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ACTION: Tell Tim Pawlenty Not to Support Sexist Candidates.
Friday, September 4th, 2009
Next week, Tim Pawlenty will take yet another out-of-state trip to raise money for the GOP and its candidates. His last trip took him to New Jersey, where he raised …
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Minnesota GOP Offers Up a Stunt While Health Care is in Crisis.
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009
I’ll hand it to the Minnesota GOP. The conservatives that run the shop over there have come up with some pretty goofy games in the past–putting an asterisk behind an …
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Transit Cuts Hurt the Poor, Smaller Communities.
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009
Our friends over at Growth & Justice write about a new report by Transportation for America which found that service cuts and fee increases disproportionately affect the poor and people …
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Small Town Minnesota Struggling to Deal With Pawlenty’s Cuts.
Monday, August 31st, 2009
Via Thank LGA and Minnesota 2020 we come across an editorial in the Mankato Free Press about Tim Pawlenty and his allies’ cuts to local government aid, and how they …
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Recovery in Action: Tax credits fuels sale of starter homes.
Monday, August 31st, 2009
According to the Realtors Association of Southern Minnesota, first-time homebuyers are taking advantage of a program which offers an $8,000 tax credit for first-time home-buyers. The program, which was a …
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Take the “What’s In Reform for You” Quiz.
Monday, August 31st, 2009
Earlier today, the White House launched a new online quiz to help set the record straight abouth health insurance reform. By answering a few simple yes-or-no questions (like "What is …
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My Last Day at ABM.
Friday, August 28th, 2009
Sadly, today is the last day of my time at Alliance for a Better Minnesota. And by that I mean that I’m going to take a couple of weeks off …
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Health Care Spending Should Mean Better Results.
Wednesday, August 26th, 2009
There are only 5 developed nations that have worse life expectancy than the United States, and those nations all spend 8 percent or less of their GDP on health care. …