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McCollum touts Medicare equity agreement

By Paul Demko | 07.24.09 | 4:24 pm

Congressional leaders have reached an agreement to fix the Medicare reimbursement system that financially penalizes states such as Minnesota that have more efficient health-care systems, according to U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum. “This was a very historic day for patients in Minnesota and all across the nation,” McCollum said this afternoon, on a conference call with reporters.

Inaugural panorama: ‘Where’s Waldo?’ for the political set

By Chris Steller | 01.26.09 | 11:35 am

This zoom-able online panoramic photo of the presidential inauguration is a “Where’s Waldo” puzzle for fun-loving political junkies (with slight stalker tendencies). One Minnesotan could school those vain attendees who went sans chapeau: U.S. Rep. Jim Oberstar knows…