Minnesota News
News stories from the past 60 days.
Jan 17, 2025 - Interviews an administrator at the Blandin Foundation, a rural-based and rural-serving private foundation in Minnesota. Discusses the culture of rural, challenges with grant writing for rural communities, community engagement, and goals for the future.
Source: The Daily Yonder
Jan 15, 2025 - Describes current and projected physician workforce shortages in Minnesota. Notes that shortages are most acute in rural areas and in key fields including pediatrics, family medicine, and obstetrics. Discusses the impact of shortages on healthcare access and incentives to recruit new physicians.
Source: CBS News, WCCO News
Jan 9, 2025 - Details the findings of a recent survey on workforce shortages at Minnesota long-term care facilities. Discusses the relationship between staffing shortages and long-term care facility closures, which have been concentrated in rural Minnesota. Highlights the growing number of facilities that are recruiting workers from other countries, and efforts to streamline the recruitment and immigration processes.
Source: MinnPost
Dec 26, 2024 - Discusses the findings of a survey on loneliness and social isolation in Minnesota. Features the perspective of a resident of a rural community in southern Minnesota who faces geographic barriers to regular participation in social groups. Notes that rates of loneliness are highest among young Minnesotans between the ages of 18 and 27.
Source: Minnesota Public Radio
Last Updated: 1/17/2025