State officials highlight underutilized labor pools
| July 25, 2022 The popularity of voting with absentee ballots ahead of this August’s primary is way down compared to two years ago. As of Friday, about 40,000 absentee ballots were returned and marked accepted as the Aug. 9 primary inches closer. It would take a huge surge to get anywhere close to the numbers seen in 2020 when COVID-19 pandemic fears led many voters to choose a remote option. Two years ago, nearly 60 percent of primary votes were cast through the mail or in absentee fashion. There were more than 543,000 absentee and mail votes overall in that primary. Subscribe to our Minnesota Today podcast to get up-to-date news twice daily. | |
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| Pope apologizes for 'devastating' school abuses in Canada | | Pope Francis has apologized for the Catholic Church’s cooperation with Canada’s “catastrophic” policy of Indigenous residential schools. The pontiff says the forced assimilation of Native peoples into Christian society destroyed their cultures, severed their families and marginalized generations in ways still being felt today. | |
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| Rents spike as big-pocketed investors buy mobile home parks | | Investors are buying up mobile home parks across the country, leading to significant rent increases and complaints of neglect from residents. In Minnesota, park purchases by out-of-state buyers grew from 46 percent in 2015 to 81 percent in 2021, with rent increases as much as 30 percent. | |
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