Current state law prohibits the price of a plan from becoming public until its “effective date,” which was originally October 1 for plans included in MNsure.
Politics + Public Policy
Is the same-sex wedding business a huge new market or a small blip on the radar?
An environmental group is asking Minneapolis to exclude CenterPoint Energy if it creates a November referendum about the city taking over utilities; however, it isn’t making that same request about Xcel Energy, which opposes the “municipalization” concept.
Mark Dayton gets four appointments to the eight-member board.
Minneapolis is considering adding a November ballot measure about whether to form a city-owned utility; meanwhile, the Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce and Xcel Energy, which would lose a contract if the city created a utility, have criticized the process.
There was little discussion about plans for two office towers, a parking ramp, a public park, and residential and retail space.
Business groups have been quietly championing immigration reform—because without it, the state’s labor pool will dry up.
The cost of the proposed light-rail line could balloon from $1.25 billion to nearly $1.7 billion, depending on which option planners select for dealing with existing freight rail.
Thrivent Financial and other “fraternal benefit societies” are making a push to ensure they remain tax-exempt when the writers of the nation’s tax code start with a “blank slate.”
Mayor Chris Coleman released a video in which he tells the public that he is open to suggestions for upcoming budget decisions.
Planners are considering eight options for either moving existing freight traffic to St. Louis Park or keeping it in the Minneapolis Kenilworth corridor, in order to make room for a new light-rail line.
Minnesota House Minority Leader and Senate Minority Leader say that the new sales tax on warehousing and storage services is “unnecessary and burdensome.”
The employer-shared responsibility provision in the health care reform law requires large employers to meet specific standards in order to avoid penalties. Now they have an extra year to comply.
Both Mayo and Rochester will become increasingly dependent upon those neighboring communities to provide good places for people to live and educate children.
Wednesday’s U.S. Supreme Court decisions regarding same-sex marriage were greeted as major victories for both Minnesota's LGBT residents and its business community.
Compared with last year, seven percent more legal, public relations and engineering firms and accounting consultants are confident in a stable or improved revenue.
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case regarding whether airlines should be protected from lawsuits after reporting security threats that turn out to be false alarms; Fafinski Mark & Johnson represents the airline in the case.
Mark Stenglein told the Star Tribune that the job wasn’t a “good fit” for him.