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Environmental Partnership board elects new member
Jamison Tessneer, organizing director of the Minnesota Public Interest Research Group (MPIRG), has been elected to the board of directors of the Minnesota Environmental Partnership. The partnership, formed in 1998, is dedicated to protecting and restoring Minnesota’s lakes, rivers and streams, forests and wilderness areas, clean air and natural areas. Tessneer has extensive grassroots organizi[...]
Huntley named to national health reform group
State Rep. Tom Huntley, DFL-Duluth, is one of 22 state legislators from around the country named to the new State Legislators for Health Reform group, established by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the White House Office of Health Reform.
Huntley named to national health reform group
State Rep. Tom Huntley, DFL-Duluth, is one of 22 state legislators from around the country named to the new State Legislators for Health Reform group, established by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the White House Office of Health Reform.
The PIM interview: Sen. Linda Berglin on unallotments, GAMC and the health care budget
State Sen. Linda Berglin (DFL-Minneapolis) (pictured) is appropriately regarded as one of the most liberal members of the Minnesota Legislature, especially with respect to providing health care coverage to as many Minnesotans as possible. Berglin spearheaded the legislation that created MinnesotaCare, a state-supported health insurance program primarily for working Minnesota families whose employ[...]
Minnesota Hospital Association estimates impact of GAMC cuts, projects 7,600 health care jobs lost
As the Legislature scrambled last weekend to counter Gov. Tim Pawlenty's announcement that he would veto and unallot his way to a balanced budget, some of the most dramatic testimony about the impact of his first big line-item veto--of $381 million in General Assistance Medical Care (GAMC) funds for FY2011--got swallowed up in the tumult. So it's worth revisiting now as health care providers arou[...]
Fiscal fight: DFLers say Pawlenty agencies are gumming up the budget process
As DFL committee chairs in the Legislature scramble to compile the details of their budget proposals, a back-channel political controversy has erupted over the snail's pace at which Pawlenty administration agencies are providing them with the fiscal notes they need in order to determine the dollars and cents implications of policy proposals. The problem is most acute in the area of health and h[...]
Budget crossfire: The incredible vanishing $2.6 billion
In the flurry of budget activity last week, most media gave short shrift to what may have been the most surprising number of all. On Tuesday, Gov. Tim Pawlenty's presentation of his revised budget included a one-sheet summary that showed the state emerging from the 2012-13 biennium with a small surplus under his plan. But when number-crunchers in the Minnesota House and Senate took a closer loo[...]
Budget crossfire: The incredible vanishing $2.6 billion
In the flurry of budget activity last week, most media gave short shrift to what may have been the most surprising number of all. On Tuesday, Gov. Tim Pawlenty's presentation of his revised budget included a one-sheet summary that showed the state emerging from the 2012-13 biennium with a small surplus under his plan. But when number-crunchers in the Minnesota House and Senate took a closer loo[...]
Capitol Notepad: Inaugural edition
We're rolling out a new regular feature. For the moment we're calling it Capitol Notepad. It's intended to be the thumbnail guide to daily affairs at the Legislature, with pointers on hot issues, and links to the best recent coverage. Please let us know what would be most helpful. New tax package: Tim Pugmire noted the various new tax proposals, in particular Sen. Ann Rest's (DFL-New Hope) (pic[...]
Capitol Notepad: Inaugural edition
We're rolling out a new regular feature. For the moment we're calling it Capitol Notepad. It's intended to be the thumbnail guide to daily affairs at the Legislature, with pointers on hot issues, and links to the best recent coverage. Please let us know what would be most helpful. New tax package: Tim Pugmire noted the various new tax proposals, in particular Sen. Ann Rest's (DFL-New Hope) (pic[...]
How much would it cost to leverage the additional $2 billion in health care money in federal stimulus package? No one knows
Here's another lesson in seat-of-the-pants budget-making: Last week it was reported that the federal stimulus package passed in the U.S. House included about $2 billion in federal health care dollars for Minnesota--as long as the state does not change its eligibility rules. (Finance and Commerce's Bob Geiger filed the firststory on Jan. 28; the Pioneer Press' Jason Hoppin followed with his own st[...]
Second in command at DHS resigns
The No. 2 person and Medicaid director with the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) has resigned, effective today. Christine Bronson was deputy commissioner of the state's largest agency; she'd been Medicaid director since 2004. DHS Communications Director Terry Gunderson said Bronson cited personal and professional reasons for leaving DHS. Bronson didn't immediately return a phone [...]
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