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Hennepin Healthcare Chair Babette Apland steps down after comments about Somali immigrants called ‘racist and xenophobic’
![After 42 years, the name of downtown Minneapolis' major hospital, HCMC, is about to be changed. After a year of surveys and focus groups, Hennepin County Medical Center wants to change its name to Hennepin Healthcare Medical Center to make it consistent with the names of clinics and better brand the major downtown Minneapolis hospital and health care system.] Richard Tsong-Taatarii/rtsong-taatarii@startribune.com ORG XMIT: MIN1611091807361137](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/RICJPIWNSZCSCXSNGCXG4NC6UM.jpg?&w=712&ar=3:2&fit=crop)
HCMC officials said Board Member Mohamed Omar will be the interim chair.
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As Minnesota spends millions to restore peatlands, it sells mining rights for $12 an acre
Peatlands are vital to efforts to control greenhouse gas emissions, and the Minnesota DNR is in charge of both saving them and leasing them to peat mining companies.
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Environment
As Minnesota spends millions to restore peatlands, it sells mining rights for $12 an acre
Peatlands are vital to efforts to control greenhouse gas emissions, and the Minnesota DNR is in charge of both saving them and leasing them to peat mining companies.
