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Study: 42 percent of Minneapolis workers don’t have paid sick time
November 10, 2015
About 123,000 Minneapolis workers don’t have access to paid sick leave, according to a new analysis from the Washington, D.C.-based Institute for Women’s Policy Research. The report, released Thursday, says
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Getting our message to the governor
“I have never been in a situation where we got more time with the governor than scheduled.” So said my colleague Dan McGrath of TakeAction Minnesota as our morning meeting
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Where does redemption come into the picture?
Mass incarceration has imposed such staggering human and economic costs on our communities that conservatives and liberals are finally reaching a consensus on the need to reform the criminal justice
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Caring for older adults: Local forum kicks off statewide discussion on elder policy
WILLMAR — For some of the participants in a forum this week on aging, less red tape and better access to needed services would be a change for the better.
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Clinton pulls in big dollars in Minnesota, but state’s progressives are waiting to be convinced
Dan McGrath and his organization’s people are the shoe leather and the passion that could carry Hillary Clinton to victory here. McGrath’s progressive activist group, TakeAction Minnesota, has more than
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Members named to new state Task Force on Health Care Financing
Gov. Mark Dayton today named 11 members to the newly-formed state Task Force on Health Care Financing, which will look the future of health care programs in Minnesota, including MNsure
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Task force to review MinnesotaCare, MNsure takes shape
The chief executives at Allina Health System and a trade group for health insurers are among those named to a new state task force that will consider the future of
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New State Budget Comes With Higher Costs for MinnesotaCare
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota lawmakers kept MinnesotaCare intact but not without a cost that will trickle down to some of the more than 100,000 low-income residents on the
