The South Dakota law is being challenged by Planned Parenthood of Minnesota, South Dakota and North Dakota. Minnesotans have also donated to the fund.
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.
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.
A years-long battle over a proposed coal plant in South Dakota could come to a close during a Minnesota Public Utility Commission hearing in St. Paul this Thursday. The commission will decide on whether to issue a Certificate of Need for transmission line upgrades in Minnesota required to construct the Big Stone II coal-fired power plant.
If the certificate is denied the project will likely be scrapped entirely. If approved, environmental groups will be left with little recourse against the plant’s construction.
Abortion is one of the most contentious issues in modern American politics, with activists on both sides sticking strong to their convictions. But a local pro-choice leader says that the future of the abortion debate lies in…
Applying the Hippocratic Oath
The Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern (DM&E) railroad expansion and loan issue has been brought up in these pages time and time again. Many Minnesota Monitor readers may say, “Who cares about some railroad that…
The PR machine representing those supporting the DM&E Railroad’s proposed expansion into Wyoming’s Powder River Basin is running full-bore today after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ruled in favor of the project yesterday.
The effort is…
by Leigh Pomeroy
Pro- and anti-DM&E expansion groups met in Byron, MN, and Pierre, SD, this week to once more air their arguments. The pro-expansion Byron meeting was hosted by the Olmsted County Farm Bureau, the Minnesota Association of…
Minnesota Monitor sends best wishes and hopes for a full recovery to South Dakota Senator Tim Johnson. As our neighbors to the west, we have watched the state go through turmultous elections and highly divisive ballot initiatives, but have…
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