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State’s only needle-exchange program shuttered by economy, anti-drug policies

By Andy Birkey | 08.03.09 | 2:41 pm

Economic hard times claimed Minnesota’s only storefront needle-exchange program last week as a decade-old Minneapolis program shut its doors for good. But as Congress revisits whether federal funds can be used to provide drug users with clean needles is there hope for projects like Access Works?

Public health policy ratings for Minnesota’s congressional delegation

By Leigh Pomeroy | 10.23.06 | 1:24 pm

Next to Iraq, health care is perhaps the key issue in this year’s election. Few would argue that it’s become too expensive and too inaccessible for many Americans. Vox Verax/Minnesota Monitor has looked at how the state’s members of Congress…