Minnesota health insurance marketplace moves ahead
ST. PAUL -- Minnesotans either will get a better deal on health insurance or they will face problems if the Legislature and governor agree on a new way for 1.3 million Minnesotans to buy health insurance.Woodbury Bulletin, 03/05/2013
Federal budget cuts likely will hit gradually
ST. PAUL -- Minnesotans may not know what the word means, but starting today they begin to feel the impact of automatic and deep federal budget cuts known as “sequestration.”Woodbury Bulletin, 03/01/2013
Legislative notebook: Lawmakers want to increase elderly funding
ST. PAUL -- A proposal to increase Minnesota long-term care funding could help elder care as baby boomers prepare to retire, supporters say, but overall state budget questions threaten its future.Woodbury Bulletin, 02/27/2013
Sunday liquor sales stalled, short of a public outcry
ST. PAUL -- Minnesotans must loudly demand that lawmakers approve Sunday alcohol sales if the proposal has a chance to pass, its Senate sponsor says.Woodbury Bulletin, 02/26/2013
Younger children featured in budget plan
ST. PAUL -- Adding money to early childhood education and all-day kindergarten programs, as Gov. Mark Dayton suggests, is important to Minnesota’s future, the state House education finance leader says.Woodbury Bulletin, 02/20/2013
Sand mining legislative testimony fractured
ST. PAUL -- Sand mined in southeastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin opens up cracks between rocks so oil and gas can be removed from the ground in places such as North Dakota.Woodbury Bulletin, 02/20/2013
Legislative notebook: ‘Nothing is not an option’ in gun debate
ST. PAUL -- Joan Peterson said Minnesota lawmakers must act to control gun violence like the shooting that killed her sister in the Twin Cities 13 years ago.Woodbury Bulletin, 02/18/2013
Coalition seeks $9.50 Minnesota minimum wage
ST. PAUL -- A coalition of children’s groups, religious organizations and unions say Minnesota’s poor would benefit from a higher minimum wage, more state child care support and a tax credit for parents.Woodbury Bulletin, 02/14/2013
Legislative notebook: Higher cigarette, little cigar taxes on agenda
ST. PAUL -- Minnesota legislators are considering raising cigarette taxes and the cost of little cigars by classifying them cigarettes, which are taxed at a higher rate than cigars.Woodbury Bulletin, 02/08/2013
Woodbury's Ward hails State of the State as 'fresh approach'
Gov. Mark Dayton's outline for Minnesota represents a "fresh approach" to budgeting, said a freshman legislator from Woodbury.Woodbury Bulletin, 02/06/2013
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