Dramatic End To MN Special Session Negotiations Captured On Video
There will be no special session to give thousands of Minnesotans relief on their rising health care premiums. A rare public negotiation between Governor Mark Dayton (DFL) and House Speaker Kurt Daudt...
View ArticleMN GOP-DFL Clash Over Health Care Reform On First Working Day Of Legislative...
Minnesota House Republicans wanted a vote on a detailed health care plan they had unveiled only hours before. Doing so would require a two-thirds vote to suspend the rules.DFL members opposed the move...
View ArticleVideo Replay:Obama Answers Questions About Obamacare
President Obama participates in an interview with Vox’s Ezra Klein and Sarah Kliff to discuss the Affordable Care Act.
View ArticlePresident Obama Previews His Farewell Address – Video And Transcript
President Barack Obama’s farewell address will focus on his administration’s achievements, but also talk about the need for citizens to change their country.He will give his farewell address on Tuesday...
View ArticleUnion: Republican Plan for Health Care Will Hurt Minnesotans
There’s an effort underway in Minnesota to make sure no one loses health insurance while Republicans work to dismantle President Obama’s health-care plan.Gov. Mark Dayton has proposed a premium rebate...
View ArticleMN GOP Redefines “Public Testimony” To Advance Health Insurance Bill
What is “public testimony” at the Minnesota legislature? The rules say it is supposed to be members of the public testifying for and against proposed legislation. On Wednesday Rep. Peggy Scott (R)...
View ArticleReport: MN Could Improve Women’s Reproductive Health Access
There are 26 states in the U.S that have severely restricted access to reproductive health services, and although Minnesota isn’t on that list, new research suggests the state is out of step with the...
View ArticlePelosi: Women’s March “Dwarfed” Trump’s Inaugural Turnout
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi used congressional Democrats’ inaugural weekly address to warn of the catastrophic effects repealing the law would have on the public and chide the Trump...
View ArticleRep. Paulsen Avoiding Constituents Over ObamaCare Repeal, Say Protesters
After campaigning to repeal and replace ObamaCare, Rep. Erik Paulsen now is tasked with how to do it —- and his constituents want to know what he’s going to do. However, like many Republicans across...
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Public Employee Union To MN Legislature: Don’t Blow the Surplus
Minnesota lawmakers are being asked to keep working families in mind when they consider what to do with a $1.65 billion state budget surplus.Public employee union officials are asking that the...
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MN Lawmakers Consider Paid Parental Leave for Both Parents
Minnesota lawmakers are set to debate two bills that resulted from an agreement between state employees and Gov. Mark Dayton, to allow six weeks of paid leave for both parents after the birth or...
View ArticleAARP: “Age Tax” For Health Insurance Unfair
Under the new Republican healthcare plan, insurance companies would be allowed to charge older workers much more than younger workers, a move that AARP Wisconsin calls an “age tax.”This provision in...
View ArticleCritics: New GOP Plan Would Hurt Minnesota’s Children
Critics say repeal of the Affordable Care Act probably will have a big impact on Minnesota’s most vulnerable citizens – the elderly, those with disabilities and children. Overall, 250,000 Minnesotans...
View ArticleAfter Trumpcare Flatlines, Physicians Push Medicare for All
With the Republican plan to replace the Affordable Care Act now dead on arrival, the debate over how to fix health care in the U.S. is heating up again.While partisan divides remain high, Dr. Glenn...
View ArticleMillions Of Students Exposed To Harmful Second Hand Smoke From Vaping,...
Nearly 6.5 million young people – about one in four middle- and high-school students in the United states – report being exposed to secondhand aerosol or “vape” from e-cigarettes in the past month,...
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MN Clergy Preach Against “Meanness” Of Republican Legislation
Cutting health care, eliminating safe and sick time and frightening undocumented workers in Minnesota are all just plain mean, say Minnesota religious leaders.“We are concerned that there has been a...
View ArticleReligious Leaders Say Rep. Emmer Ignoring Them — And Morality
Organizers of the April 20 Moral Citizenship forum tried for months to get their U.S. Representative, Tom Emmer (R-MN), to come to a public forum. They sent dozens of emails, made dozens of phone...
View ArticleReporter Jailed After Asking Trump Officials A Question
Raw footage of reporter #DanHeyman @PNS_WV being dragged away after asking @SecPriceMD a question about #Trumpcare@PplsAction @OCOFWV #wv pic.twitter.com/2KcGgSRfAl— WV Citizen Action (@WVCAG) May 9,...
View ArticlePrayer Vigil Turns Up Heat On Rep. Paulsen For Health Care Vote
Constituents aren’t going to let Rep. Erik Paulsen soon forget his vote for the Republican health care bill, known as the American Health Care Act. The latest in a string of protests outside Paulsen’s...
View ArticleState Medical Malpractice Laws Could Be Weakened By Congress
Medical malpractice laws in Iowa, Minnesota and other states would be nullified under a measure in Congress that could be voted on this week. Rep. Steve King of Iowa introduced House Resolution 1215,...
View ArticleFor Some, Senate Healthcare Bill Looks Like ‘Life or Death’
Folks who got healthcare coverage under the Affordable Care Act are closely watching as the new healthcare bill is drafted in the Senate – including some who say Obamacare saved their lives. The Senate...
View ArticleLawmakers Urged to Consider Children While Debating Health Care
Many people who would be hit hardest by cuts to Medicaid worry that their children will suffer if the Affordable Care Act is repealed as promised by President Donald Trump and Republican Party...
View ArticleVideo: Rep. Lewis Staff Stonewalls Constituents On Meeting
Renita Fisher has been asking for a meeting with Rep. Jason Lewis since January. She’s called, emailed, texted, posted on Lewis’ Facebook page, tweeted and visited Lewis’ congressional office in...
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Video Replay -Working People’s Day Of Action – Rally At Minnesota Capitol
A coalition of Minnesota unions and non-profits rally in the state capitol rotunda. Education Minnesota, AFSCME, Minnesota School Employees Association, the Teamsters, Minnesota Nurses Association,...
View ArticleAssisted Elder Care or Assisted Elder Torture?
Assisted living facilities in Minnesota can provide superb elder care or they can provide scary conditions. The December, 2018, Minneapolis League of Women Voters Civic Buzz presented a discussion...
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