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Minnesota Might Have a Jobless Recovery.
Friday, July 24th, 2009
Minnesota 2020’s Jeff Van Wychen wrote a really interesting piece on whether the unallotment will mean Minnesota will have another “jobless recovery.” What this means is simple: during the recovery …
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Joni Keiner’s Paycut Highlights the Benefits of Unions.
Friday, July 24th, 2009
The Star Tribune reports that Champlin police officer Joni Keiner had to take a pay cut of more than $5,500, reduction in hours, and use her sick leave and vacation …
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Internal RNC Memo Reveals Health Care Strategy: Slow It Down.
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009
The GOP strategy for dealing with health care reform became abundantly clear yesterday when an internal RNC memo made its way to the Huffington Post. It claims the Republican Party …
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Wind Energy Could Give Minnesota a Boost.
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009
The Rochester Post-Bulletin reports that Minnesota has lost 40,000 manufacturing jobs over the past 10 months. If there were a way to stimulate Minnesota’s manufacturing sector, create more jobs, and …
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A Quick Health Care Reform Bill Update.
Monday, July 20th, 2009
There is talk in Congress about delaying health care reform until after the Congressional recess in August. Health Care for America Now has shown just how detrimental that could be: …
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Faces of Health Care Reform: Kristen & Adam (How Pre-Existing Conditions Can Lead to Insurance Discrimination).
Wednesday, July 15th, 2009
Organizing for America, the post-election, field operation intended to continue the grassroots work of Barack Obama’s presidential campaign, has collected hundreds of thousands of personal health care stories, with hundreds …
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Senator Franken, One Week on the Job.
Wednesday, July 15th, 2009
Little over a week has passed since Al Franken was sworn in as Minnesota’s second senator, but he’s already hit the ground running. In addition to launching a 3-week "listening …
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Unallotment Means Red Wing Cannot Provide Emergency Services for Nuclear Plant.
Tuesday, July 14th, 2009
Wadena Mayor Wayne Wolden sums up the conflict between Xcel Energy and the city of Red Wing nicely: "How can Minnesota ask a city to host a nuclear power plant …