WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will release updated national standards to help organizations and health care professionals improve quality of care and reduce health disparities. The enhanced National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services in Health and Health Care – also known as CLAS Standards – are a compreh...

A new National Wildlife Federation report, Honoring the River: How Hardrock Mining Impacts Tribal Communities, tells the story of hardrock mining and America’s Native communities, from the checkered history of federal legislation allowing mining companies to lease minerals on tribal lands—often without tribal consent—to the many new mines being proposed near tribal...

ST. PAUL, Minn., Apr. 22 /CSRwire/ - Saint Paul, MN-based Sunrise Banks was named to B Corp’s global list of “Best For The World” companies, for creating the most overall social and environmental impact. Sunrise Banks was among 67 companies across 20 countries from Tanzania and Afghanistan to the United States and Canada recognized by the non-profit B Lab on their annual...

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ST. PAUL -- Minnesota state representatives approved 70-64 a health-care spending bill late Monday without knowing how it would affect hospitals around the state....

DULUTH — After the storm that ended Friday dropped 2 feet of snow on parts of northeastern Minnesota, the region saw record low temperatures Saturday morning....

Two different police departments made contact with sex trafficking victims and a suspect at two different times last July 7, and both times officers failed to identify the crime at hand. In the first encounter, Inver Grove Heights police cited the suspect with a traffic violation. In the second, St. Paul police responded to a home and left when they were told “simply a fight...

NEW YORK - A sharp decline in the price of oil this month is making gasoline cheaper at a time of year when it typically gets more expensive. It's a relief to motorists and business owners and a positive development for the economy....

WASHINGTON - States could force Internet retailers to collect sales taxes under a bill that overwhelmingly passed a test vote in the Senate Monday....

OTTAWA—The Conservative government went into its January meeting with aboriginal leaders against the backdrop of the Idle No More movement planning to focus on how the treaty relationship affects economic development, according to newly released documents....

Progressive groups and Native Americans are escalating their opposition to the proposed Keystone XL oil sands pipeline with acts of civil disobedience. Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/295293-activists-plan-protests-opposing-keystone#ixzz2RHn2S71X...

SEATTLE — Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn and other city and tribal leaders have formed a new coalition to oppose coal trains and coal exports in the region....

Members of the Spirit Lake Nation tying to oust tribal chairman Roger Yankton say they've nearly collected enough signatures to petition for Yankton's removal....

CRESTON - Montana has taken another hit this month as a result of government sequestration, and this time it's Montana's youth who will feel these cutbacks....