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    POLITICS

    Collin Peterson: Health-care legislation moving in right direction



    By Derek Wallbank and Cynthia Dizikes
    Friday, Nov. 20, 2009

    WASHINGTON, D.C. — The lone Minnesota Democrat to oppose the House health-care overhaul bill said he's open to supporting health-care reform, so long as the final bill looks more like the middle-of-the-road Senate plan currently under consideration.

    Names of health-reform bills stress affordability but costs still unaffordable for some families

    By Casey Selix | Friday, Nov. 20, 2009

    While both the Senate and House health-care bills guarantee access to health insurance regardless of pre-existing conditions, neither one will do much to improve the affordability of health coverage for moderate to middle-income Americans in the individual market, according to wonks and critics across the political spectrum.

    New unemployment numbers are out, but they can be misleading

    By Sharon Schmickle | Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009

    New figures released today show Minnesota's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate edged slightly higher in October, but economists say this indicator doesn't give us the full jobs picture.

    Klobuchar, Franken praise Senate health care bill

    By Derek Wallbank and Cynthia Dizikes | Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009

    WASHINGTON, D.C. — A health care bill before the Senate will cost $849 billion over the next 10 years and extend coverage to 98 percent of legal residents, according to a Congressional Budget Office estimate released Wednesday that Minnesota Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken praised as "very positive" and "promising."

    Bachmann and Kline join GOP colleagues in legal brief defending 'God' references in national motto

    By Derek Wallbank | Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009

    WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Capitol Visitor Center prominently displays the words "In God We Trust," and House Republicans are attempting to keep it written there.

    Minnesota House's partisan committee vote on unallotment a prelude to the political fights to come

    Analysis by Doug Grow | Monday, Nov. 16, 2009

    The House position was a foregone conclusion, but today's committee meeting was filled with intriguing views of future battles, including a likely legislative effort to rein in the governor's powers.

    Pass or fail? Minnesota experts handicap health care bill in Senate



    By Cynthia Dizikes | Friday, Nov. 13, 2009

    Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid faces a political and procedural obstacle course to pass a health care bill in the Senate. Minnesota political experts explore his options. "This is all a game right now," says one.

    Kelliher gets big labor endorsement, further splitting union support among DFL candidates for governor

    By Doug Grow | Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009

    Margaret Anderson Kelliher picks up the support of the Minnesota Association of Professional Employees, her first labor endorsement. Labor, though, has been sprinkling endorsements across the massive DFL field, diluting its own role as a king- — or queen- — maker at April’s state DFL convention.

    Minnesota's legal system updates its disaster preparedness

    By Matt Ehling | Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009

    In light of recent disasters such as 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina, institutions across the nation have updated their emergency procedures. Minnesota's legal system is no exception to this trend, and it is taking a variety of steps to deal with disaster scenarios.

    Sen. Conrad sees 'outline of a compromise' for health-care reform

    By Chuck Haga | Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009

    GRAND FORKS, N.D. — The author of the cooperatives alternative to public option said today that a bill containing both co-ops and a public option might win favor in Congress yet this year.

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