up a new independent watchdog agency to crack down on fraud in social services programs is moving forward in the Minnesota House.
Legislation was introduced after Hannah LoPresto came forward as part of a WCCO Investigates series.
A personal story of grooming in high school is leading the way for change in Minnesota. Senior Investigative Reporter Jennifer Mayerle shares the cost of making grooming a felony.
A resolution setting up a process to investigate impeachment claims against DFL Gov. Tim Walz and DFL Attorney General Keith Ellison failed to move forward in the Minnesota House on Wednesday.
Lawmakers at the Minnesota State Capitol are searching for solutions, trying to lend a hand to Hennepin Healthcare before it's too late.
Lawmakers took up the issue Tuesday, considering the challenges city and county leaders face trying to balance economic opportunity with environmental impacts.
It's an issue playing out in communities across Minnesota. The sometimes heated debate over data centers. Lawmakers took up the issue Tuesday, considering the challenges city and county leaders face in balancing economic opportunity with environmental impact. Ubah Ali heard about new guardrails in that meeting.
At a time when budgets are tight, dueling proposals at the Minnesota Capitol could put money back in your pocket.
At a time when budgets are tight, dueling proposals at the state capitol could put money back in your pocket.
Police sprayed chemicals inside former House Speaker Melissa Hortman's home last summer while searching for her and her husband's killer. The Hortman's son says that it caused damage that required extensive cleanup. A new proposal at the Capitol would require authorities to share what kind of chemicals they use when trying to catch someone or executing a warrant.
Minnesota officials told a panel of lawmakers on Monday that a recent change allowing state agencies to withhold payment to providers facing fraud allegations is falling short of its goals of stopping funds from going out the door sooner rather than later.
The bills aim to close what supporters call a gambling law loophole, allowing for these prediction markets to flourish with no regulations.
A bill to make grooming a crime is closer to reality. Lawmakers proposed it following a WCCO Investigates series where Hannah LoPresto shared what she says her high school band director did to her.
Hennepin County Medical Center says it needs a lifeline, and fast, or the state's busiest trauma hospital could go under. WCCO's Caroline Cummings explains how an effort at the Capitol could shore up support.
On Thursday, both the Minnesota House and Senate looked at companion bills in committee that would make prediction markets like Polymarket illegal — both bills have bipartisan support.
Both the House and Senate will look at companion bills in committee that would make prediction markets like Polymarket illegal.
Lawmakers in the Minnesota Legislature are considering tweaking a state law banning conversion therapy for LGBTQ people. As Caroline Cummings reports, It comes in the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court decision last week that could invite legal challenges.
Democrats and Republicans in the Minnesota House on Tuesday filed dueling ethics complaints against members of the opposite party, accusing them of breaking the chamber's rules for conduct.
There are dueling ethics complaints filed against Minnesota House members by Republicans and Democrats. As Caroline Cummings reports, each accuses a member of the other party of violating the rules.
Republicans in the Minnesota House say they plan to file an ethics complaint against a Democratic lawmaker over his ties to environmentalist lobbying groups.
Minnesota state Republican Reps. Elliott Engen and Walter Hudson will be stripped of their committee assignments, a legislative source familiar with the matter told WCCO on Monday night.
Nurses and physicians at Hennepin Healthcare in downtown Minneapolis, home to the first level-one and busiest trauma center in Minnesota, on Wednesday urged the state Legislature to throw the hospital a lifeline — and fast.
