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Dave Hage

Team leader | Health care, the environment, social issues

Phone: 612-673-7108

Dave Hage leads a team of reporters who cover health care, the environment, children and families, corrections and social issues. He has been a reporter and editorial writer for the Star Tribune, and has written for the New York Times, the New Republic, the Nation and U.S. News & World Report.

Santa Fe: Chile paradise

Santa Fe provides the best kind of counterculture, where you can hike desert hills or streets lined with galleries and satisfy your after-workout appetite with delectable meals.

Updated: April 13, 2013, - 03:34 PM

Health beat: In health care, an Rx for deficits?

Relief over the new federal budget deal has turned to cynicism almost overnight, with many saying that Washington has merely kicked its problem down the road.

Updated: January 03, 2013, - 07:43 PM

Health beat: Is your house a healthy home?

In his years running the Children's Defense Fund of Minnesota, Jim Koppel was always thinking up ways to get more kids to the doctor.

Updated: November 22, 2012, - 09:55 PM

Minnesota sex-offender lawsuit takes step forward

Class-action case questions legality of the state program.

Updated: July 25, 2012, - 06:35 AM

Eight Forest Service workers faced down death last year in BWCA fire

A dramatic new post-mortem on last summer's Pagami Creek forest fire acknowledges that eight U.S. Forest Service employees feared for their lives.

Updated: May 31, 2012, - 11:49 PM

Health beat: Can a tax credit expand coverage?

At her little family freight company in Waterloo, Iowa, ReShonda Young has been offering health insurance to employees for years. She considers it part of being a good employer and a way to retain talented staff.

Updated: May 10, 2012, - 06:47 PM

Health beat: It's time to tailor health law

Mike Leavitt is no fan of President Obama or the massive health care law he signed in 2010.

Updated: March 01, 2012, - 05:51 PM

Norway on foot and fjord

A family travels to Norway with the ultimate tour guide: a Richfield man who was so struck by the country's beauty, he had to share it with others.

Updated: January 14, 2012, - 12:14 PM

Health beat: The state gets its annual checkup

Minnesota, which used to rank No. 1 or 2 on almost any social indicator you could name, has suffered a modest fall from grace in recent years.

Updated: December 08, 2011, - 06:46 PM

Patients bone up on joint surgery

Every class needs a class clown -- even Joint Replacement class at Regions Hospital in St. Paul -- and I had my money on the 40-something mom who sat across the table joking quietly with her teenage daughter.

Updated: May 26, 2011, - 05:53 PM