Gov. Mark Dayton created two committees charged with forging and implementing the state’s health exchange plan, but Republicans are questioning whether he has the authority to move without the legislature.
Community activists have urged more protections as oil drilling nears more dense population areas in western states, states like North Dakota have threatened to sue about some new rules.
A Florida judge ruled the entire Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act unconstitutional on Monday in a case filed by 26 states, almost all of which have Republican governors. U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson, a Reagan appointee expected to rule against health care reform, said the individual health insurance mandate which goes into effect in 2014 is unconstitutional, and because it’s integral to the entire statute the whole thing should be thrown out. Pawlenty said he was proud to be a part of the lawsuit.
In a 60-minute appearance in Bismark on Friday, Rep. Michele Bachmann laughed and sang and wept as she told attendees they must take America back for the Republicans to protect future generations. In her speech at the NRA-, Republican-…
Rep. Michele Bachmann will head to North Dakota on Feb. 12 to “Take Back America” at a rally and town hall meeting sponsored by the the North Dakota GOP. The rally will take place in Bismarck.
Democrats haven’t won a gubernatorial contests in Minnesota in more than two decades. The formation of a new political action committee is more evidence that they’re serious about ending that drought in 2010.
President Obama devoted his weekly address today to the communities of Minnesota and the Dakotas that are fighting record floods this weekend. He didn’t mention Hurricane Katrina.
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North Dakota legislators are proposing a law that could have national implications. Dubbed the Personhood bill, SF 1572 would grant every fertilized egg in the state full rights, and any intentional death of that fertilized egg would constitute murder. Bill supporters say they hope it will challenge Roe v. Wade and overturn the right to choose for women across the nation.
A new bill in the North Dakota Legislature could have that state joining thirteen others in outlawing discrimination in employment based on sexual orientation or gender identity. Minnesota was the first state in the nation to do so in 1993, and the North Dakota bill follows that lead.
On Wednesday, the bill passed the North Dakota Senate, which is made up of 21 Democrats and 26 Republicans, by a wide margin with a vote of 27-19.
Despite the Blagojevich feeding frenzy, Illinois is NOT the most corrupt state in the union, at least according to a USA Today story that puts our neighbor to the west at the top of the crookedest states…
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