The Legislature passed a law in 2023 that provides $14.6 million in 2024 and $3 million each year after for DHS to create grants for organizations to establish Safe Recovery Sites.

Minnesota DHS Commissioner Jodi Harpstead steps down; Governor Walz praises her work, including contributing to the DHS split ...

DHS also said that 79 daycare providers have had their CCAP money discontinued, and 18 cases have been referred to law ...

Governor Tim Walz and Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan appointed Shireen Gandhi as temporary commissioner of the Minnesota ...

If there’s one thing bringing state lawmakers together this session, it’s this: Fighting fraud. In particular, protecting the ...

Thousands of refugees can no longer resettle in Minnesota after President Donald Trump signed an executive order pausing ...

Minnesota state officials were scrambling Tuesday to assess a potentially wide-ranging pause on federal grants and loans ...

The head of Minnesota’s largest state agency is stepping down. Department of Human Services Commissioner Jodi Harpstead announced Monday that she’s leaving her role on Feb. 3. Harpstead was ...

Minnesota Department of Human Services Commisioner Jodi Harpstead speaks to a legislative task force in 2023 at the Minnesota Senate Building in St. Paul. (Aaron Lavinsky/The Minnesota Star Tribune) ...

She will leave her role of Department of Human Services commissioner on Feb. 3. The head of Minnesota’s largest state agency is stepping down. Department of Human Services commissioner Jodi ...

The Trump administration is launching a civil rights investigation of four medical schools over recent reports of antisemitism at their 2024 graduation ceremonies.

Jan. 17—ST. PAUL — The Minnesota Department of Human Services concluded its investigation into the Rochester KinderCare location after a woman was charged with lacerating a 1-year-old with a ...