Minnesota Lawyer

Mansco Perry III, who oversees investments for Macalester College's endowment, was named executive director of the Minnesota State Board of Investment on Wednesday.

SEIU Healthcare Minnesota is calling on MNsure to reconsider which groups receive outreach grants so that African American organizations are included in the mix.

Minnesota's health insurance exchange will offer more than 100 insurance products with a starting prices as low as $91 per month when it opens for business on Oct. 1, state officials announced on Friday.

The 30 groups selected to receive $4 million in outreach grants from the state’s fledgling health insurance marketplace represent a wide array of constituency groups. But some critics of the outreach effort see one glaring void in the list of grantees: groups that specifically target African-Americans.

**UPDATED** Senate and House members continue to squabble over leadership of a committee that's supposed to provide oversight for the Minnesota Vikings stadium and other sports facilities.

Details about the products that will be sold on the state’s health insurance marketplace when it opens for business on Oct. 1 will be released on Friday. That will mark a key moment in the development of the health insurance exchange, known as MNsure, where 1.3 million residents are expected to eventually acquire coverage.

A class-action lawsuit questioning the constitutionality of Minnesota’s troubled sex offender program has reached an impasse. After more than 60 hours of settlement talks over the last 16 months, an agreement has proven elusive.

The MNsure board of directors voted unanimously on Wednesday to take over control of the state-run health insurance exchange that's slated to open for business on Oct. 1. Previously it had been under the authority of the Minnesota Department of Management and Budget (MMB).

Former Long Lake Mayor Randy Gilbert is the only announced Republican challenger

The outreach system being established to help individuals obtain health insurance through MNsure is one of the more bewildering aspects of the looming rollout of the state's health insurance exchange.