Insurers seek lower premiums in Minnesota individual market

Health insurers in Minnesota's individual market are proposing mostly decreased premium rates for 2019, with average proposed decreases ranging from 3 percent to more than 12 percent for consumers, according to data released Friday by the Minnesota Department of Commerce. The Star Tribune reports the four largest providers in the individual market are proposing decreases ranging from 7 percent to about 12 percent.

“She Can Take It”

Seriously, that's it. I've said this before, but leaving aside malicious interference on his behalf , Trump's election comes down to an unconscionable number of men in positions of power abdicating their responsibilities in the belief that it doesn't matter how badly they shit on a woman, she'll always be there to clean up the mess.

NM Cap Entity addresses second amendment to Jpa 061118 part 1

As there was no public input at the beginning of the New Mexico Central Arizona Project Entity meeting on Monday, June 11, 2018, after preliminary approvals of agenda and minutes, the members got straight into the business of the day. The first item of old business was to discuss the changed language in the second amendment to the joint powers agreement.

Do political party conventions matter in Minnesota?

It's a reasonable question when candidates ignore the major business of the conventions - the endorsements - and just move on to the primary. That's happening this year in the race for Minnesota governor for both major parties.

Supreme Court: Foreign Government Submissions Are Not Binding on US Courts

On June 14, Justice Ginsberg, writing for a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court, reversed a 2016 opinion by the Second Circuit and held that a foreign government's interpretation of its own law is not binding on U.S. courts. The case, In re Vitamin C Antitrust Litigation , dates back to 2005 and 2006, when U.S. vitamin C purchasers brought allegations against Chinese manufacturers claiming that the manufacturers had agreed to fix the price and supply of vitamin C exported to the United States, in violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act.

Trump says possible he will meet Putin this summer

Moscow does not rule out a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump this summer, RIA news agency reported on Friday, citing Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. WASHINGTON/MOSCOW: U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday it was possible he could meet Russian President Vladimir Putin this summer, and Moscow did not rule out a meeting.

Trump voices reservations about doing a Mueller interview Source: AP

President Donald Trump declared Friday he thinks the Russia probe is "very biased" and has reservations about being interviewed by special counsel Robert Mueller, raising more questions on whether he will consent to an interview as part of the investigation. Trump said in an impromptu interview with Fox News on the White House North Lawn that he "would like to talk" to Mueller, but the probe "seems to be very biased."

Dem Rep Hammers Trump For Joke About Wanting North Korean-Like Fealty …

To Rep. John Yarmuth , absolutely nothing was funny about a "joke" President Donald Trump made about wishing Americans would "sit up at attention" when he speaks , like the citizens of North Korea do for leader Kim Jong Un . "You don't understand sarcasm," Trump told a reporter who asked him to explain what he meant by this, and then asked who the journalist worked for.

US House immigration bill plans in turmoil following Trump opposition

WASHINGTON: Republican efforts to debate immigration legislation next week in the U.S. House of Representatives were in turmoil on Friday after President Donald Trump blasted one of two delicately crafted proposals that had a better chance of passing. House Speaker Paul Ryan's leadership team cancelled plans on Friday to build support for a draft bill protecting 1.8 million "Dreamers" from deportation and allowing them a path to citizenship.

Trump rejects report’s conclusion that FBI wasn’t biased in Clinton…

President Trump on Friday rejected the conclusion of the new report of the Justice Department 's inspector general, which found that mistakes FBI leaders made in investigating Hillary Clinton 's private emails during the 2016 campaign were not the result of any bias, including on the part of former Director James B. Comey . "The end result was wrong.

Flynn slams opponents on a Medicare for All,a but 2011

Businessman Brian Flynn, a leading contender in the seven-way Democratic primary to take on Republican U.S. Rep John Faso, has released a television ad touting his support for "Medicare for All" and criticizing top opponents for not doing so. Yet in a 2011 op-ed, Flynn made statements that seemed to question whether government should pay for improved health care coverage, while asserting that that the county's retirement age should be raised.

Back from Singapore, Trump eagerly plunges into the fray, bashing Comey and the Russia investigation

On his return from Singapore, President Trump lamented on Twitter that his "thought process must sadly go back to the Witch Hunt." Even before he left Washington for his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un , Trump was looking ahead to the scheduled release of a report by the Justice Department 's inspector general, who was expected to sharply criticize the president's nemesis, former FBI Director James B. Comey .

Congress Wants to Ban Sex Dolls That Look Like Kids

On Wednesday, the House of Representatives approved a squeamish ban on the importation of sex robots and sex dolls that resemble children, claiming that they "normalize sex between adults and minors." Now the bill-named the Curbing Realistic Exploitative Electronic Pedophilic Robots, or CREEPER, Act -is moving through the Senate.

TGIF: Here’s the Craziest Sh*t People Said Today, From Trump, to Giuliani, to Graham

In a weirder than usual end of the week in President Donald Trump 's America, everyone basically decided to say some of the wackiest stuff they've ever said - and the stuff they've said before has been pretty damn wacky. Let's start with Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani , who's already given us some major crazy eyes these past few months.

Kevin Costner Goes Back to the Well of Westerns in Yellowstone

At a moment of crisis in the Paramount Network's new Western Yellowstone , rancher John Dutton's sabre-toothed daughter pleads with him: "Just tell me who to fight." Dutton's snarled reply: "Everyone!" And there in a nutshell-or maybe a spent .50 caliber cartridge-you have the entire ethos of the fiercely engrossing Yellowstone, a bloody and paranoid parable of anti-modernism.