Title not found Private providers of family planning services say they could lose significant funding if legislation approved by a key House committee becomes law. Last week, the Health and Human Services Committee voted to shift state family planning grants from non-profit groups to cities and counties.
Opponents say the move is a veiled attack on groups that provide abortions.
In recent months, the state corrections department has introduced an unusual new hobby to its younger inmates. Laura McCallum Politics on a Three-Legged Stool Minnesota lawmakers have spent the past week passing major spending bills funding higher education, transportation, agriculture and other priorities. The economic slowdown is sparking cost-cutting campaigns at newspapers nationwide. In the Twin Cities, both the Star Tribune and the Pioneer Press have announced plans to reduce expenses. But as newspapers look for ways to respond to profit-hungry investors, concern is growing that the measures may threaten their ability to carry out the mission of informing the public.