A year after its adoption, a state law that requires cities to approve tiny home settlements on religious properties is still generating buzz in city council chambers and places of worship.
Patrice Critchley-Menor has served as the Director of Social Apostolate for the Catholic Diocese of Duluth for over 25 years. She serves on the Social Concerns Committee of the Minnesota Catholic Conference, the Program Committee for the Joint Religious Legislative Coalition, a statewide, interfaith, social justice advocacy network and is board president of CHUM, a faith-based organization serving those in need in Duluth, Minn. She is a wife and mother to five adult children.
As the new year begins, Minnesotans will see some changes to state law, ranging from free menstrual products for public or charter school students to guaranteed sick time for almost all workers. The new laws take effect on Jan. 1, 2024, and the summaries come courtesy of the nonpartisan Minnesota House Public Information Services. Longer […]
Located in St. Paul's Payne-Phalen neighborhood near Interstate 35E, the Mosaic Christian Community's "Sacred Settlement" consists of six small living units built by volunteers from across the Twin Cities metro without government funding or intervention.
Joseph’s neighbor, a woman in her 80s, is helping to guard the entrance to Zichron Ya’akov, the town in Israel about 20 miles south of Haifa in which she and Joseph live.