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Irene Fernando is the Hennepin County commissioner for District 2 and is chair of the Hennepin Regional Railroad Authority. She was elected as one of the first women of color to serve on the Hennepin County Board in November 2018.
Light rail project could connect students to education, patients to health care and workers to jobs. But Hennepin County can’t afford to pay Met Council’s capital maintenance costs.
