Minnesotans between the ages of 21 and 64 who apply for Medicaid will need to demonstrate that they have been working, attending school or volunteering for at least 80 hours each month to qualify for or retain health insurance under the joint federal-state program.
Update: The U.S. Senate has voted to overturn a 20-year ban on mining on about 350 square miles of federal land near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area, paving the way for Twin Metals to renew efforts to open an underground copper mine near Ely, on the doorstep of the wilderness area.
“Children's Minnesota announced Monday that it has resumed all services in its Gender Health program, some of which had been temporarily paused on Feb. 27.”
The Trump administration plans to close two northern Minnesota U.S. Forest Service research facilities, including one in Grand Rapids that led globally recognized research on the impacts of climate change on forests and peatlands.
Almost half of the people arrested by federal agents this winter in Minnesota have already been deported, according to new data released to the @deportationdata.org through a FOIA lawsuit. It's the clearest picture yet of federal activities in the state. (1)
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I heard from national and local hospital leaders this week. They told me that the MPR News story helped get the attention of Medicare administrators who are now processing millions of dollars in backup claims.
The person who was recently appointed as an interim leader of Hennepin Healthcare resigned Wednesday, according to an internal email obtained by MPR News. Dr. Kevin Croston was appointed to the position after the previous interim CEO stepped down in January.
After more than two years of negotiations, a union representing more than 600 doctors, physician assistants and nurse practitioners at Allina Health clinics has reached a tentative first contract agreement.
Doctors Council SEIU said the three-year deal was reached late Wednesday night.
Thanks for reading. The story explains the relationship now. Hennepin Healthcare operates HCMC, which is both an adult and pediatric trauma center and teaching hospital.
Thanks to a FOIA lawsuit from @deportationdata.org, Minnesota is getting its first credible numbers on arrests during the federal government's surge here this winter. About 3,800 Minnesota residents were arrested. Most from Latin America (only 106 from Somalia). (1)
Medicare payment problems are generating steep financial hardships for some of Minnesota’s rural hospitals at a time when many are struggling to stay afloat.
Some hospital officials warn the holdup could shut them down in weeks if it’s not resolved soon.
NEW: For the first time, ProPublica has been able to quantify how many U.S. citizen children have been directly affected by Trump’s immigration crackdown: more than 11,000 kids had a parent detained — and that’s an undercount. 1/ 🧵
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"To be specific, $2,531.07 every month. That number, he says, is insane. It's about the cost of the average U.S. mortgage payment. "We can't afford that — who can afford that?"
“More will suffer that fate without a preliminary injunction,” Attorney Jeffrey Dubner said. “These aren’t hardened criminals or safety risks. … these are just ordinary people caught up in a sweeping dragnet. They needed the meaningful assistance of counsel.”
A Minneapolis woman who opposed ICE woke up to a drone outside her second floor bedroom window. A man delivering groceries to a suburban distro house for mutual aid recorded a drone hovering above the house. Whose drones and why? (1) www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
An immigration judge has ended asylum claims for Liam Conejo Ramos and his family and ordered their removal. Their lawyer says an appeal is underway.
Demand for assistance putting food on Minnesotans’ tables is at a record high level, as the state’s residents made more than 9 million visits to food shelves last year.
Former Minnesota Department of Health Commissioner Jan Malcolm will collaborate with leaders from hospitals and health systems across the state to tackle financial challenges to support hospitals and ensure access to care statewide.
Allina and Sutter Health said the agreement, if finalized, would result in an investment of more than $2 billion in its facilities in Minnesota and western Wisconsin, including new locations and improved technology.
Breaking: In a severe blow to the Trump administration’s health agenda, a U.S. district court in Massachusetts on Monday blocked the government from implementing a series of decisions on vaccines made over the last year by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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A federal judge in St. Paul heard arguments Thursday from the state of Minnesota and the Trump administration over a halt of $259 million in Medicaid payments to the state.
NEW: Hundreds of mental health professionals have left the Department of Veterans Affairs since President Donald Trump took office, leaving staff “at a breaking point” and some veterans waiting as long as six months for help.
Uninsurance rates have risen across Minnesota and among nearly all demographic groups, highlighting persistent disparities, the Health Department said.
A 27-year-old man, who is a citizen of Mexico was taken by ICE agents from a hospital and out of state against the advice of medical professionals who diagnosed him with acute mental illness.
The Trump administration announced Wednesday that it will temporarily suspend $259 million in Medicaid payments to Minnesota due to concerns about fraud in certain state social service programs. Confusion has ensued among providers who rely on Medicaid funding to deliver services.
“Hennepin County cannot afford to absorb those costs, nor can we increase our property tax levy enough to even cover those costs without revenue to replace the ongoing losses,” said Hennepin County Commissioner Angela Conley. “The hospital will not remain open.”
More than 1,000 American nurses have successfully applied for licensure in British Columbia since April, a massive increase over prior years. n.pr/4cMnDIm
A newly proposed MN bill suggests a series of changes to the state criminal code, teacher licensing requirements, MDE investigations, mandatory reporter training and school field trip requirements, all aimed at preventing grooming and child abuse in schools. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
In his testimony to congress, Ryan Schwank said he witnessed a training scenario where they had a bystander filming and the trainee pepper sprayed the bystander.
When he asked the trainee why he did it, he said it was because it was what he saw ICE agents doing in Minneapolis.
ICE activity continues to interrupt daily life for students, staff and families, despite the announced end of the two-month surge of federal immigration agents. Students attend school remotely, staff monitor arrival and dismissal, and leaders wonder when they can resume normal school operations.