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    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.

    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."

    What's up (or down) with the markets? Often, runaway emotions that drive investor behavior



    By Dave Beal | Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009

    Lowry Hill money manager Carol Clark, a confirmed "market behavioralist," has seen firsthand how psychological factors often count for more than rational thought in influencing economic behavior.

    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.

    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.

    McCollum, Franken, Klobuchar honor St. Paul soldier killed at Fort Hood

    By Derek Wallbank | Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2009

    WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Obama mentioned each of the 13 deceased by name. He praised Pfc. Kham Xiong as "a husband and father who followed his brother into the military because his family had a strong history of service."

    Health care moves to Senate: Klobuchar, Franken want changes in House bill



    By Cynthia Dizikes | Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009

    WASHINGTON, D.C. — Minnesota's two Democratic senators signaled their approval of the House-passed health-care reform legislation, but both indicated that they also saw room for improvement as the debate pivots to the Senate.

    Key deal in House's health care vote centered on abortion

    By Cynthia Dizikes | Monday, Nov. 9, 2009

    The critical agreement that allowed passage of the health care bill in the U.S. House came together in the 11th hour and centered on the politically sensitive issue of abortion rights. Some members of Minnesota's congressional delegation are unhappy the issue has surfaced in the health care debate.

    One of Oberstar's worries about health care bill: provision that could hurt state's paper industry

    By Cynthia Dizikes | Friday, Nov. 6, 2009

    WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rep. Jim Oberstar remains undecided about the health care bill because of a number of separate concerns — including a newly added measure that could hurt Minnesota's paper industry.

    Related: Hoyer: 'Delaying tactics' could stall vote on health reform

    Republican National Convention hosts about to deliver hefty thank-you gift to Minnesotans



    By Joe Kimball | Friday, Nov. 6, 2009

    Nearly $7 million in leftover funds raised by the Minneapolis/St. Paul 2008 Host Committee for last year's national gathering will soon be headed to three local foundations:  the St. Paul Foundation, the Minneapolis Foundation and the Minnesota Community Foundation.

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