Another audit of MNsure has been teed up. This time, it's from the feds.
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Schultz: The legacy of Jim Oberstar
Jim Oberstar’s accomplishments include facilitating hundreds of billions, perhaps more than $1 trillion, in transportation infrastructure funding over the last quarter century.
Read More »The Capitol Note: Senate bonding bill out Monday, $1.2 billion still unlikely
1) The Senate will release the last remaining proposal to fund public infrastructure on Monday, filling in the final set of blanks that will precede ...
Read More »The Capitol Note: Dayton addresses MNsure leadership change
Dayton said he had been speaking with the MNsure board on an increasingly frequent basis in recent months.
Read More »Stewart Mills eyes a run against Rep. Rick Nolan in 2014
Mills launched a campaign website and filed paperwork this week to form an exploratory committee to run for the seat in 2014 after experiencing a "groundswell of support" for his candidacy, he said.
Read More »Top races draw less outside ad cash than expected
One notable exception: Cravaack/Nolan CD 8 race
Read More »Cravaack, Nolan battle for the soul of the 8th
The scene at the first public debate between candidates in Minnesota’s northeast 8th Congressional District this year was far tamer than the same event just two years ago.
Read More »Chip Cravaack snags NRA endorsement
The National Rifle Association (NRA) has endorsed Republican U.S. Rep. Chip Cravaack's bid for a second term. The NRA had previously in 2010 endorsed veteran Democratic Congressman Jim Oberstar, who Cravaack beat in an upset.
Read More »Howes builds 5A endorsement, money lead
For the last 10 years, state Rep. Larry Howes, R-Walker, has lived at the northern end of his north central Minnesota district. When the redistricting maps were announced last winter, the powerful chairman of the House Capital Investment Committee found himself on the southern fringe of a new district.
Read More »Quist, Nolan primary victories set stage for Congressional elections
Allen Quist and Rick Nolan have both been out of elective office for more than two decades. On Tuesday, however, both veteran politicos won their respective congressional primaries, surviving contentious intra-party battles and earning the right to challenge incumbents for a trip to Washington, D.C.
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