Aki Nace has been a web producer for CBS Minnesota since 2019. She covers breaking news and makes short-form documentary films. Esme Murphy, a reporter and Sunday morning anchor for WCCO-TV, has been ...

Sen. Zaynab Mohamed, DFL-Minneapolis, is cheered by paid family leave supporters as she makes her way toward Senate Chambers at the state Capitol in 2023. Minnesota’s paid leave program launches in ...

A DOD program connecting military spouses to paid fellowships is expanding, as one of the efforts to increase opportunities for spouse employment. Shown here in 2023, military spouses meet employers ...

While the bill for Connecticut paid leave was signed by Gov. Ned Lemont in 2019, the program became available for application in January, 2022. This program has provided families the ability to take ...

Gov. Tim Walz signed the paid family and medical leave bill into law on May 25, 2023 The law, which goes into affect in January 2026, makes Minnesota one of a dozen states that require workers are ...

MANKATO — Mankato resident Cora Uyigue has worked part time and seasonally for the majority of her career, so she knows what it’s like not to be eligible for paid family and medical leave programs. It ...

What if you could take a month — or more — off work and still get paid for it? We’re not talking about vacation days, but instead, paid sabbaticals. Originally, sabbaticals were most commonly given to ...

Beverly is a writer, editor, and paralegal specializing in personal finance and tax law. She covers personal financial and legal topics, as well as tax breaks, tax preparation software, and tax law ...