Inbox: 41 senior paralegals working for Hennepin County are now part of AFSCME Local 2938, the union representing county prosecutors and other legal staff. They are currently negotiating a new contract. Backstory: minnesotareformer.com/2024/10/04/hen…

Why you keep getting those creepy mailers about your neighbors' voting history: unfortunately, they're extremely effective minnesotareformer.com/briefs/why-you…

Workers Say They Were Tricked and Threatened as Part of Elon Musk’s Get-Out-the-Vote Effort | WIRED ⁦WIRED⁩ wired.com/story/elon-mus…

A ⁦KARE 11⁩ investigation exposes a multimillion-dollar network of thousands of fake home repair companies deceiving customers nationwide. kare11.com/mobile/article…

NEW: ⁦Mayo Clinic⁩ convinced Tim Walz to help kill bills by threatening to withhold billions in investments. When Walz pushed back on Mayo’s plans for consolidation, he had little success. ⁦Max Nesterak⁩ ⁦Jessica Lussenhop⁩ propublica.org/article/tim-wa…

Buttigieg keeps being right about this. Dem paid messaging isn’t bouncing around w every news cycle. Been consistent about the economic plans. But compare liberal TV media airtime on Medicare home care proposal and airtime on “Orange Man at it again!”

The Mayo Clinic has a proven track record of winning policy battles to protect its bottom line. One of its biggest fans is vice presidential candidate Tim Walz. by Jessica Lussenhop and me for ProPublica propublica.org/article/tim-wa…

NEW: Is Tim Walz a progressive or in the pockets of big business in Minnesota? Or is his relationship with corporate Minnesota more nuanced. Reporters Max Nesterak of Minnesota Reformer and Jessica Lussenhop of ProPublica explain. propublica.org/article/tim-wa…

"On various occasions, Walz acquiesced to the wishes of Mayo, even when those were at odds with the goals of other allies." Sharp Max Nesterak/Jessica Lussenhop look at Walz's buckling to the Minnesota medical giant, which helped defeat the public option for ACA. propublica.org/article/tim-wa…

There should be a Minnesota Twitter person who, every Halloween, live-tweets the events of the Halloween Blizzard the way Ari Fleischer used to do on 9/11

Benjy Sarlin Exactly. It was Mayo Clinic and other hallowed providers who were most pivotal in blocking public option and Medicare-at-55. Quite simply, they don't want to have to accept lower prices for their services.

It just hit me: there are *TWO* reporters left at WAMU 88.5, a station that covers a metropolitan area of 6 million people. That’s one-tenth the size the newsroom was two years ago, and the smallest it has been in two decades.

Unions focus ground game on turning out their own for Democrats minnesotareformer.com/2024/11/01/uni… by Max Nesterak

it's funny how politically homeless operation warp speed is. arguably the biggest trump administration accomplishment and now they're saying rfk jr will be the health czar.

Kind of beside the point but seems like the city should pick this up