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Big changes underway at Veterans Home campus
The campus makeover encompasses about $116.4 million worth of projects.
Long wait has ended for marijuana patients
The first three patients filed into a Minneapolis clinic as the medical marijuana program kicked off and emerged with medicine the state’s law had long kept out of reach.
Health care ruling sets off partisan responses
Minnesota wasn’t subject, individually, to the court’s decision, but Gov. Mark Dayton warned that a ruling that eliminated subsidies for other states would have “thrown the whole system into chaos.”
Despite MSOP ruling, Catch-22s remain for offender
It’s virtually impossible for clients to clear discharge hurdles.
Supreme Court upholds nationwide health care law subsidies
The outcome is the second major victory for Obama in politically charged Supreme Court tests of his most significant domestic achievement.
Little appetite for MSOP change
Despite a federal court ruling, elected officials are reluctant to give sex offenders more freedom.
Judge rules Minnesota sex offender program unconstitutional
U.S. District Judge Donovan Frank largely sided with the more than 700 residents who were civilly committed to the Minnesota Sex Offender Program.
MNsure price hikes raise politicians’ ire
Insurers' increases fuel the debates over MNsure's sustainability.
Leitz departure comes at another critical time for MNsure
The sudden transition was only slightly smoother than when Leitz himself had taken over following the sudden resignation of April Todd-Malmlov.
Public health programs flashpoints in brewing debate
The MinnesotaCare provision is the bill’s most significant change to existing law, and perhaps its least likely to gain agreement from Senate Democrats and Gov. Mark Dayton.
HCMC plans bigger expansion in downtown Minneapolis
The plan will include 367,000 square feet of new space and a total project cost of $224.6 million.
Non-budget disputes unsettled
A variety of hot-button policy issues remain unsettled this session, and the gulf between positions taken by the governor and either or both legislative chambers leaves just about many of those proposals in jeopardy.
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