edited by: Sally Jo Sorensen,
Minnesota Editor
As progress continues on federal health care reform, the final package is becoming clearer. While many likely reforms (such as high medical loss ratios) are already in effect here in Minnesota, there are a few key provisions that affect us.
Key reforms include expanded eligibility for Medicaid (which could be a [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken didn't get everything they wanted in the Senate's health-care package that's moving toward final approval, but they got a lot. Franken's [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken didn't get everything they wanted in the Senate's health-care package that's moving toward final approval, but they got a lot. Franken's [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken didn't get everything they wanted in the Senate's health-care package that's moving toward final approval, but they got a lot. Franken's [...]
GOP Proud is a Gay Republican group. They have sponsored CPAC - and the theocrats, led by Peter LaBarbera are having a cow. Will CPAC kowtow to this caterwauling? [...] 
I’ve read a number of articles recently about how the TEA Party might hurt the GOP if the TEA Party goes the third party route. I don’t doubt that the Democrats, both the elected officials and those in the Agenda Media, want to stir up trouble. The bad news for [...]
I've read a number of articles recently about how the TEA Party might hurt the GOP if the TEA Party goes the third party route. I don't doubt that the Democrats, both the elected officials and those in the Agenda Media, want to stir up trouble. The bad news for [...]
A report on two Minnesota gang databases released December 2, "Evaluation of Databases in Minnesota & Recommendations for Change," has raised important questions about practices with a significant impact on Black youth and families statewide. Other media coverage has focused on sections of the [...]
Stopping by New Hampshire On A Snowy Evening
by Sally Jo Sorensen and Robin Marty*
Whose state this is I think I know
He's going to New Hampshire, though
He will not see me struggling here
Or clear his roads now packed with snow
The GOP [...]
U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann claimed again Monday that Christina Romer, chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, estimated health care reform would cost 5.5 million jobs. Last month PolitiFact called that claim “problematic and contrary” to Romer’s statements. Now Media [...]
Just when Margaret Anderson Kelliher appeared to be pulling away from the pack running for governor with a series of endorsements, charges that she violated campaign-finance rules are settMORE »Byline [...]
Byron Dorgan’s proposed amendment, “Pharmaceutical Market Access and Drug Safety Act (S.525),” would allow imported pharmaceuticals and will have a huge impact on Minnesotans’ health and finances if passed. Simply put, the United States pays more for drugs than any other country in the world [...]
This should surprise no one, but Democrats are howling about a double-cross after Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) told CBS yesterday that he would not vote for cloture on Harry Reids’ compromise bill. Lieberman’s colleagues thought they had an agreement with him to allow Reid’s bill to proceed to a [...]
Looking at the L.A. Times list of notable deaths from 2009, I realized I’d missed R.I.P.ping a number of people who impacted my life.
Here’s the catch up list:
Lux Interior
Helen Suzman
James Whitmore
Mark “The Bird” Fidrych
John Hughes
Merce Cunningham
Gordon Waller [...] Will China have its own real estate bubble? And what would that mean for the world economy?
Here's a very interesting news report from Al Jazeera (via TC Streets for People) that chronicles the building boom in China, which includes a $585 billion government stimulus package critics say is designed [...]
Margaret Anderson Kelliher
Just when Margaret Anderson Kelliher appeared to be pulling away from the pack running for governor with a series of endorsements, charges that she violated campaign-finance rules are setting her apart in ways she didn’t need.
Her Democratic rivals for governor [...]
Recently, we’ve been hearing rumors of a second stimulus. Unfortunately, if Congress has their way with the nearly $200 billion in undispersed TARP funds, a sequel to February’s questionable stimulus package is exactly what our country will be stuck with. The prospect of lawmakers using TARP leftovers as walking around [...]
