Category: Mark Dayton

Legislatorsa pay raise

An independent council, created by a voter-approved constitutional amendment, will raise state lawmakers’ salary from $31,100 to $45,000. Lawmakers pay has not risen for nearly two decades.

Dayton to spend 1 more day at Mayo after prostate surgery

Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton will spend one more day at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester after undergoing surgery for prostate cancer. Spokesman Linden Zakula on Saturday said that the governor’s surgery was a success and the surgeon found no sign that the cancer had spread beyond the prostate.

Health insurers say they need insurance protection from big claims

In Minnesota’s individual market, health insurers can lose big money if they wind up with a disproportionate share of sick patients who rack up massive bills. Of the roughly 336,000 Minnesotans who were covered by individual plans at some point during 2015, slightly less than 2a …percent – or 5,300 people – generated roughly 40 percent of all medical bills, according to the state’s trade group for insurers.

“Dancing with the Stars” Co-Host Erin Andrews Reveals Battle with Cervical Cancer

Trump tells reporters in the Oval Office… — The governor of Minnesota, Mark Dayton, has prostate cancer, he said Tuesday.Dayton said that he learned of the diagnosis last week and that he might have… – Iran, Russia and Turkey agreed to launch a three-way mechanism to ensure compliance with the Syrian ceasefire as talks on the conflict concluded T… The American Soybean Association has communicated to the White House that the significant trade benefits U.S. farmers have achieved under the North American Free Trade A… A winter storm has blanketed parts of Western Nebraska and that means we’ve got postponements and/or cancellations for events today.