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When a caregiver can also be a roommate, it's a win-win

When a caregiver can also be a roommate, it's a win-win

The Rumi program matches potential caregivers with disabled people who might otherwise need to live in a group home.
by Martin Moylan

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A day for people to clear their warrants and 'move on with their own lives'

The American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota, community groups and the courts host the annual Misdemeanor Warrant Resolution Day on Saturday. People with minor warrants from all across the state may be able to get them cleared.
by Jon Collins

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Louisiana's Democratic governor signs abortion ban into law

Louisiana's Democratic governor signs abortion ban into law

With his signature, Gov. John Bel Edwards made Louisiana the fifth state to enact a law prohibiting abortion when a fetal heartbeat is detected, joining Mississippi, Kentucky, Ohio and Georgia. Alabama's gone further, outlawing virtually all abortions.
by Associated Press

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In Rochester, building a hub for the city's growing black community

In Rochester, building a hub for the city's growing black community

In a city that just 10 years ago was almost 90 percent white, Rochester doesn't have the kind of black-owned businesses and neighborhoods you'd find in larger metropolitan communities.
by Tom Crann and Megan Burks

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A dad wins fight to increase parental leave for men at JPMorgan Chase

A dad wins fight to increase parental leave for men at JPMorgan Chase

Derek Rotondo filed a class action complaint against his employer for offering more paid parental leave to women than to men. On Thursday, the bank announced it settled the case.
by Yuki Noguchi

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Under watch, ex-offenders reenter prison's revolving door

Under watch, ex-offenders reenter prison's revolving door

People who have been incarcerated in Minnesota prisons are often locked up again -- not for committing new crimes, but for smaller offenses related to the conditions of their probation.
by Jo Erickson

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Polygamous sect leader ordered to stop Minnesota building

Officials in northern Minnesota have ordered a temporary halt to construction on land linked to a man who led a secretive polygamous sect's compound in South Dakota.
by Associated Press

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Health officials hope to slash Minnesota's new HIV infections

Health officials hope to slash Minnesota's new HIV infections

About 300 people receive an HIV diagnosis each year in Minnesota and the state Health Department's new initiative aims to cut that number to 225 by 2025 and to 75 by 2035.
by Matt Sepic

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