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Inspired by crisis and controversy, Minnesota health orgs work to enhance access to mental health care and reduce hospital stays

Photo by Pixabay Late last summer, the story of a 10-year-old boy with autism and severe mental illness who’d spent seven months boarding in a Carver County emergency department awaiting mental health treatment made national headlines. Providers across the state...

In Hennepin County, has a brand new application process made it harder to access social safety-net programs?

For the reason that pandemic, demand for programs in Hennepin County has surged by nearly 40%. Now, county staff are alarmed on the variety of applicants leaving county offices empty-handed — and indignant. MinnPost photo by Kyle Stokes Joey Caldwell was...

Weekly health screening events seek to enhance health care access in Minneapolis’ Phillips neighborhood

Demonica Mottley gets her blood pressure taken on the Partners in Prevention clinic in Minneapolis on Thursday. MinnPost photo by Ava Kian Nursing students at Metropolitan State University are learning to think about a holistic approach to health, taking a look...

Walz signs order protecting access to ‘gender affirming care’ for youth

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signed an executive order Wednesday protecting access to “gender affirming care” for transgender people and took a swipe at leaders of conservative states he called “bullies” for banning the practice. The Democratic governor said his order...

Minnesota voting rights advocates say groups working to hamper ballot access

Members said groups comparable to the Dakota County Patriots and MidWest Swamp Watch are “attacking our democracy” by calling for “dangerous changes” that include hand-counting ballots, limiting drop-off boxes, and flooding a county election office with dozens of information...

Minnesota set to change into ‘abortion access island’ within the Midwest, but for whom?

An ultrasound machine in one in every of the patient rooms at WE Health Clinic in Duluth. Jenn Ackerman, special to ProPublica ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Join for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one...

AG Ellison won’t appeal ruling expected to ease access to abortion in Minnesota

Welcome to the Glean, MinnPost’s twice-daily roundup of Minnesota news. For the Forum News Service, Dana Ferguson writes: “Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison on Thursday announced that he wouldn't appeal a judge’s ruling deeming several state restrictions on abortion unconstitutional....

Ramsey County judge’s ruling on abortion is a win for those looking for easier access to the medical procedure

Tammi Kromenaker, director of the Red River Women's Clinic in Fargo, says the clinic plans to maneuver across the border to Moorhead. REUTERS/Dan Koeck Just weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court enabled states to further restrict or ban abortions by overturning...
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St. Paul prevails in legal fight to raze, replace historic Hamline-Midway Library

Following 16 months of litigation, a Ramsey County district judge has given the town of St. Paul the go-ahead...
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St. Paul-based Securian Financial lays off 58 employees across departments

Securian Financial has notified 58 employees — roughly 2% of its total workforce — that their roles with the corporate are being eliminated in...

U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum seeks thirteenth term in rematch with May Lor Xiong in 4th District

Longtime St. Paul Democratic U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum is in search of one other term in Minnesota’s Fourth Congressional District and again faces May...

Believed to have been the oldest working nurse in Minnesota, Joyce Gimmestad retired at 88. She reflects on 7 many years in healthcare

Joyce Gimmestad hoped to succeed in 90 before retiring from being a nurse. Still, she retired on June 22, at 88, attributable to a...

Family of 83-year-old St. Paul man killed in hit-and-run: ‘We’ll forgive you. … Please turn yourself in’

For 30 years, John Bidon took each day runs around Lake Phalen near his St. Paul home. He’d stretch it out to 5 miles...