Articles of Note

... keep their jobs when public schools conduct layoffs. The Star Tribune Minnesota Poll, taken March 16-18, found that 68 percent of the state's residents say layoffs should be based on a teacher's performance, as measured by recently implemented state evaluation standards.
Support for performance over seniority was strong across the state, among all age groups, and across party lines.
http://www.startribune.com/politics/statelocal/297139211.html

...warily are eyeing Minnesota's health insurance exchange as it nears its toughest test yet. The federal money MNsure heavily has leaned on will be gone by the end of the year, and it will have to keep afloat from the fees it pulls in from private plan sign-ups. Health care consultants and academics say it's too early to declare MNsure and other state-run exchanges unsustainable, but they see troubling signs.
http://www.twincities.com/localnews/ci_27766993/its-game-time-mnsure-survival-at-stake