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Welcome to our Newsroom. This is where you will find press releases, media alerts, and other news-related information.

For more information, please contact Greta Bergstrom, Communications Director, at 651.379.0765 or via e-mail.

PRESS RELEASES

05.10.13

Corporate Tax Loopholes Hurting Education System in Minnesota

04.11.13

TakeAction Minnesota Reacts To Senate Tax Reform

4.5.13

PIRG Tax Haven Report

04.02.13

Closing Corporate Tax Haven Loophole Would Generate $36.5 Million in the Next Biennium

03.20.13

MNsure Health Insurance Exchange Signed into Law by Governor Dayton

03.15.13

TakeAction Minnesota Releases Report Showing Medtronic, 3M, Moisaic & St. Jude Medical are Holding $31.6 Billion in Offshore Profits While Lobbying to Preserve Industry Tax Loopholes

03.15.13

Statement on the Passage of Health Exchange Legislation, H.F. 5, By Minnesota House of Representatives

03.08.13

TakeAction Minnesota State on Passage of S.F. 1

02.26.13

Rally Outside Target Corporate Headquarters Cites Retail Giant as Common Roadblock to Economic Security

02.20.13

NAACP, TakeAction Minnesota Announce 10 Complaints Filed with EEOC Against Target Corporation for Unfair Hiring Practices

2.06.13

Governor Dayton Lays Out Vision

02.05.13

Federal Logjam Over Basic Health Plan Begins to Clear

1.31.13

TakeAction Minnesota Applauds Introduction of Senate, House Bills Strengthening MinnesotaCare Under Affordable Care Act

01.22.13

Governor's Courageous Commitment to Structural Tax Reform, New Revenue Will Result in Broad, Sustainable Prosperity for Minnesotans

01.09.13

Health Insurance Exchange Provides Enormous Opportunity for Minnesota Consumers

12.05.12

Minnesotans Want Responsible Budget That Provides For Broad Prosperity

11.16.12

Demonstrators Want To End Bush Tax Cuts For Richest 2%, To Protect Working Families

06.29.12

Minnesotans Rally in Celebration Over Supreme Court Decision To Uphold Affordable Care Act

06.28.12

With Supreme Court Hurdle Cleared, Afforable Health Care Promise Moves Forward For Thousands of Minnesotans Now Its Time To Put ObamaCare To Work In Our State

05.09.12

Over 200 Call on Target Corp. to Change Hiring Practices, Help Close MN's Worst-in-the-Nation Jobs Gap

04.17.12

Tax Day Actions Blanket the State

04.12.12

"Our Vote Our Future" Statewide Campaign Launched to Defeat Photo ID Amendment

04.09.12

Governor Dayton Vetoes Photo ID Constitutional Amendment Backed by the 1%

04.04.12

Conservative Legislators Vote to End Same-Day Voter Registration, Strip Constitutional Right to Vote From Over 700,000 Eligible Minnesota Voters

03.08.12

Hmong Burial Rights Bill Passes Unanimously Out of House State Government Finance Committee

03.05.12

TakeAction Minnesota Launches Radio Ad Opposing Controversial Photo ID Amendment

03.05.12

Leading Consumer Groups Join Lawmakers in Support of Healthy Minnesota Exchange

03.01.12

Despite Opposition Against Photo ID, Unnecessary 1% Bill Passes Senate Finance Committee

02.29.12

Veterans, Military Members Voice Opposition to Photo ID

02.21.12

Racist Online Banner Remains, Without An Apology and Despite Mocking Changes

02.20.12

TakeAction Minnesota, State Legislators Condemn Racist Online Imagery Pushed By MN Majority, Photo ID Supporters

02.15.12

Governor Dayton Focused on Priorities That Matter To Minnesotans: Putting the 99% Back to Work, Not Amendments That Benefit the 1%

02.15.12

Despite Growing Public Opposition to Photo ID, Restrictive Amendment Proposal Passes Out of GOP-Controlled Senate Committee on Party-Line Vote

2.8.12

The 1% vs. Democracy in Minnesota

2.7.12

Statewide Caucus Resolution Push Highlights Opposition to Photo ID Amendment

01.05.12

Light Rail Brings Hope and Challenges to Low-income People and Communities of Color

12.02.11

Noor, Allen Win TakeAction Minnesota Endorsement

10.14.11

Wells Fargo offices locked down as marchers block streets to stop foreclosures

10.13.11

If Serious About Improving Elections System, MN Majority Should Advocate For Felon Notification Bill,

10.11.11

Marchers Point Finger At Banks, Financial Institutions As Source of Economic Crisis, Source of Revenue

09.30.11

TakeAction Minnesota Endorses Four Candidates For St. Paul City Council

09.14.11

Three Cheers for AG Swanson's Opposition to Letting Banks Off Hook for Foreclosure Crisis

09.10.11

Reich & powell Highlight Grassroots Jobs Push at "Summit for a Fair Economy"

08.17.11

Minnesotans Confront Job-Killing Politicians at $10,000-A-Ticket Golf Outing

08.10.11

Minnesotans Demand Wells Fargo Stop Funding Job-Killing Polticians

07.21.11

The People Have Their Say About the State Budget

06.29.11

Minnesotan's Stand in Solidarity Behind Governor's Budget Position

06.07.11

Partisan Effort to Suppress the Vote has no Place in Capitol Discussions This Month . . . or Ever

05.26.11

Governor Protects Eligible Minnesota Voters With Voter Suppression Bill Veto

05.22.11

Statement of passage of marriage amendment

05.21.11

Uptown Action Sends Message To Legislature: Richest, Including HMOs, Can Afford To Pay More

05.21.11

Passage of Voter Suppression Bill a Structural Power Grab by Right-Wing

05.19.11

Police, Hospital, and Faith Communities Call on Governor Dayton to Veto HHS Omnibus Bill

05.05.11

Medica Slapped with “Repossession Notice” to Give Back Over $200 Million in Excess Reserves

05.03.11

MN Non-profits Say Photo ID Bill Requirements too Restrictive, Arbitrary to Protect Voting Rights

04.28.11

Minnesota Senate Passage of Photo ID Creates Arbitrary, Overly Restrictive System

04.19.11

UHG VP Says "No Stone Wall Between & UnitedHealth Group"

04.16.11

TakeAction Minnesota’s Justice 4 All Program Launches Fair Hiring Campaign

04.15.11

Rally of over 200 stands against racism

04.13.11

TakeAction Minnesota Issues Second Letter Seeking Meeting, On-Air Apology, Policy Changes From KDWB, Clear Channel

04.07.11

TakeAction Minnesota Confronts MN Council of Health Plans on Reserves

04.05.11

Governor Dayton, HMO 2011 agreement a positive step forward

04.01.11

Health Plans Release New Financial Reports While Over a Billion in Excess Reserves Unearthed Along University Ave.

03.31.11

KDWB Hmong Parody Offensive

03.23.11

Governor Dayton's Executive Order Makes Health Care System Accountable to Minnesotans - Not the HMO Industry

03.16.11

UCare Gives $30 Million Dollars Back to the State of Minnesota

03.16.11

Midwest States Launch Campaign to Pull Back the Curtain on 2011 Redistricting

03.01.11

TakeAction Minnesota Forces UnitedHealth Group CEO HemsleyTo Exit Stage

02.26.11

TakeAction Minnesota Launches Together For Health

02.15.11

Choice Is Clear: Governor’s Budget Honest, Fair And Will Put Minnesota On More Equitable Path

02.09.11

First State of the State Shows Governor Dayton Understands Prosperity Requires Active Public Investment

02.08.11

Health Care Providers, Advocates Call On HMO’s To Account for Public Spending

01.30.11

Corporate Power, Structural Racism Top of Member Agenda at 2011 Annual Meeting

01.26.11

Statement on Photo ID Bill Introduction

01.05.11

Minnesota Health Care, Jobs On New Course Thanks To Governor Dayton

10.28.10

“Please I.D. Me” Buttons a Punch in the Face to Democracy

10.20.10

Potential Voter Fraud Perpetrators Back Down

08.31.10

Governor Pawlenty’s Executive Order Restricts Quality Affordable Health Care and Undermines State Agencies

01.14.10

First Cross-Tribal Governor Candidate Forum on Native American Issues Attracts Nine Hopefuls To Bemidji

11.21.09

Neighborhood Groups Tell City of St. Paul: "Don't Tax us out of our Homes"

11.14.09

TakeAction Minnesota’s Annual Awards Dinner Draws 850 Of Minnesota’s Progressive Political Establishment

09.12.09

Walz Town Hall Packs Support for President’s Plan

09.11.09

3rd District Residents Give Paulsen An Earful

09.02.09

Ellison Champions Public Option in Plymouth

08.27.09

6th CD Resident Sportsmen and Women Want Congress to Fight for a Public Health Insurance Option

08.24.09

Family Physicians Respond to Newly Formed GOP Coalition Opposing Obama’s Health Care Reform

08.20.09

Health Care Debate Intensifies at Mankato Town Hall Meeting

07.28.09

National Health Care Call-In Day: Thousands Mobilize to Urge Congress to Vote Yes Before Recess

07.17.09

New Report Shows Federal Health Care Reform an Economic Win for Working Minnesotan Families

07.15.09

“Unequal Lives” Report Highlights Need for Racial Justice in Health Care Reform

06.22.09

New Report: Private Health Insurance Costs Far Outstrip Wages in Minnesota

05.21.09

New HCAN Report Released Spotlights Growing Consolidation of Private Insurers in Minnesota

05.19.09

Governor Pawlenty Not Doing Minnesotans Any Favors By Maintaining A Broken Health Care System

05.14.09

Key Groups Urge Governor Pawlenty To Prevent 100,000 Minnesotans From Being Cut From Health Care

05.05.09

Minnesota Health Care Leaders Call on Congress to Include Choice of a Public Plan While Dealing With Chronic Health Disparities

04.21.09

HCAN, TakeAction Minnesota Hold First in a Series of Three Conference Calls on Federal Health Care Reform

04.01.09

Midwest Reform Groups, Including TakeAction Minnesota, Urge President Obama to Support Federal Public Financing Legislation

03.26.09

Red Lake Members Submit Written Testimony to U.S. House Appropriation Subcommittee in Conjunction with Native American Public Witness Days

03.13.09

Campaign Kick-Off to Pass President Obama’s Historic Budget, a Blueprint for Rebuilding and Renewing America