Affordable Care Act
Neighbors diverge on health care
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People in Wisconsin and Minnesota living just barely above the poverty line are about to see their health care fortunes change — in opposite directions.
Affordable Care Act
States differ widely on costs
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It’s called the Affordable Care Act, but it looks as though obtaining health care coverage on the new private exchanges will generally be much more affordable in Minnesota than Wisconsin.
Health & Welfare
Changes ease Minnesota family’s worries
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Eleta Pierce has been on and off MinnesotaCare, a program for working low-income people. Beginning Jan. 1, Pierce and her family will be eligible for Medicaid coverage.
Endocrine disruptors
Studies: Endocrine disruptors, cocaine common in Minnesota waters
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Environmental experts said the discoveries in lakes, rivers and streams increase the pressure on Wisconsin to figure out what’s in its water. A key Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources official said that the state’s waters were likely also contaminated, but that the state had no money for such monitoring.
Endocrine disruptors
Minnow reveals wastewater’s toxic effects
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Males exposed to chemicals managed to mate if other males were not around. But if they had to compete with the control males, however, they “suffered nearly total reproductive failure”: They had no game.
Endocrine disruptors
Profiles: Chemicals in the water
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More about nonylphenol and BPA, two chemicals commonly found in Minnesota’s waters.
WisWatch Blog
Frac sand regulation, Minnesota vs. Wisconsin
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Audio from Minnesota Public Radio News on the difference between the two states’ approaches to regulating the growing frac sand mining industry.
WisWatch Blog
MPR frac sand chat with Minnesota’s Chief Geologist, 10 a.m.
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Minnesota Public Radio News hosts a Q&A with Minnesota Chief Geologist Tony Runkel on frac sand mining.