Health insurance exchange, MinnesotaCare, Medicaid decisions due at Legislature State lawmakers are under a tight deadline as they tackle a number of issues related to the federal health care overhaul, including passing legislation to set up a health insurance exchange, the fate of MinnesotaCare and an expansion of Medicaid.January 8, 2013
Unusual respite from surging health care costs Americans kept health care spending in check for three years in a row, the government reported Monday, an unusual respite that could linger if the economy stays soft or fade like a mirage if job growth comes roaring back.January 8, 2013
Red states, too, get health care nod from Obama Injecting a rare shot of bipartisanship in the nation's contentious health care overhaul, the Obama administration cleared four Republican-led states to build their own consumer-friendly insurance markets.January 4, 2013
R.T. Rybak: What's next for the Minneapolis mayor? Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak has formed a political action committee that will allow him to raise money and donate it to candidates for state office in Minnesota. Will he seek a fourth term as mayor?December 19, 2012
Dayton plan could expand sales tax The major tax overhaul that Minnesota lawmakers are expected to consider next year could include some significant changes in the state sales tax. Extending the sales tax to clothing remains an unpopular and unlikely option, but many other transactions could be taxed for the first time as a way to boost state revenues.December 19, 2012
Trial begins in Mpls. firefighter's lawsuit Testimony in a workplace retaliation lawsuit involving the Minneapolis Fire Department began today in U.S. District Court.December 18, 2012
Time for states to decide on health care exchanges Friday is decision day for states to notify Washington if they will set up their own insurance exchanges under the federal health care law.December 14, 2012
New MNDOT commissioner Zelle talks priorities The CEO of a Minneapolis-based bus company will become the next commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Transportation in January. He talked with Morning Edition host Cathy Wurzer about his transportation priorities.December 13, 2012
MinnesotaCare shift to vouchers off to slow start The Healthy Minnesota Contribution Program was supposed to shift 4,200 people from the MinnesotaCare program to a voucher system. But the program itself is having a hard time getting off the ground.December 11, 2012
Feds rule on health care law's Medicaid expansion States must commit to fully expanding their Medicaid programs to take advantage of generous funding in the federal health care law, the Obama administration said Monday.December 10, 2012
Trade-offs in raising Medicare eligibility age Americans are living longer, and Republicans want to raise the Medicare eligibility age as part of any deal to reduce the government's huge deficits.December 7, 2012