Minnesota Lawyer

MNsure has unveiled the initial details of its marketing campaign designed to entice individuals to purchase health insurance. It features Paul Bunyan, Babe the Blue Ox and the tagline "Land of 10,000 reasons to get health insurance."

Gov. Mark Dayton and legislative leaders met for an hour behind closed doors on Friday afternoon, but did not reach agreement on the terms of a special session. In fact, the consensus appears to be a preference for no special session if already appropriated funds can be utilized to cover $4.5 million in needed disaster relief.

When the State Fair opens on Thursday, the usual diversions will undoubtedly be foremost on visitors’ minds. But the more than one million people expected to attend the annual gathering will also be targeted with marketing efforts surrounding the looming rollout of the state’s new health insurance marketplace, known as MNsure.

The Minnesota Senate wants Michael Brodkorb's sexual discrimination lawsuit tossed out because his attorneys wrongfully disclosed a document that contained names of legislators and staff members who purportedly conducted sexual affairs.

On Thursday afternoon cake will be delivered to the offices of U.S. Reps. John Kline and Erik Paulsen. The occasion? One year ago, undocumented individuals who came to the United States as kids could apply to avoid the possibility of deportation.

Labor contracts for more than 30,000 state workers have been approved by the two major public employee unions.

Minnesota took in $936 million in tax revenues in July, according to the latest data from the Minnesota Department of Management and Budget. That's $21 million -- or 2.2 percent -- behind projections.

Minnesota Majority is not closing its doors. The conservative advocacy group says that an emergency fundraising pitch took in more than the $20,000 that was needed to pay its bills and remain in business.

A special legislative session appears imminent. Gov. Mark Dayton has suggested Sept. 9 for a one-day gathering of the House and Senate. But the exact agenda for the session has remained uncertain in recent days. Dayton indicated on Tuesday that he wanted disaster assistance relating to storm damage in 18 counties to be the sole item on the agenda.

Gov. Mark Dayton indicated in a speech at FarmFest on Thursday that he wants to utilize an upcoming special session to repeal a controversial tax on farm machinery repairs.