Evaluation of Minnesota’s NightCAP Status: Newly funded Discussions with Minnesota’s Office of Traffic Safety indicate a strong need for a rigorous analysis of Minnesota’s saturation patrol

Considering the Needs of Domestic Violence Victims: the Exceptions to Minnesota’s Alternative Dispute Resolution Rule 114

Minnesota Office of the Legisl Ative Auditor

As our nation’s population ages, an increasing number of Americans will need some type of long-term care services. While more attention is being focused on the development of alternatives to nursing home care, most public and private spending still pays for institutional care in nursing homes. Minnesota spent over $800 million in Medicaid funds on nursing homes in 1995; the federal government f...

Assessing the Legal Standard for Predictions of Dangerousness in Sex Offender Commitment Proceedings

Eric S. Janus served as co-counsel for Linehan in In re Linehan (Linehan I), 518 N.W.2d 609 (Minn. 1994), petition for reh’g denied (Minn. Aug. 15, 1994), and In re Linehan (Linehan II), 544 N.W.2d 308, 313 (Minn. Ct. App. 1996), aff’d, 557 N.W.2d 171 (Minn. 1996). Linehan I concerned a petition brought under Minnesota’s Psychopathic Personality Commitment Act, MINN. STAT. §§ 526.09 and 526.10 ...

Designing tobacco control systems and cessation benefits in managed care: skill building workshop.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota (Blue Cross) is Minnesota’s oldest and largest health insurer. Blue Cross is a not-for-profit organisation which provides services to more than 1.8 million members throughout Minnesota and its border states, as well as nationally. Blue Cross has a network based system of care providers, and contracts with 100% of ho...

Improving the Education of Minnesota’s Students from Pre-K through College: Measuring Student Progress and Using Data to Drive Decision Making

1 Examples of sources of outcome data include the National Assessment of Educational Progress (The nation’s Report Card; nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard), the annual Digest of education Statistics (nces.ed.gov/programs/digest), and The Condition of education (nces.ed.gov/programs/coe), all from the National Center for Education Statistics. current federal regulations regarding school accountabili...