On Wednesday hundreds of volunteers will spread out across the state in an attempt to count as many homeless people as possible. The Point-In-Time Count happens every year in Minnesota.
Thousands of people in the Twin Cities have been
homeless for years, despite a coordinated effort by city, state and nonprofit
leaders that has cut chronic homelessness nearly in half since 2010.
Two local couples are pledging to match up to ten-thousand dollars each to the Local Education Activities Fund for their homeless student services fund for March and April.
WJON's "2-Cent Tuesday" program produced many different responses today. The topics discussed included the viability of immigrants and our homeless population living together in St. Cloud, Social Security taxes, and invasive species in area lakes.