June 2, 2009 by dflseniors
A new Senior Caucus Board was elected at the Annual Membership Meeting, May 30, 2009. Two officers, Secretary and Treasurer were elected. The following list includes their CD and SD. Continue Reading »
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April 25, 2009 by dflseniors
Unemployment LifeLine is a joint project of Working America, the Working America Education Fund and the AFL-CIO, with the help of AFL-CIO Community Services Liaisons throughout the country. The United Way of America, on behalf of 2-1-1 US, is a contributor to this project. Click here for info.
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April 10, 2009 by dflseniors
What is the latest on the Minnesota Budget deliberations? The answer to that is constantly changing. One of the best and most readable sources for keeping in touch is MinnesotaBudgetBites.org. Try going there and see if it works for you.
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April 2, 2009 by dflseniors
4/21/09. Expanding the state’s sales tax to necessities could become reality Continue Reading »
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March 27, 2009 by dflseniors
The House speaker discussed legislative leaders’ ‘tense’ first
meeting with the governor on budget solutions, and also previewed next
week’s legislative activity.
Click here
Published 3/27/2009
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March 26, 2009 by dflseniors
ACTION ALERT: Help Needed with Red River Flood
Minnesotans in the Red River Valley desperately need our help to protect their communities from flooding. Governor Pawlenty has formally declared a disaster in seven northwestern Minnesota counties and the time for us to act is now to help save homes and lives.
Go to the DFL website for more info.
The Salvation Army is on the scene. Go to SALVATION ARMY for more on this and to donate.
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March 25, 2009 by dflseniors
A Health Plan for all and the concerns it raises. By Reed Abelson, NY Times, Mar. 25. 2009
It is one of the most contentious health care proposals President Obama has floated: offer a federal, Medicare-like insurance plan to anyone, at any age. And let commercial insurers offer their private health plans alongside it.
“It gives consumers more choices, and it helps keep the private sector honest, because there’s some competition out there,” Mr. Obama said this month at a health care forum in Washington.
But Continue Reading »
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March 3, 2009 by dflseniors
“Adopt Instant Runoff Voting for state and local elections” is a DFL Action Agenda position click here to read.
Fair Vote Minnesota has put out a call for volunteers for March 21:
Start: Mar 21 2009 – 9:00am
End: Mar 21 2009 – 12:30pm
The Better Ballot Campaign will share Instant Runoff Voting information, make walking sign holders of volunteers, and let the delegates try IRV out with a tasty breakfast demonstration election. Come to volunteer (you don’t have to be from St.Paul), stay to rally!
If you are interested or curious, go to http://www.fairvotemn.org/node/1100
Want to know more about IRV, click on Instant Runoff Voting Primer at the above Web page.
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March 1, 2009 by dflseniors
Back on Feb 10, we posted an item about the mandatory switch to digital TV being delayed until June 12 at the request of the Obama Administration. A couple of you had questions and one person commented that the post did not mention that viewers with a digital TV set hooked up to cable were okay. That’s one option, but some may find it too costly. For those who have questions about who will be affected by this switch and what you can do about it, the following website seems to cover the subject thoroughly and has a link to obtaining a converter coupon. If you have questions, check it out. If you have friends without internet access that will be affected by the switch, please share the info with them. Now, go to >
http://www.dtvanswers.com/
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February 27, 2009 by dflseniors
House DFL leaders called the 23 town hall meetings held around the state a success in public problem solving, and said Minnesotans appear keenly aware of the deficit government has gotten itself into.
Unfortunately, that hole is expected to get deeper when the February Forecast is released on March 3.
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February 24, 2009 by dflseniors
A relatively obscure proposal in Obama’s economic stimulus plan, named “comparative-effectiveness,” stirred passions on both sides of the healthcare reform effort.
To go to LA Times article click here or read entire complete article on the website here.
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