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Hundreds of Minnesota students are caught up each year in the often sudden shuttering of charter schools. School leaders say the closings create a cycle that sets more schools and students up for failure.
![Operators of the Hennepin County Energy Recovery (HERC) garbage incinerator at work in Minneapolis, Minn., on Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024. The county board is expected to finalize a timeline for closing the facility later in January after activists and state lawmakers pushed for its closure. HERC workers and cities that use it want it to stay open, saying it’s better than a landfill. ] Elizabeth Flores • liz.flores@startribune.com](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/CZVBNSRGTRGEBNM4XUCKQF3CY4.JPG?&w=252&ar=3:2&fit=crop)
![Operators of the Hennepin County Energy Recovery (HERC) garbage incinerator at work in Minneapolis, Minn., on Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024. The county board is expected to finalize a timeline for closing the facility later in January after activists and state lawmakers pushed for its closure. HERC workers and cities that use it want it to stay open, saying it’s better than a landfill. ] Elizabeth Flores • liz.flores@startribune.com](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/CZVBNSRGTRGEBNM4XUCKQF3CY4.JPG?&w=436&ar=3:2&fit=crop)
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![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=80&ar=1:1&fit=crop)
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