The suicide rate in Minnesota is up nearly 41 percent between 1999 and 2016, reports the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  Sue Abderholden with the National Alliance on Mental Illness Minnesota chapter says there’s high demand for mental health services, shortage of workers, and long wait times.  She says a bill to fund on-line suicide prevention training for teachers didn’t become law this legislative session:

Republicans and Governor Mark Dayton wrangled over a budget bill and he vetoed the entire measure because of other provisions he objected to.