Significantly fewer municipal liquor stores, of which 177 are mostly in Greater Minnesota cities, are operating at a loss. They also posted their 26th consecutive year of record sales in 2021.
The statewide office doesn’t always grab headlines in an election year, and the work of the auditor is often not as political or high-profile as other offices says Julie Blaha, a DFLer who is running for her second term in the office.