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By Michelle Griffith, Minnesota Reformer Second Harvest Heartland on Monday announced a new initiative to reduce the number of food shelf visits by 50% by 2030. The state’s largest hunger-fighting nonprofit announced its ambitious goal at its Brooklyn Park center in front of local food shelf advocates, lawmakers, Gov.

By Madison McVan, Minnesota Reformer Last year, lawmakers in the state Legislature passed historic levels of funding — $1 billion — for housing in Minnesota.  They established down payment assistance and forgivable loan programs for first-generation Minnesota homebuyers, hiked a metro sales tax for housing, and passed new renters’ protections, including a