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• McCollum rally to celebrate health bill's passage
  U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum is celebrating the passage of the Democratic health care legislation.March 31, 2010
• Will insurance reform bring down health costs?
  One of the major claims made for health care reform was that it would bring costs down. But some say that there were lots of missed opportunities to address the root causes of our high health care bills.Midmorning, March 31, 2010
• Pawlenty's travel extensive during Minn. legislative session
  An MPR News analysis of Pawlenty's travel found that the governor has made 11 out-of-state trips since Feb. 4, the day session started. Pawlenty defended his travel by saying his work is done, while the work of DFL legislative leaders is not.March 30, 2010
• Pawlenty signs GAMC extension
  Gov. Pawlenty signed a bill Friday that continues state subsidized health care coverage for the state's poorest residents.March 26, 2010
• Congress completes overhaul of health care
  Republicans vowed to campaign to repeal health care reform in the fall election season, drawing a quick retort from President Barack Obama: "I welcome that fight."March 25, 2010
• Tax breaks for investors stumble at state Capitol
  DFL leaders in the House and Senate are planning to vote Monday on the package of tax breaks for investors, but they haven't agreed on how to pay for it.March 25, 2010
• Minn. Dem eyes federal money for medical homes
  A Democratic state lawmaker and gubernatorial candidate says Minnesota could get extra federal health care dollars for moving ahead with plans to coordinate medical care for those with chronic conditions.March 25, 2010
• HCMC won't restrict access April 1
  The Legislature and Gov. Tim Pawlenty are making progress on a health care funding bill for the state's poorest adults, so the state's largest safety net hospital is waiting on one planned cost-cutting move.March 25, 2010
• Minn. lawmakers send health compromise to governor
  After weeks of legislative drama involving a veto, a failed override, a lawsuit and a last-minute deal, the Minnesota Legislature on Wednesday approved a compromise plan to maintain state health coverage for more than 30,000 vulnerable adults.March 24, 2010
• Senate on health bill's final chapter, maybe
  The No. 2 Senate Democrat accused Republicans Wednesday of refusing to accept the finality of health care changes, a day after President Barack Obama signed the most sweeping medical system remake since Medicare.March 24, 2010
• House vote on GAMC bill imminent
  The Speaker of the Minnesota House says her chamber could vote as early as Wednesday on a bill to restore funding for a health insurance program for the poor.March 24, 2010
• Rep. Peterson cites coverage disparity in health care 'no' vote
  Rep. Collin Peterson says he voted against the health care bill in part because it doesn't cover as many uninsured people in his district compared to the nationwide average.March 24, 2010
• Rep. Peterson says health bill's coverage of some areas lacking
  Minnesota 7th District Congressman Collin Peterson's office says he voted against the health care bill in part because it would only cover about half the uninsured people in his district compared to the nationwide average.March 23, 2010
• Pawlenty on GMA: Health bill more about politics than reform
  Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty says the health insurance reform on its way to the president's desk today is more about politics than the nation's health care.March 23, 2010
• New movie wraps as lawmakers decide fate of state's Film and TV Board
  A new Minnesota feature film wrapped up shooting over the weekend in the Twin Cities. "The Convincer," starring Greg Kinnear and Alan Arkin, is the latest project by Minneapolis-based Werc Werk Works. Yet even as the cameras rolled, state legislators debate the future of the state's Film and Television Board.March 22, 2010

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