Things get awkward when Shakopee council member demands colleague's resignation

If you're having trouble viewing this email, you may [see it online](. [Star Tribune]( Talkers Top stories - Things get awkward when Shakopee council member demands colleague's resignation: Shakopee City Council member Jay Whiting demanded Tuesday that Mike Luce resign from the body or at least apologize for making false accusations against him. [Luce responded with stony silence.]( - Dayton says "nightmarish" federal reinsurance process could cost state millions: The millions of dollars that Minnesota wants to spend to limit rate hikes in the individual health insurance market could cost the state millions more in federal funding for low-income health care. That news came as a nasty shock to the state officials who have waited months for the federal government to sign off on Minnesota’s reinsurance plan, and to Gov. Mark Dayton, [who fired off a testy letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price]( on Tuesday. - Court fight between Dayton, lawmakers shines light on hefty legislative expenses: Minnesota lawmakers billed the state for more than $335,200 in housing and other expense reimbursements from July 1 to Sept. 1 — a two-month period when the Legislature was not in session for a single day — [according to court documents filed in the legal battle]( between Gov. Mark Dayton and Republican legislative leaders. - Minneapolis' black families lead the way in fleeing to other schools: Once it was the biggest school district in the state. Now Minneapolis Public Schools is the biggest loser in Minnesota’s robust school-choice environment, surrendering more kids to charter schools and other public school options than any other district. And unlike most other school districts in the state, [most of the defections are occurring among black families.]( - HHS secretary charters private jets on taxpayers' dime: "In a sharp departure from his predecessors, Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price last week took private jets on five separate flights for official business, at a cost of tens of thousands of dollars more than commercial travel," [Politico reports.]( - Hurricane Maria slams into Puerto Rico with 155-MPH winds: [One of the strongest hurricanes to ever hit Puerto Rico]( pummeled the island Wednesday, tearing off roofs and sending doors flying from hinges as officials warned Hurricane Maria would decimate the power company's crumbling infrastructure and force the government to rebuild dozens of communities. - Jimmy Kimmel rips into GOP senator over health care bill: The late-night host, who spoke emotionally about his baby son's health problems amid the debate over a previous Republican bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act, [accused a co-author of the GOP's latest repeal bill](, Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, of lying "right to my face" when he told Kimmel earlier this year that any health care bill would have to "pass the Jimmy Kimmel test" in order to win Cassidy's support. - TSA says new automated security lanes will speed up MSP screening - eventually: New automated security lanes at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport’s main terminal will make air travel safer and more efficient for the nearly 12 million people who are screened here annually, according to the Transportation Security Administration. 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