MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- Jodi Harpstead, the new head of the Department of Human Services, apologized to taxpayers Monday for more than $100 million in spending mistakes -- but Republican lawmakers ...

Taking the helm at Minnesota's sprawling Department of Human Services, Jodi Harpstead brings long experience in managing large organizations that Gov. Tim Walz hopes will provide stability and ...

Minnesota Democratic Governor Tim Walz and Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan announced Harpstead's departure which will take place ...

Minnesota Department of Human Services Commissioner Jodi Harpstead will step down next month, Gov. Tim Walz announced on Monday. Harpstead, who was appointed in August 2019, will vacate her post ...

ST. PAUL — Department of Human Services Commissioner Jodi Harpstead held up a granite plaque that read "trustworthy" and set it before her as she stared down more than a dozen lawmakers before ...

Gov. Tim Walz has named Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota President Jodi Harpstead as the next commissioner of the state’s embattled human services agency. Harpstead will succeed acting ...

Jodi Harpstead, commissioner of the Department of Human Services, will resign her post effective Feb. 3, according to the governor’s office. Jodi Harpstead was named the next commissioner of the ...

Replacing Lourey will be Jodi Harpstead, who for the past eight years has been president and CEO of the nonprofit Lutheran Social Service. Prior to that, Harpstead was a senior manager with ...

DHS' newest commissioner, Jodi Harpstead, not only has her hands full with these obligations but a daunting set of additional challenges. Chief among them: major disruption within leadership ranks ...

Minnesota’s new Human Services Commissioner Jodi Harpstead has been at the helm of the state’s largest and most troubled agency for just over a week. And she is already charting a path for her ...

Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) Commissioner Jodi Harpstead will step down from her role Feb. 3, Gov. Tim Walz announced Monday. Harpstead has lead the agency since her appointment in ...