1. Will reduce the deficit
2. Will drastically expand health care coverage
3. Will not interfere with employer-based health insurance, for those who have it.
And now…
4. Will save families thousands of dollars on premiums.
That’s according to an analysis by the Congressional Budget Office and MIT’s Jonathan Gruber [courtesy of Politico]. For [...]
That’s what Tim Pawlenty is being told by state economist Tom [...]
St. Paul, Minn. — A Minnesota Public Radio News analysis finds that more than a third of the school districts in the state have been forced to [...]
Pawlenty did what he had to do to balance the budget.
Why?
Because state lawmakers were unable [...]
As I read it, there are two main issues. First, Pawlenty’s actions stretched far beyond what is allowed by Minnesota’s [...]
A Republican with deep ties to the Minnesota business community has decided against a run for governor next year.
Minnesota Business Partnership Executive Director Charlie Weaver said today he won’t get into the wide-open race. Weaver had been mulling a campaign since incumbent GOP Gov. Tim Pawlenty ruled [...]
Former GOP state Rep. Ron Erhardt of Edina is exploring a run for his old House seat as a Democrat.
“I’m looking to run. I raised money earlier in the year,” said Erhardt today in a telephone interview with PIM…
…Erhardt said it appears his chances of winning [...]
The Pontiac Silverdome, site of countless amazing runs by Lions great Barry Sanders and MHSAA football championship games, has depreciated in value.
A lot.
An unidentified Toronto-based group submitted the winning bid for the [...]
Minnesota Vikings owners Zygi and Mark Wilf today said the team is breaking off [...]
MnIndy summarizes:
“It’s usurping the power of the legislature… Right [...]
For 2 1/4 years now I have been saying that there is no chance of a repeat of the Great Depression or anything like it — that we know what to do and how to do it and will do it if things turn south.
I don’t think I can [...]
Conservative Doug Hoffman conceded the race in the 23rd Congressional District last week after receiving two pieces of grim news for his campaign: He was down 5,335 votes with 93 percent of the vote counted [...]
The Rules Committee of the Minnesota House of Representatives has approved resolution R19a which allows for a brief of amicus curiae to be filed supporting a lawsuit challenging budget unallotments made by the administration [...]
In [...]
The state of Minnesota’s financial picture looks so bleak that top officials are considering a rare move: Borrowing money to make [...]
So far there have been a few endorsements but many of them have been of the favorite son/daughter variety. The Nurses endorsed Paul Thissen [...]
Two nights ago, Stewart busted Fox News’s Sean Hannity for using [...]
These [...]
That one vote was Anh “Joseph” Cao, who said the following about this support for the bill:
I have always said that I would put aside partisan wrangling to do the business [...]
As I wrote yesterday, the House Republicans’ health care plan would still leave 52 million without insurance. But don’t worry, there is one way you could still get healthcare:
[...] …I want you to know that today we filed the paperwork to create the R.T. Rybak for Governor Committee.
Obviously, this isn’t a surprise. Everybody knew it was coming, and I think Rybak will make a strong candidate. All the [...]
I’ll have more to say on this — in [...]
Jeff Rosenberg, Zack Stephenson, Matt Martin, Megan Gamble
