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State of Good tracks positive, locally reported news from Minnesota. Below are 3 uplifting stories, pulled directly from Minnesota's newsrooms and community publishers and refreshed every morning.

Bright

Paid Leave is helping workers — and businesses like mine

More than half of Minnesota Paid Leave applicants earn less than $78,000 a year, according to state data. These are the workers who staff our restaurants, clinics, retail counters and construction crews. These workers historically had the least access to employer-paid leave and the least cushion to fall back on when life happened anyway. Before […]

Wed, 05 Aug 2026 11:00:07 +0000
Warm

Minnesota’s clean water certification program is helping farmers be good stewards

My family farms just under 1,000 acres near the headwaters of the Minnesota River and the Red River on the continental divide. The view out our window is an expanse of fields and sky that spans for miles. Water that comes to our farm through rain and snow eventually ends up in the Minnesota River, […]

Thu, 30 Jul 2026 11:00:20 +0000