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Chris Conry, The Economy May Be Down, But Bank Bonuses Are Up
December 14, 2011
December is a busy month. Between shoveling, shopping, and preparing for guests it’s easy to miss one of our great, overlooked annual traditions: it’s bank executive bonus season. This year
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Bruce Larson, Health Insurance Exchange Update
The second meeting of the Health Insurance Exchange Advisory Task Force was held November 17th in at the St. Paul River Center. This group is charged with providing options in
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Ann Marie Metzger, An Exchange That Provides Care
On November 8th the Minnesota Department of Commerce held its first meeting of the Health Insurance Exchange Advisory Task Force which is charged with providing options in setting up a
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Liz Doyle, The Latest Front in the Revenue Fight
The first deadline of the Congressional “Super Committee” is now fast approaching. The bipartisan Super Committee is charged with developing a plan to reduce the national deficit by $1.2 trillion
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Dan McGrath, Moving on Up (Like the Jeffersons)!
Like TV Land’s beloved show “The Jeffersons,” TakeAction Minnesota is moving on up into a new, better office space one block south of University Avenue on Raymond. But the lessons
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Jess Alexander, If You Aren’t Angry, You Aren’t Making History
After a powerful week of direct actions, Friday, October 14th was the big march. Those of us working to pull it off were very excited as we prepared to go
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Jess Alexander, There is Something Big Happening Out There
Thursday, October 13th, our actions against the big banks got personal. On Wednesday, while calling people for the big march at the end of the week, we talked to one
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Jess Alexander, We Change Ourselves As We Change the World
We are at our best when we come together to take action as a strong community. By Wednesday of this week, Minnesotans for a Fair Economy (MFE), TakeAction Minnesota, and