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Since 1990, Minnesota’s Clean Water Revolving Fund has awarded more than 565 loans for $3.1 billion, providing more than $691 million in interest savings to local governments and taxpayers.

Metro Transit's Homeless Action Team connected Octavia and her son with our Housing and Redevelopment Authority.

The subcabinet is charged with “identifying policies and strategies that will put Minnesota back on track” to meet the goals of the 2007 Next Generation Energy Act.

Hundreds more people who have disabilities and are experiencing homelessness will be able to find safe, affordable housing in the metro area.

Farming is important business in the Twin Cities metro area, and the Metropolitan Agricultural Preserves Program is helping to keep it that way.

Governor Tim Walz and Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan are seeking applicants for the chair position formerly held by Nora Slawik, who resigned effective Nov. 15.

The Twin Cities region will gain 803,000 residents between 2010 and 2040, bringing the region’s population to 3,653,000.

Residents of 40 cities and townships will be eligible for rebates to purchase water-efficient toilets, clothes washers, irrigation controllers, and irrigation spray heads over the next three years.

The grants support moderate- to high-density development near transit that is more affordable and walkable, fosters mobility, and encourages transit ridership.

The Council’s net residential density target is a minimum of 3 units per acre for cities and townships designated as either suburban edge, emerging suburban edge, or rural center.

Resignation comes with desire to focus on her health.

Local governments and the Metropolitan Council have expanded the region’s solar capacity by an estimated 50 megawatts since 2015.

The grants will support projects at redevelopment sites.

Charging a minimum rent is one step toward addressing a Metro HRA operating deficit. In addition, the change will prevent the agency from having to further reduce the number of households it serves.