This month it’s a discussion of Tom Berg’s new book, Minnesota Miracle, by two people at the center of “a state that worked” in the 1970s, Tom Berg and former U.S. Rep. Martin Sabo.
Listen to the podcast from iDream.tv.
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Sen. Linda Berglin and Rep. Lee Greenfield discuss Minnesota Care (MNCare), a subsidized health care program for people who live in Minnesota and do not have access to health insurance. MNCare was created in 1992 by the Minnesota Legislature (a part of the Grand Consensus) and is administered by the Minnesota Department of Human Services. It is funded by member premiums, the State of Minnesota, and a tax on health care providers. MNCare provides an alternative to private market plans for low income residents of MN.
A long-time legislator, Sen. Berglin is now Hennepin County’s Health Policy Program Manager. Rep. Greenfield served 21 years in the Minnesota House, representing Minneapolis.
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Saturday, July 14
8:00 AM – 9:30 AM
Gardens of Salonica 19 5th St NE, Minneapolis (map)
Richard Carlbom will join the Stone Arch conversation in July for a discussion of civil rights and the constitutional ballot measure on marriage. He is the Campaign Manager of Minnesotans United for All Families, the official campaign that will defeat the constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. Before joining the campaign in September, Richard was Communications Director for Chris Coleman, the mayor of St. Paul. He also managed the successful 2010 re-election campaign of Representative Tim Walz. A 2004 graduate of Saint John’s, Carlbom served as the mayor of St. Joseph, Minnesota from 2005-2007.
This is part of our monthly series of informal “Stone Arch” conversations at Gardens of Salonica. As usual, invite anyone interested–free and open to the public. Come, buy your coffee (the law is you can’t bring food or drinks into a restaurant), learn a lot and have your questions ready.
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At our June Stone Arch discussion, Iric Nathanson and Lori Sturdevant hosted a conversation on Iric’s new history project, A Grand Consensus, examining the unique historical features that put Minnesota on the cover of Time Magazine as a “State That Works.”
Listen to the podcast from iDream.tv.
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Saturday, June 9
8:00 AM – 9:30 AM
Gardens of Salonica 19 5th St NE, Minneapolis (map)
Iric Nathanson and Lori Sturdevant host a conversation on Iric’s new history project, A Grand Consensus, examining the unique historical features that put Minnesota on the cover of Time Magazine as a “State That Works.”
This is part of our monthly series of informal “Stone Arch” conversations at Gardens of Salonica. As usual, invite anyone interested–free and open to the public. Come, buy your coffee (the law is you can’t bring food or drinks into a restaurant), learn a lot and have your questions ready.
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 At January’s Stone Arch discussion, long-time DFLer and businessman Vance Opperman provided his perspective on politics and government in Minnesota.Listen to the podcast from iDream.tv.
The linked podcast is a segment from the Stone Arch Discussion Group, a project of the DFL Education Foundation. It was recorded on January 14, 2011, at Gardens of Salonica in NE Minneapolis. Production services provided by Minneapolis-based multimedia company iDream.tv.
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By Sam Ferguson, Truthout
In a rebuke to the United States Supreme Court, the Supreme Court of Montana has held that Citizens United does not apply to Montana campaign finance law.
Last Friday, the Montana Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of a 1912 voter initiative – the Corrupt Practices Act – that prohibits corporations from making contributions to or expenditures on behalf of state political candidates and political parties. In 2010, the Supreme Court ruled that a similar federal prohibition was unconstitutional, prompting a wave of bills and court rulings that erased prohibitions on corporate and union political expenditures around the country.
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At December’s Stone Arch discussion, Rep. Paul Thissen (DFL-63A) was Looking to the Future of the Minnesota Legislature. Listen to the podcast from iDream.tv.
The linked podcast is a segment from the Stone Arch Discussion Group, a project of the DFL Education Foundation. It was recorded on December 10, 2011, at Gardens of Salonica in NE Minneapolis. Production services provided by Minneapolis-based multimedia company iDream.tv.
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Tom Vellenga is president of Heartland Democracy, a new group using direct public engagement strategies to win over Midwestern hearts and minds to progressive goals. In all of its work, Heartland integrates progressive values and thinking across subjects to build a coherent approach.
Listen to the podcast from iDream.tv.
The linked podcast is a segment from the Stone Arch Discussion Group, a project of the DFL Education Foundation. It was recorded on November 12, 2011, at Gardens of Salonica in NE Minneapolis. Production services provided by Minneapolis-based multimedia company iDream.tv.
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DFL Education Foundation 
Introducing a “Grand Consensus”
Dear Foundation Members,
Another contentious Minnesota legislative session has finally come to end.
While the final days of the session did produce a bonding bill and a controversial Vikings Stadium plan with the Minority Party carrying the legislation, the 2011-12 Legislature will be remembered for the shutdown that crippled much of state government for nearly a month last summer, and inaction on Minnesota’s structural budget deficits.
During this pivotal election year, we need to remember that Minnesota’s political system was not always this dysfunctional – – – that it has done better in meeting our state’s needs – – – and it can do better in the future.
This month, the DFL Education Foundation is launching a history series that examines politics and policy-making in Minnesota during the last century; from the immediate post World War II years up through the 1990s. That era witnessed fierce legislative battles at the State Capitol but it was also a time of shared values that cut across partisan lines. We praise the achievements of former Governor’s Olson and Freeman, but forget that Republican Governor Stassen was also very progressive, and contributed to The State That Works.
Our series is entitled the “Grand Consensus.” It has been developed by Iric Nathanson, a local historian and Education Foundation member. Iric writes a history feature for MinnPost and is the author of Minneapolis in the Twentieth Century: the Growth of an American City.
This first posting provides an overview of the Grand Consensus and traces the ideological currents that influenced Minnesota politics during much of the last half of the last century. Later posts will examine such policy areas as civil rights, taxation, education, health care and transportation.
We hope you will add this timely new series to your reading list.
Sincerely,
Jeremy Wieland
President
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