Minnesota

“We made our campaigns about people,” says council member-elect Nelsie Yang, 24 — a renter, a woman of color and one of the new faces of political power in St. Paul.

Across the nation, Asians are the least likely to be aware of and fill out the census form. A meeting Thursday will gather thoughts on how to encourage Asian residents in the two suburbs to respond to the questionnaire.

A group that helps Minnesotans sign up for health plans has found that cultural competency among its staff is a must.

Forty percent of the units will be within reach of families making about $30,000 a year. Rent would not be much more than a week's income for them.

A South Dakota tribe is asking for the state's help to change an 1863 federal law that technically keeps them from owning land in Minnesota.

Minnesota’s Energy Assistance Program is receiving more than $105 million in federal funding to help low-income residents in the state pay their heating bills this winter. Homeowners and renters who earn less than half of the state’s median income are eligible.

FBI data released Tuesday shows that law enforcement agencies in the state reported 126 hate crimes last year, slightly lower than the year before.

As the number of confirmed cases continues to rise, the state Health Department is working with high risk groups on vaccinations.

In addition to fees, some renters have to register their dogs’ DNA so apartment managers can police poop pickup.

Hundreds of trees planted to honor war veterans along Minnesota Highway 22 in southern Minnesota are gone after a major rebuild of the road. In their place stand two permanent memorials to area citizens who’ve served in the military.