AltWeeklies Wire
Minnesota Governor Cuts Healthcare for the Poornew
For over 30 years, General Assistance Medical Care has protected patients living far beneath the poverty line in Minnesota. But in the twilight of the legislative session, it became the victim of a line item veto from Gov. Tim Pawlenty's budget.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
David Hansen |
06-05-2009 |
Policy Issues
Minneapolis Civil Rights Dept. Being Decimatednew
In less than a year, Michael Jordan has dismantled the city agency responsible for upholding civil rights.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Paul Demko |
01-23-2008 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
Up in Smokenew
Minnesota's smoking ban is putting local hookah bars out of business.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Jonathan Kaminsky |
10-10-2007 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
Workfare Revolt?new
Minnesota's welfare-to-work program draws increasing fire.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Beth Hawkins |
01-18-2007 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
The Gospel According to Paul Dorrnew
A little-known political consultant from Iowa is beating back the menace of public education in Minnesota, one school referendum at a time.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Molly Priesmeyer |
07-11-2005 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
Real Estate: Bubbly or Frothy?new
Economic signs indicate that rising house prices can't go on much longer. Is Alan Greenspan finally ready to admit that the housing market is clinically insane?
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Michael Tortorello |
06-02-2005 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
Everything You Know About Taxes is Wrongnew
Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter David Cay Johnston, author of Perfectly Legal: The Covert Campaign to Rig Our Tax System to Benefit the Super Rich--and Cheat Everybody Else, discusses the damage our reverse Robin Hood tax scheme is doing to 99 percent of Americans, and about the perils posed to democracy by the growing inequalities of the system.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Beth Hawkins |
01-26-2005 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
