Minnesotans split on health insurance exchange bills
Lawmakers debated the health insurance exchange measures after House and Senate votes. Rep. John Ward backed the Minnesota made exchange to align with the Affordable Care Act, while Sen. Carrie Ruud and Sen. Paul Gazelka opposed, citing potential cost increases and limited options. Conference committee will reconcile differences.
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Minnesota Senate approves health care marketplace bill
The Minnesota Senate approved a health care exchange bill 37 to 28 after hours of debate. It creates an online marketplace for about 300,000 uninsured residents and other under certain plans, with a seven member board and projected annual operating cost of 60 million dollars.
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Expedia
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Wolves killed severes ban impacts hunter in Minnesota
In northeastern Minnesota Vern Hoff faces a firearm ban for his role in the killing of two wolves and a cover up. He must spend a month in a halfway house after a felony conviction for lying to a federal officer and a misdemeanor for Endangered Species Act violation. Prosecutors say an employee ran down two wolves in February 2010 and Hoff directed burying carcasses.
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