A proposal to repurpose the sales tax that helped pay for Target Field and use it for future Hennepin County health care infrastructure cleared an important first hurdle Tuesday at the Legislature. The money Hennepin County borrowed to pay for its $355 million share of building Target Field will soon be paid back, thanks to the 0.15% sales tax approved by state lawmakers in 2006. The tax is .
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Nearly four months after the Hennepin County Board implemented more financial oversight of the organization that runs HCMC, nurses say working conditions have not changed and the hospital needs new leadership. They want commissioners to take back control of the safety-net hospital from Hennepin Healthcare System, an organization created by the County Board over a decade ago to run the county's .
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