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Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 1d

Polling shows that the vast majority of Americans support the renewal of health insurance subsidies, even among Republicans. 70% of non-MAGA Republicans and 57% of MAGA Republicans supported renewal of the Biden-era subsidies. minnesotareformer.com/2025/10/03/r...

Renewal of health subsidies backed by big majorities in poll, including Trump voters • Minnesota Reformer

The vast majority of Americans, including Republicans and those who identify as strong supporters of President Donald Trump, want Congress to renew the enhanced tax credits for people who buy their he...

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Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 1d

Commentary: Matt Schuerger, board member of Fresh Energy, offers a rebuttal to the premises described in a previous guest commentary criticizing the now-approved acquisition of Minnesota Power by a BlackRock subsidiary. minnesotareformer.com/2025/10/10/c...

Counterpoint: Attacks on advocates of Minnesota Power sale were unfair, untrue • Minnesota Reformer

Recklessly undermining Minnesota’s regulatory institutions and advocacy community is the opposite of looking out for the public’s interest.

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Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 1d

Minnesota exports dropped 19% from the second quarter of 2024 to the same period in 2025, driven by a steep decline in oil and fuel purchases by Canada, and decreases in sales to China and Mexico.
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Minnesota exports down 19% from this time last year • Minnesota Reformer

Sales of Minnesota products to foreign countries fell by 19% over the past year, according to data released Friday by the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development. The steep declin...

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Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 1d

Kingsley Fifi Bimpong died after officers allegedly ignored his stroke symptoms for hours. Robins Kaplan attorney:“The shocking deliberate indifference from local authorities stripped Kingsley of his last safeguard: the right to basic medical care.” minnesotareformer.com/2025/10/10/l...

Lawsuit: Minnesotan died after Eagan, Dakota County law enforcement ignored serious stroke symptoms • Minnesota Reformer

Jensen muted his equipment just as Moseng told him, “Before you got there, I was like, ‘Is this dude having a stro—’”

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Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 1d

Take some time with this story via KFF Health News, which details the way that RFK's health department aims to create a legal link between autism and vaccines, in the absence of a scientific one. The move could threaten access to all vaccines. minnesotareformer.com/2025/10/08/i...

Inside the high-stakes battle over vaccine injury compensation, autism, and public trust • Minnesota Reformer

RFK Jr.'s proposals would unleash a flood of claims, threatening the program’s financial stability and handing vaccine opponents a powerful new talking point.

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Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 1d

A bipartisan group of former governors denounced the deployment of troops to Portland and Chicago, saying that doing so without state approval "threatens to upset the delicate balance of state and federal authority that underlies our constitutional order.” minnesotareformer.com/2025/10/10/r...

Former Minnesota Gov. Arne Carlson and bipartisan group of former governors denounce National Guard deployment • Minnesota Reformer

GOP former Govs. Arne Carlson of Minnesota, Bill Graves of Kansas, Marc Racicot of Montana, Bill Weld of Massachusetts and Christine Todd Whitman of New Jersey also signed the brief. “The present depl...

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Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 1d

Now a leading candidate for Minneapolis mayor, Fateh is known for doing whatever it takes to win his priorities.

Sen. Omar Fateh has used his leverage, even threatening to leave the DFL caucus • Minnesota Reformer

Sen. Omar Fateh isn’t afraid to walk away. Fateh was infuriated by the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party’s public messaging during the fraught days of Israel’s 2023 counterattack on Hamas, accusing his DF...

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Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 2d

Majorities disapprove of RFK Jr. performance, doubt autism-Tylenol claims, KFF poll finds minnesotareformer.com/2025/10/09/r...

Majorities disapprove of RFK Jr. performance, doubt autism-Tylenol claims, KFF poll finds • Minnesota Reformer

65% said it’s either probably or definitely false to say that taking acetaminophen during pregnancy increases the chance of a child developing autism.

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Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 2d

Minnesota law enforcement agencies seized and kept over $6 million in cash, vehicles and other property in 2024, according to the state auditor’s most recent asset forfeiture report.

Minnesota law enforcement asset seizures up last year • Minnesota Reformer

Minnesota law enforcement agencies seized and kept over $6 million in cash, vehicles and other property in 2024, according to the state auditor’s most recent asset forfeiture report. That’s 14% more t...

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Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 2d

Commentary: With the feds looking to approve dangerous mining in the watershed, it’s up to Minnesota to protect the Boundary Waters minnesotareformer.com/2025/10/08/i...

It’s up to Minnesota to protect the Boundary Waters • Minnesota Reformer

Just when we were in the homestretch for permanently protecting canoe country, the Trump administration vowed to greenlight sulfide-ore copper mining in its headwaters.

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Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 3d

Gov. Tim Walz said he anticipates President Donald Trump will send troops to the Twin Cities as part of the president’s campaign to target Democratic-led cities under the pretext of stamping out violent crime.

Walz: I anticipate Trump will send troops to Minnesota • Minnesota Reformer

Gov. Tim Walz said he anticipates President Donald Trump will send troops to the Twin Cities as part of the president’s campaign to target Democratic-led cities under the pretext of stamping out viole...

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Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 3d

Bondi declined to answer Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse when he asked, “What became of the $50,000 in cash that the FBI delivered evidently in a paper bag to Mr. Homan?” minnesotareformer.com/2025/10/07/r...

A combative AG Pam Bondi confronts US Senate Judiciary over Trump crackdown • Minnesota Reformer

A laundry list of controversial incidents trailed Bondi into the committee room for the oversight hearing.

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Minneapolis Drinking Liberally this Thursday: The One About Minneapolis Local Elections!

6:00 - 9:00 at the 331 Club with

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Deena Winter of the Strib @deenawinter.bsky.social

Talk starts at 7. Come before 6 for a pretty good happy hour.

Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 4d

Minnesota Republicans haven’t won a statewide race in nearly 20 years, and a panel of past and present elected Republicans on Tuesday said that emulating President Donald Trump is not a winning formula, at least in Minnesota.

Republicans: The Trump show won’t sell in Minnesota • Minnesota Reformer

Minnesota Republicans haven’t won a statewide race in nearly 20 years, and a panel of past and present elected Republicans on Tuesday said that emulating President Donald Trump is not a winning formul...

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Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 4d

Commercially insured Minnesotans, on average, spent more on health care despite using health care services less in 2023 compared to 2019, according to a recent report from the Minnesota Department of Health.

Minnesotans’ health care cost more even as usage dropped from 2019 to 2023 • Minnesota Reformer

The increase in spending was driven by cost increases, not people receiving more care, according to the report. Health care prices were up 20%, but per-person health care utilization — the volume of h...

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Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 5d

Very normal thing here: Trump administration wants to remove wrongly deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Eswatini minnesotareformer.com/2025/10/06/r...

Trump administration wants to remove wrongly deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Eswatini • Minnesota Reformer

A federal judge on Monday ordered the Trump administration to produce evidence within 48 hours on its efforts to again deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia, this time to the southern African country of Eswatin...

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Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 5d

Rep. Zack Stephenson on gun violence, Democratic priorities and leading after Hortman.

Rep. Zack Stephenson on gun violence, Democratic priorities and leading after Hortman • Minnesota Reformer

“Our caucus is entirely constituted of survivors of gun violence,” Stephenson said.

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Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 7d

Renewal of health subsidies backed by big majorities in poll, including Trump voters minnesotareformer.com/2025/10/03/r...

Renewal of health subsidies backed by big majorities in poll, including Trump voters • Minnesota Reformer

The vast majority of Americans, including Republicans and those who identify as strong supporters of President Donald Trump, want Congress to renew the enhanced tax credits for people who buy their he...

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Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 8d

About two dozen residents gathered at Marydale Park Thursday to show solidarity with a group of Latino roofers who were detained by federal agents while on a job in the North End neighborhood of St. Paul.

Federal raid in St. Paul neighborhood a ‘rude awakening’ for community leaders • Minnesota Reformer

The roofing job looked as if its entire crew had abandoned it, with a ladder still leaning against the house, tarps covering the yard and materials sitting at the peak prepared for a productive day.

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Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 8d

Commentary: Becoming an ultra-marathoner on a tiny patch of concrete inside MCF Lino Lakes.

Becoming an ultra-marathoner on a tiny patch of concrete inside MCF Lino Lakes • Minnesota Reformer

The -40° F windchill or 106° F heat index did not stop me last year.

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Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 9d

Chris Schmitter, who has served as Walz’s chief of staff since he took office in 2019, will leave the governor’s office at the end of this month and become a senior advisor to Walz and his reelection campaign.

Walz’s chief of staff to transition to campaign • Minnesota Reformer

Gov. Tim Walz’s closest advisor, who helped the second-term Democrat manage an array of crises and shepherd through progressive wins during the 2023 legislative session, will leave his government role...

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Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 9d

Commentary: It's time to eliminate the state’s home mortgage interest deduction and reinvest those funds directly into down payment assistance and the production of affordable homes.

Minnesota should end inefficient mortgage interest tax break, spend directly on housing instead • Minnesota Reformer

Instead of subsidizing debt, we could directly attack the real barriers to homeownership.

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Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 9d

Minnesotans who get health insurance on the individual marketplace are expected to face double-digit rate increases next year — and that's not counting the impact of an expiring federal subsidy. minnesotareformer.com/2025/10/01/m...

Minnesota health insurance rates ballooning in 2026 • Minnesota Reformer

Premiums for most health insurance plans purchased on the individual market will increase by 22% on average when open enrollment for 2026 begins Nov. 1. The Minnesota Department of Commerce, which re...

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Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 10d

Federal shutdown furloughs thousands of Minnesota workers minnesotareformer.com/2025/10/01/f...

Federal shutdown furloughs thousands of Minnesota workers • Minnesota Reformer

A federal government shutdown has Minnesota’s 18,000 civilian federal workers facing furloughs, reassignments, work without pay and threats of being fired. Republicans need a handful of Democratic vot...

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Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 10d

Louisiana issues arrest warrant for California doctor who allegedly sent abortion pills minnesotareformer.com/2025/09/30/r...

Louisiana issues arrest warrant for California doctor who allegedly sent abortion pills • Minnesota Reformer

The existence of the arrest warrant, first reported by the Associated Press, was revealed in court documents filed earlier this month in a lawsuit that aims to push federal regulators to reinstate in-...

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