Gov. Tim Pawlenty has vetoed legislation that prohibits the manufacture, processing or distribution of certain electronics, furniture and mattresses treated with commercial decabromodiphenyl ether, commonly known as decaBDE.
DecaBDE is a chemical flame…
Health care is the centerpiece of Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak’s strategy to make the city’s economy resistant to recession. Rybak called health care “Minneapolis’ most important industry” early this month in his state of the…
The University of Minnesota has earned the top spot this year in a study paid for by Trojan brand condoms. The University’s Sexual Health Awareness and Disease Education program is credited for the top…
Reps. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., and John Conyers, D-Mich., hosted a community forum Sunday at the Heights Theatre in Columbia Heights on the United States National Health Insurance Act (HR 676), a bill that would…
The Mental Health Parity Act (S. 558), a bill that requires health insurance coverage for mental illness to be equal to that of physical illness, passed the Senate on Tuesday with unanimous consent. In the House, a similar bill…
Legislative leaders, health care advocates and the commissioner of human services held a press conference Thursday at the Neighborhood House in St. Paul to put pressure on Congress and the president to re-authorize the State Children’s…
Minnesota continues to rank high in the number of Minnesotans who have health insurance, and the state is tied with Hawaii, Iowa, Wisconsin and Maine for having the lowest percentage of uninsured citizens, according to U.S. Census Bureau data…
Minnesota’s two senators both voted Thursday to reauthorize the State Children’s Health Insurance Program, supporting a measure that would expand spending by $35 billion over five years.
The bill was passed by the Senate by a 68-31 vote in defiance…
Jim Winkle says he didn’t set out to make a documentary.
“It started small, with me just interviewing a few legislators. But I wanted to find out more, and that’s how I ended up traveling out to Washington and talking…
Minnesota is debating whether it should be the 13th state to allow its citizens with chronic pain and debilitating illness to use marijuana. The bill is currently before the Minnesota House and likely will…
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