The unemployment rate in Hennepin County is higher than the Minnesota average.
Here is how the Hopkins area is doing in the race to vaccinate its population.
There are a record number of job openings in the U.S. labor market; Hennepin County's unemployment rate increased recently.
More than 150 million Americans don’t use the internet at broadband speeds. See how the Hopkins area compares.
You can use IRS data to compare your tax payments and refunds to others in Hennepin County.
The recent horrific shootings in Atlanta exemplify a repulsive increase in anti-Asian violence and harassment.
The utility billing drop box remains available for use.
Voters are not required to be pre-registered to vote to apply to vote absentee.
Residents can watch the meeting live online or on Hopkins municipal cable channel 16, and participate remotely.
With the economical benefits of legalized marijuana working for Colorado, is your state the next in line?
‘Income inequality is the greatest challenge of our time. We must face it as bravely as Martin Luther King Jr. faced the great challenges of his time,’ Ellison said.
Rep. Susan Allen says reparative or conversion therapy has been ‘discredited’ and should not be allowed for licensed practitioners.
‘Our citizens and businesses deserve a less restrictive regulatory climate,’ Eden Prairie Rep. Jenifer Loon says. What do you think of removing the Sunday liquor sales ban?
Rep. Joe Atkins said turning a stolen phone into ‘a paperweight’ would give thieves less reason to steal phones and prevent increasingly violent robberies.
E-file and Free File can speed refunds, the IRS says.
New laws include restricted access to some juvenile court records and home sellers being required to disclose radon gas testing.
The grants help fund youth sports facilities in the county.
The money comes from a transit-oriented development grant aimed at improving neighborhoods along transit corridors.
Minnehaha Creek has partnered with St. Louis Park on projects including West End development and plans for the renovation of Knollwood Mall.
Cheryl Youakim is seeking the DFL endorsement for House District 46B.
Sen. Ron Latz talked about some of the tough choices the state faces with its civil commitment program for sex offenders.
The state Department of Revenue announced that next year’s tax brackets will be adjusted for inflation by 1.7 percent.
Compare the community to nearby areas in Patch’s interactive chart.
Hopkins’ top salary ranked 52nd among Minnesota cities, according to a recent analysis.
A recent report from Washington lays out damage done by last month’s government shutdown.
Gene Maxwell was reelected as mayor. Cheryl Youakim and Kristi Halverson were reelected to the City Council.
Betsy Scheurer Anderson, Michael Doobie Kurus and Warren Goodroad won seats on the School Board.
Voters OK’d both an operating levy and a capital projects levy by wide margins.
Trains will have their own bridge to get over wetlands and train tracks, but there’s no plan for an easy way for walkers to reach the Shady Oak Station.
Leaders from communities along the line met with Gov. Mark Dayton on Tuesday to figure out how to move beyond the controversy.
Freight rail relocation options could be brought back on the table.
With a new law taking effect in 2014, cities across the county are reporting wide-ranging estimates for how much they spent on sales taxes in the past.