Sweeping changes underway and on the table at Fairview Health Services are causing worries throughout the Twin Cities. People with disabilities and their advocacy groups are speaking out, including attending…
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Disabled veterans seek more funds
Veterans and lawmakers are hoping to breathe new life into a stalled effort to put more money in the pockets of retired members of the armed forces who suffered injuries…
Walz, Flanagan fight food stamp cuts
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan used the holiday season to call attention to a Trump administration plan to cut hundreds of thousands of Americans from the…
Suicide is forum topic
Law enforcement leaders from across the state gathered in Bloomington in December to talk about how best to respond to people threatening to harm or kill themselves. Bloomington Police Chief…
HealthPartners shutters home care unit
HealthPartners will shutter its St. Paul-based home-care unit, eliminating 70 jobs by January 31 — its third round of layoffs in six weeks in 2019. The decision to close Integrated…