ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A new union that has already negotiated benefits and working conditions for thousands of Minnesota personal care attendants came under ...
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Sorting out ‘fair housing’ ruling and new rules
The Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, housing authorities and developers may have to think more critically about where to locate affordable housing.
Read More »Supreme Court extends same-sex marriage nationwide
The court's 5-4 ruling means the remaining 14 states, in the South and Midwest, will have to stop enforcing their bans on same-sex marriage.
Read More »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.
Read More »What does Obamacare look like over long run?
What we've learned so far about the Affordable Care Act is less than you'd think.
Read More »Party polarization and the courts
The U.S. Supreme Court term that ended in June is just one example of how polarization is undermining confidence in the judiciary and turning that branch of the government into just another partisan body torn by politics.
Read More »Gay marriage faces small-business backlash
What's at stake following the Hobby Lobby Supreme Court decision is how the country will reconcile deep-seated disagreements over competing rights to religious exercise, free speech and equal treatment.
Read More »Will ruling upend 2 organizing drives?
The Harris v. Quinn decision will be felt in Minnesota, where two labor groups are working to organize both home care workers and in-home day care workers through a union election.
Read More »Testing the reach of Hobby Lobby ruling
Eight lawsuits in Minnesota are poised to ride the U.S. Supreme Court ruling’s coattails.
Read More »Schultz: Hobby Lobby and the Republican war against government
The Supreme Court decision is more about a continuing war against government regulation that will prove to be a public administrator’s nightmare, making it difficult to implement not just the Affordable Care Act (ACA) but perhaps thousands of other state and federal laws.
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