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with 15 telemarketing companies and disclosing to them the names, addresses, account numbers, Social Security numbers, and credit histories of almost one million customers. The lawsuit was resolved on June 30, 1999, with US Bank agreeing to stop the sale of customer data to marketing companies and to pay $ 3 million. A number of other large banks, including Bank of America and Wells Fargo, quickly announced they would end similar agreements. Editorial boards praised Hatch's lawsuit, with one noting that "the attorney general's action has already had sweeping effect. Bank customers nationwide—and not just U.S. Bancorp depositors—who value the privacy of their accounts and other information are the potential beneficiaries." Hatch later testified in Congress, asking it to strengthen consumer privacy protections. When he tried to enact state legislation to protect consumers’ privacy, 118 lobbyists showed up to oppose his bill. Hatch stayed active in privacy lawsuits. In December 2000, he brought the first case in the country against a mortgage lender (Fleet Mortgage) for selling customer account information to telemarketers.

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the public. Hatch proposed a series of regulations to provide protections for insurance policyholders. He got enacted into law several dozen new standards to provide fair processing of insurance claims for policyholders. These provisions are collectively called the Unfair Claims Practices Act. He also got enacted legislation to provide that an insurance agent and company must not sell a policy that is not suitable for the policyholder. To limit the arbitrary cancellation of automobile policies, Hatch established a point system to determine when an automobile policy may be cancelled by an insurer. He also implemented a set of regulations to stop misleading statements in insurance solicitations. Hatch adopted rules that made agents holding themselves out as "financial planners" owe their clients a fiduciary duty. President Barack Obama proposed a similar provision over 30 years later at the federal level. Hatch also proposed that commercial insurers must give 30 days' notice of any change in the terms of a commercial policy or increase in rates.

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major corporations and health care companies throughout his tenure. In March 1999 he filed suit against American Family Mutual for failing to pay for repairs after storms. American Family had initially sued Hatch to keep him from investigating it, so Hatch ended his investigation and sued the company instead. He alleged that the company violated the law when it paid only for the portion of a consumer's roof or siding that was damaged by hail or wind, leaving homeowners with mismatched roofs and siding when the replacement siding or shingles did not match those on the rest of the house. American Family challenged Hatch's standing to file the suit, claiming that only the state Commerce Department could bring such actions. In April 2000 the Minnesota Court of Appeals upheld Hatch's standing to bring the suit. In October 2000, Hatch prevailed in the lawsuit, securing a court order requiring American Family to pay for both the damaged portion of the roofing and siding and the undamaged portion if matching shingles and siding were no longer available.

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laws after the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services found that an unnamed Minnesota nonprofit HMO had spent Medicare premium revenue on sports tickets and other lavish perks for executives. When Allina refused to cooperate with the compliance review, Hatch sued it to gain access to its books and records. He ultimately issued a multi-volume compliance report with hundreds of adverse findings against the organization. Among other things, the review found that top executives at the company spent tens of millions of dollars on golf trips, parties, beachfront condominiums, maid service for executives, spas, image consultants, executive enrichment and unearned executive bonuses, foreign travel, consultants, and gifts. Hatch issued a report stating that conflicts of interest within the organization resulted in Medica HMO's premium dollars being diverted to shore up the financial position of Allina's corporate headquarters, resulting in higher premiums for policyholders.

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Minnesota public company if the offer did not fully disclose the consequences of the takeover. In September 1984, just two months after the law became effective, Hatch issued the first in a series of orders that scheduled hearings designed to slow down the takeover of local companies, including Scientific Computers, Conwed, Dayton Hudson Corporation, St. Paul Companies, Pillsbury Companies, and Northwest Airlines. The hearings were controversial, with several takeovers thwarted by the hearing and testimony process, including bids for Scientific Computers, Dayton Hudson, St. Paul Companies, and Northwest Airlines. It became apparent over time that the hearings were interfering with shareholders' rights and simply serving to raise the bid on the stock being acquired. The takeover hearings largely stopped by 1989.

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medical providers on its panel, over one-third of whom joined a "PHP Oversight Committee" whose goal was to take over the organization. If PHP became insolvent, the other HMOs were not in a position to offer coverage to its enrollees. PHP and the Oversight Committee were engaged in a court fight in Hennepin County District Court, and, to break the logjam, the parties asked Governor Perpich to intervene. On August 15, 1987, Perpich agreed to intervene and appointed Hatch and Health Commissioner Mary Ashton as mediators. Over the next week, the two conducted marathon negotiation sessions culminating in a verbal settlement at 4:00 a.m. the following Friday. The PHP settlement involved a change in the composition of its board of directors.

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suffering from mental illness, eating disorders, and chemical dependency. The suit alleged that Blue Cross told some patients who asked the insurance company to pay for treatment for their mentally ill children that they should instead relinquish their children to the juvenile justice system or foster care. Blue Cross vehemently denied the allegations. When Hatch filed the suit, only six families were willing to be named in it because of privacy concerns for their children. Hatch later expanded the lawsuit to include testimony from many more families and from former Blue Cross employees who said they intentionally declined coverage simply to save the insurer money.

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to 15% annual interest on some deposits. The combination of volatile interest rates and the failure of rural farms affected the banking industry. Farmers couldn't pay back the loans, falling grain and land prices shrank the value of collateral, and double-digit interest rates on deposits put banks in an impossible squeeze. Bank examiners forced banks to write down the value of the loan collateral, which resulted in more banks being labeled insolvent and subject to liquidation. This accelerated foreclosures. The depth of the rural recession resulted in few buyers willing to buy used equipment or land at auction, causing further depreciation of farm assets.

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customers paying as much as 20 percent more on natural gas. In 2005 he issued a scathing report faulting CenterPoint Energy for deliberately violating the law designed to protect low-income people from having their heat turned off in the winter. "They violated the law and every standard of human decency," Hatch said at the time. He got the company to reconnect power to 5,000 people. In 2006 he asked the Public Utilities Commission to roll back a rate hike proposed by Xcel Energy after discovering that it was asking for higher rates to collect taxes it would never pay and saddling residents with larger rate hikes than businesses.

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year. In 2003 he filed a lawsuit against a company that engaged in an equity-stripping scheme. The company purchased homes in foreclosure, promising to lease the homes back to the people who, when they couldn't afford the rent, would lose their home equity to the company. Hatch secured a court order barring the company from buying foreclosed homes. In 2005, he launched a probe of Ameriquest for aggressive mortgage lending to people with subprime credit histories. He then reached a settlement with the company requiring it to pay money to 22,000 Minnesota borrowers who were defrauded by aggressive sales practices.

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consumers as many as 60 times a week, including on holidays, using profanities and racist epithets. The bank fought the lawsuit to the Minnesota Court of Appeals, but Hatch prevailed, resulting in a precedent-setting ruling that arbitration clauses in consumer contracts do not apply to a lawsuit by the attorney general. In 2004, Hatch sued AT&T for attempting to collect bills from people who did not owe the money. Later that year, he sued two more debt collection agencies, including one that threatened to sue people for debts that were too old to be collected and another that made relentless telephone calls.

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officeholders supporting them. Hatch, the one candidate without significant support from an interest group, ran a geographically based campaign focused primarily on the support of county and congressional district chairs. The convention was tumultuous, with various interest groups opposed to each other over abortion, labor, and farm issues. Hatch, who had the least amount of political experience, campaigned as a centrist who focused on economic issues and promised to elect more Democrats in the 1980 election. He was elected chair on the third ballot.

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insurance coverage. Second, he undertook several studies of whether the increased premiums had anything to do with increased claims. The St. Paul Companies, based in St. Paul and the primary issuer of medical malpractice policies, argued that Hatch's studies were flawed. The dispute between Hatch and the insurer ended up on ABC Nightline on February 14, 1989. The televised debate resulted in insurance hearings around the country, with St. Paul Companies dropping its premiums for medical malpractice insurance by 25% on April 15, 1989.

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insurer should have paid. The settlement required Blue Cross to reimburse families for treatment it had refused to pay, to process urgent claims within 24 hours, to process appeals within one day, to pay for court-ordered treatment, and to cover 28-day inpatient treatment for chemical dependency and eating disorders. At the time of the settlement, Blue Cross said that "we've failed these families in some important ways" and credited Hatch's lawsuit as a wake-up call that forced the company to change its practices.

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obtained a settlement with US Bancorp requiring the bank to make refunds to customers (one-third of whom were over 80 years old) who were misled into buying long-term 10- and 20-year brokered certificates of deposit, thinking they were regular, short-term bank CDs. He sued the nation's largest maker of bulletproof vests for police officers, claiming the company continued to sell vests it knew would degrade in light. The company later filed bankruptcy.

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printed on the computer and mailed to each contributor of a "Sustaining Fund." In spring 1981, Hatch invited Vice President Mondale and Senator Ted Kennedy, the likely Democratic presidential candidates in the 1984 election, to a "Jefferson-Jackson Day" dinner. The invitation to Kennedy to a dinner in Mondale's home state was controversial, but the dinner, with 5,000 in attendance, was the largest and most profitable in the history of the DFL Party.

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posters and letterhead under the name "The Centrists," promoting the notion that the party had to stand for more than just a conglomeration of interest groups. Feminists, pro-lifers, gun control organizations, and gay rights supporters opposed the "Centrists," who tried to end the sub-caucus system but were defeated by a united coalition of pro-life and pro-choice activists.

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to higher prices for consumers. The year after Hatch issued this report, California experienced widespread power blackouts and 800 percent rate hikes after it deregulated electricity markets. In 2005, Allina Health System dropped its efforts to buy two cardiology practices after Hatch filed a lawsuit claiming that its proposal would give it a monopoly in local cardiac care.

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head off the foreclosure on the party headquarters in south Minneapolis, scrounged up another $ 50,000 to buy a state-of-the-art, 5-megabyte computer the size of a piano, and raised a total of $ 1.2 million. The DFL is believed to be the first Democratic Party in the country to use the technology of computers, direct mail and telemarketing."

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their largest insurance company got. Before the agreement, hospitals charged uninsured patients up to four times more than they charged insurance companies. The hospitals also agreed to change their debt-collection practices to offer more charity care and give patients greater rights to negotiate payment terms. In a May 9, 2005 editorial, the

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interest on farm loans. To lessen the regulatory pressure from bank examiners, Hatch directed them to allow banks to value collateral at the appraisal made at the time of the loan. Minnesota also established a rural farm advocate program to assist farmers through the loan process and instituted a voluntary mortgage foreclosure moratorium.

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DFL suffered devastating losses in what is known as the "Minnesota Massacre." The two U.S. Senate seats and governorship went Republican, Republicans picked up an additional Congressional seat, and the DFL lost its majority in the state House, ending up with a 67–67 tie. (The Minnesota Senate was not up for election in 1978.)

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settlement with Fairview in which it was required to stop using aggressive debt collection tactics, to expand its charity care for poor patients, to give discounts to middle-income families, and to give a third-party monitor appointed by Hatch broad authority to oversee the company's collection practices.

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In 2005 Hatch appeared in court to argue that an insurance company should pay the claim of two little girls who survived an airplane crash that killed their mother in northern Minnesota. One of his former chief deputies said of Hatch's tenure as attorney general: "You could expect his light

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In 2005 and 2006, Hatch conducted a compliance review of Blue Cross, the state's largest health insurer, which found that it had amassed more than $ 1 billion in financial reserves while raising premiums and shifting costs to consumers. Hatch said at the time, "The obligation of Blue Cross is to

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Hatch then launched a compliance review of HealthPartners, another nonprofit HMO, in 2001. The yearlong compliance review found that executives ate lavish meals, traveled the world, gave gifts of Waterford crystal, and engaged in inappropriate entertainment spending inconsistent with the mission

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In 2000, Hatch launched a year-long compliance review of Allina Health System, the state's largest hospital system. Allina at the time owned Medica Health Plans, one of the state's largest HMOs. Allina and Medica are nonprofit organizations. Hatch launched his probe under the nonprofit

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On June 9, 1999, Hatch drew national attention when he became the first state official in the country to file a lawsuit against a national bank for violating customers’ privacy. Hatch sued U.S. Bank, one of the largest banking systems in Minnesota, for entering into a "joint marketing agreement"

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As attorney general Hatch got off to a quick start in implementing his campaign promises. He had pledged to be an active attorney general who would be the "people's lawyer," not just represent state agencies. A former insurance regulator, Hatch brought complex, heavily litigated lawsuits against

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Only a handful of major insurers and HMOs dominated the Minnesota health insurance market in 1987. Blue Cross, PHP and HealthPartners were the dominant players, and all had HMOs that were poorly reserved. PHP, an HMO with 400,000 enrollees, was on the brink of insolvency. PHP had 4,600

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When farmers filed claims for their losses due to the drought, Chubb responded that it would not pay on the policy, claiming it was essentially a gambling contract having nothing to do with the success or failure of the farmer's crop. The company also disavowed any responsibility for the actions

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Hatch responded to the doubling and tripling of rates on two fronts. First, he established a Joint Underwriting Association (JUA), which could issue policies to keep an industry operational if there was a shortage of insurers in a particular field, since some industries could not operate without

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Hatch helped enact several laws to help farmers. One was the mandatory Farmer-Lender Mediation Act of 1986, which required a lender to offer mediation with the farmer before instituting a foreclosure proceeding. Hatch also created an "Interest Buydown Program" in 1985 to pay a portion of the farmer's

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A longtime political reporter said of Hatch's tenure as chair: "He worked to rebuild the bitterly divided, debt-ridden DFL Party after its disastrous 1978 election losses. He showed his prowess, both at raising money and organization building. He raised $ 50,000 to pay off the mortgage and

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Hatch eventually secured a legal settlement with Blue Cross that created a three-judge panel to automatically review any decision by the insurer to deny mental health care for children. Blue Cross also paid $ 8 million to reimburse the state for the cost of shifting care onto the state that the

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As insurance commissioner, Hatch liquidated several HMOs and self-insured health trusts that were insufficiently financed. Insolvent insurers and HMOs included the Duluth Employee Benefit Program, the Minnesota Real Estate Benefit Trust and Plan, More HMO of Virginia, and the LTV

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The Minnesota insurance industry was largely unregulated in 1983. The Associated Press wrote that "Hatch vigorously embraced the role of consumer advocate." One of his first actions as commissioner was to create an enforcement division that eventually handled 40,000 complaints a year from

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Insolvent insurers and HMOs included the Duluth Employee Benefit Program ("Insurer's Insolvency Forces Employers to Find Health Insurance for 2,000 Employees" Minneapolis Star Tribune, July 1, 1988; the Minnesota Real Estate Benefit Trust and Plan (Insolvent Firm Put in State Hands," St. Paul

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Hatch was active in protecting consumers in other sales transactions. In 2002 he won sweeping concessions from several automobile dealers that sold optional warranties and financial products, requiring them to tape-record all sales transactions in which they sold such products. In 2001 he

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Hatch wielded the antitrust and regulatory powers of the office to promote market competition and regulate markets that were dominated by monopolies. In August 2000, he was an early opponent of the movement to deregulate electricity, issuing a several-hundred-page report claiming it would lead

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Hatch took on other causes on behalf of the vulnerable. In 2000, he drafted and got enacted the Safe Place for Newborns Act, which allows mothers to take unwanted babies to any hospital for adoption. After 15 people were arrested in multi-million-dollar rings spanning 24 states that solicited young

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One of Hatch's most cited accomplishments as attorney general was his lawsuit against Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota. In October 2000, he filed suit against Blue Cross, the state's largest health insurer, alleging that it routinely refused to pay for treatment for children and young adults

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Hatch was commerce commissioner during the farm crisis of the mid-1980s. In 1983 Minnesota had over 430 banks and savings and loan associations. Most were in rural areas and depended on the success of the rural economy. Interest rates were at record levels, with a few banks paying up

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In 1976, the Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) was Minnesota's dominant political party. It held two U.S. Senate seats, the governor's office, four of eight Congressional seats, 104 of 134 seats in the Minnesota House of Representatives and 49 of 67 seats in the Minnesota Senate. In 1978, the

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Hatch earned a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1973. He was a trial lawyer in private practice in the 1970s and became chair of the state DFL Party in 1980. In 1983, Governor Rudy Perpich appointed Hatch commissioner of the state Department of Commerce, a position

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was assassinated in 1968 and witnessed the clashes between Vietnam War protesters and police during the 1968 Democratic convention. He got mugged at a port in Milwaukee. Hatch later said of this time in his life, "I wasn't political at the time, but I was awakening to this stuff." He

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Another oft-cited accomplishment of Hatch's was the 2005 agreement he reached with every hospital in Minnesota over their billing and collection practices. Under the agreement, the hospitals agreed to charged uninsured patients with household incomes less than $ 125,000, the same discounted prices

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around the nation, in which leveraged buyout artists made bids that often resulted in the closure or liquidation of the target company. In 1984, several Minnesota public companies secured enactment of a law that empowered the commerce commissioner to delay a tender offer to acquire securities of a

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In 1980, the DFL Party was deeply divided over issues ranging from abortion to gay rights to gun control. The party rules encouraged division by requiring delegates to be elected from "sub-caucuses" organized around specific issues or interest groups. In 1981, Hatch printed political buttons,

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Hatch also took on pharmaceutical companies. In 2002, he filed a lawsuit against Pharmacia Corporation, making Minnesota one of the first states to sue a drug company for defrauding patients and Medical Assistance by quoting "average wholesale prices" that did not reflect the prices insurers

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magazine article about abuses at assisted-living facilities. Alterra charged patients up to $ 4,000 per month, but family members reported patients with Alzheimer's lying in their own feces and urine-soaked garments for hours, and local police frequently discovered dementia patients wandering the

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wrote, "The business practices he cites would be wrong in any company, but they are particularly objectionable in a non-profit company in the health care field." HealthPartners agreed to new spending restrictions and the appointment of a third-party advisor to its board to remedy the deficiencies

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The dispute between Chubb and Hatch ended up in federal court in Cincinnati, Ohio, with one issue being whether Hatch could suspend Chubb's insurance license if it didn't pay on the policies. The court ruled for Hatch, and he was allowed to proceed with a hearing to determine whether Chubb's

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In 2004 and 2005, Hatch challenged Minnesota's efforts to release sex offenders into the public rather than civilly commit them to a security hospital. In 2004 he sued a nursing home that locked vulnerable patients in a ward with sex offenders, some of whom assaulted patients. The Minnesota

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Hatch was active in protecting vulnerable patients in care facilities from abuse. In March 2000 he filed a lawsuit against Alterra, a Wisconsin-based assisted living facility, for misrepresenting that it was qualified to take care of memory-impaired patients. The suit was featured in a

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As an attorney in private practice with his own Minneapolis law firm, Hatch represented over 50 women pro bono in lawsuits to receive coverage from their HMOs for breast cancer treatment. The experience led Hatch to run for attorney general in 1998. He ran as a populist who promised to

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The DFL had a banner year in 1982. It won two additional Congressional seats (5 out of eight), the House of Representatives (77 of 134 seats), the State Senate (42 out of 67) and the governorship. In September 1982 Hatch was instrumental in getting the DFL Party to endorse Rudy Perpich, who

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Hatch "ran the party with a focus on winning elections and an intense dislike of its internal squabbles." By 1982 the "Centrists" began exerting influence on party affairs, and the interest groups turned their focus on Hatch for organizing the group. Nonetheless, the "Centrists" remained an

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Hatch then launched a probe of Fairview Health Systems, another hospital system, finding that it aggressively collected debts from patients too poor to pay their bills and did not offer charity care, in violation of its mission as a nonprofit hospital. Hatch obtained a first-in-the-country

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editorial from the time said, "It is remarkable that HealthPartners would spend money on exotic foreign travel…or overtly political opinion polling at a time when executives knew that their industry was under scrutiny, and it is imperative that health-care executives understand that Minnesotans

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The month before he took office, Hatch announced the formation of a hotline to take complaints from patients with problems with HMOs. In his first month in office, he announced an HMO bill of rights to give patients greater protection from abusive health insurance practices, such as paying

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On December 7, 1982, Governor Perpich appointed Hatch commissioner of the Department of Securities and Real Estate. Hatch's first task was to reorganize the Department of Insurance, the Department of Banking, and the Department of Securities and Real Estate into one Minnesota Department of

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At the time of his victory in June 1980, the mortgage on the party headquarters was in default and the party had no campaign funds for the 1980 election. Under Hatch, the DFL became the first state Democratic party to acquire a computer and jet printer. He published a monthly newspaper that was

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The DFL party chair was elected at the state party convention, conducted in June of each election year. In 1980, the prevailing issue was how the DFL could recover from the devastating loss in 1978. There were six candidates for chair, all but one of whom had significant interest groups or

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Hatch took action against unlawful bill collection practices. In 2003 he filed a lawsuit against Cross Country Bank for selling subprime credit cards with low balance limits to poor people and then harassing them with debt-collection calls. The suit alleged that the bank called some

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and legislative leaders reached an impasse in budget negotiations. Hatch filed a petition to ask a court to order that essential state government services be funded in the event of a shutdown. The court granted Hatch's request, the first time that a Minnesota court had issued an order to

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Hatch urged Allina to split into two companies, separating Medica, an HMO with one million members, from Allina, which ran 19 hospitals and 48 clinics. Three days later, Allina announced that it would split off HMO Medica from its hospitals and clinics. The CEOs of Allina and Medica soon

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In 1988, rural Minnesota experienced a fierce drought. At the time, Chubb Insurance was selling "rain insurance", which paid a farmer if the rain gauge nearest their farm had accumulated less than a certain amount of rain between June 1 and August 31. Chubb's agents were selling the

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Hatch was an advocate for utility ratepayers. In 2001 he petitioned the Public Utilities Commission to put the brakes on a "no surprise bill" program by Reliant Energy Minnegasco that was marketed as a way for consumers to bring predictability to their home heating costs but resulted in

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crashed in northern Minnesota, killing Wellstone 11 days before the state general election. Hatch, a Democrat, worked closely with the state's Republican secretary of state to ensure that people who already voted for Wellstone on absentee ballots would get another chance to vote.

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The 1980s financial crisis also affected insurance companies, with commercial insurers doubling and tripling rates to make up for "cash flow" underwriting in the late 1970s. In cash flow underwriting, an insurer undercuts premiums, expecting to make substantial profit on an anticipated

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Hatch was an early leader in taking to task illegal practices in the real estate and mortgage industries. In 2001 he filed a lawsuit against Countrywide Mortgage for not notifying borrowers of their right to cancel mortgage insurance that cost some homeowners hundreds of dollars per

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The losses sustained by cash flow underwriting were particularly hard on commercial insurers that expected to earn a high profit for many years until claims came due. This created problems for policyholders in securing coverage, because few insurers specialized in certain fields of

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tackle problems in the health care system and malfeasance by large corporations. His campaign featured TV ads with testimonials from some of the breast cancer patients he had represented. Hatch quickly made health care reform one of his top priorities as attorney general.

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Mental health experts praised the settlement as a "major step forward in terms of people being able to access the services they need." Hatch soon expanded the settlement terms to apply to HealthPartners and Medica, the state's other two leading health insurance companies.

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Hatch was reelected to a second term as attorney general on November 5, 2002. Republicans won every other constitutional office that year. Hatch won more votes in that election than any candidate in any previous race for constitutional office in Minnesota history.

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departed. The new Allina chairman agreed that the lavish spending and executive perks were wrong for a nonprofit health care system. Allina and Medica then entered into a regulatory agreement with Hatch to curb conflicts of interest and inappropriate expenditures.

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authorize the government to continue to operate in the absence of a legislative appropriation. Hatch obtained a similar court order in 2005 requiring the state to continue to fund essential government services during a partial government shutdown that year.

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Department of Corrections sent the patients to live in the nursing home, where they were housed with regular patients amid rat and roach infestations. Employees were instructed to tell residents the rats were "bunnies." The nursing home was shut down.

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girls for prostitution, Hatch formed a task force to recommend legislative improvements. He secured $ 6 million in legislative funding for shelters for teenage runaways and prostitutes and drafted legislation that increased penalties for sex offenders.

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investment return of 15% to 20%. The problem was that when the rate of return lowered from 20% in 1980 to 8% in 1984, the loss in anticipated investment profit could not sustain the outflow of cash necessary to pay insurance claims.

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wrote, "Attorney General Mike Hatch was absolutely within his rights to go after Allina Health System on grounds that golf trips, $ 800,000 consultant fees, health spas and so on are way outside the lines of delivering health care." The

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streets in the cold. Hatch noted at the time that assisted-living facilities were "essentially unregulated nursing homes," and called for them to be licensed. The state legislature did not act on his proposal, and in 2017 the

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actually paid the pharmaceutical company for its drugs. In 2003, he filed lawsuits against several more drug companies alleging that they misrepresented the prices of inhalers for asthma patients by up to seven times the true cost.

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On November 7, 2006, Hatch lost the general election by less than 1% to the Republican incumbent, Tim Pawlenty, in a four-way race that included Independence Party nominee Peter Hutchinson and Green Party nominee Ken Pentel.

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commerce. In 1984, Minnesota had only one liquor liability insurer, two medical malpractice insurers, and few insurers that concentrated coverage in specific areas, such as foster parents or psychologists.

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defeated DFL-endorsed candidate Warren Spannaus for governor in the primary election. It was the first time that the DFL endorsed a candidate for statewide office who had defeated the convention-endorsed candidate.

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he served in until 1989. In 1998, he was elected state attorney general, a position to which he was reelected in 2002, receiving more votes than any previous candidate for any statewide office.

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wrote, "Mike Hatch is performing a genuine public service in giving people an insight into some of the spending habits and accounting practices of Allina Health System." The

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A Minnesota political reporter wrote that Hatch was "a zealous consumer watchdog in the regulation of banks, insurance companies, securities and real estate firms."

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wrote, "It is good to see Minnesota Attorney General Mike Hatch adopting the uninsured, the orphans of the health care system, and getting them a better deal."

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coverage as late as July 15 that summer, halfway through the drought. Farmers stood in line outside insurance agencies to buy the coverage in July.

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of the agents who sold the coverage. Hatch said that the insurer was responsible for its agents' actions and that it had to pay on the policies.

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ran a multi-part investigative special report exposing abuses of patients in such facilities. One of the major legislative proposals following the

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Hatch handled many constitutional cases as attorney general. In 2001, Minnesota state government nearly shut down when Governor

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influence in the 1982 elections, stifling the intraparty fights between the interest groups during an important election campaign.

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Hatch returned to private law practice after his term ended in January 2007. In 2019 he and his successor as attorney general

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Despite these programs, the Commerce Department shuttered over 25 financially unstable Minnesota banks between 1984 and 1989.

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Blade, "State, Insurance Industry Agree on Claims Handling Regulations," Minneapolis Star and Tribune, March 23, 2084, p.7B

1515:

Wilson, "Perpich Names Policy Advisor Triplett to Head Planning Agency," Minneapolis Star and Tribune, June 8, 1983, p. 2B

2162:"Hatch Suing Mortgage Company; Complaint Accuses Fleet Mortgage Corp. of Deceptive Trade," Pioneer Press, Dec. 29, 2000 384:

One of Hatch's early focal points was the regulation of corporate takeovers. The 1980s was a time of high-profile

2381:"Mike Hatch Scores Again; Attorney General's Office Exposes Health Care Waste," Rochester Post-Bulletin, Jan. 27. 2003 3070: 1864:

Blade, "State Accuses Chubb-Owned Firm of Reneging on Drought Insurance, Minneapolis Star and Tribune, August 6, 1988

842: 2774:"Called on Collection; State Sues Two Firms Over Tactics Used to Coerce Debt Payments," Pioneer Press, June 17, 2004 2721:"Hatch Calls for Fair Play; Attorney General Cites Needs of Minnesota's Poor," Rochester Post-Bulletin, Jan. 8, 2003 3159: 3125: 1551:

Feyder, "Insurance Industry Changes May Benefit Consumers," Minneapolis Star and Tribune, September 12, 2983, p. 5B

1266: 1190: 1004: 804: 236: 151: 1873:"Federal Judge Says Farmers Suits Against Chubb OK as Class Action," Minneapolis Star and Tribune, August 12, 1988 1242: 1022: 1688:

Blade, "Farm Sector is Weakening State Banks, Hatch Says" Minneapolis Star and Tribune, February 10, 2987, p. 8B

1506:

Wilson, Perpich Plan for Hatch Brings ‘Cronyism’ Charges," Minneapolis Star and Tribune, December 8, 1982, p. 3B

1855:

Brook, "Chubb Won't Issue Drought Policies but Battles Not over, St. Paul Pioneer-Press Dispatch, July 16, 1988

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Blade, "State Asks Tougher Rules on Insurance Advertising," Minneapolis Star and Tribune, December 16, 1983, 7B

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noted that "Hatch has changed the rules of the game for an industry used to a quiet, low-key scrutiny."

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provide affordable health care. Their statutory purpose is not to become the wealthiest nonprofit."

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Langberg, "St. Paul Companies Suiter Agrees to Hearing," St. Paul Pioneer Press, February 2, 1987, p. 1A

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Von Sternberg, "Perpich Revives Subsidy to Farmers," Minneapolis Star and Tribune, April 27, 2986, p.14A

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to be on before eight in the morning and you could expect that he was going to go late into the night."

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Whereat, "When Dayton Hudson came calling, week long drama Ensued." Star tribune, June 28, 1987, p. 1A

1783:

Richards, "Insurers Charged Doctors Too Much, Minnesota Finds," Wall Street Journal, February 16, 1989

1698: 2171:"Hatch hot line; New Attorney General Has Pulse on Health Care," Mesabi Daily News, December 11, 1998 1828:

Parker, "Insurance Rate Cuts Too Little, Hatch Says." St. Paul Pioneer Press Dispatch, April 15, 1989

619: 2918: 2837:"Hatch Sues Nursing Home; Sex Offenders Housed With Patients, Suit Says," Star Tribune, May 27, 2004 1991:

Parker, "Perpich Seeks Mediator Role in HMO Fight," St. Paul Pioneer Press-Dispatch, August 12, 1987

1973:

More HMO to Remain Open While New Partner is Sought," Duluth News Tribune & Herald, May 15, 1987

618:. The endorsement was not binding. In the battle for the endorsement, Hatch defeated state senators 2849:

Hatch Sues Nursing Home; Sex Offenders Housed With Patients, Suit Says," Star Tribune, May 27, 2004

2030:"Attorney General Hatch is Taking on Insurance and Big Grain Companies," John Sundvor, Fargo Forum. 1936:

Blade, "NWA Takeover Battle May Lead to Lien Against Property," Star Tribune, April 7, 1989, p. 7B

1882:

St. Anthony, "Chubb to Pay Claims of State Farmers, Minneapolis Star and tribune, October 30, 1988

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Blade, "Disclosure by Financial Planners Proposed," Minneapolis Star and Tribune, October 31, 1984

1533:"Attorney General Hatch is Taking on Insurance and Big Grain Companies," John Sundvor, Fargo Forum 376:

license should be revoked. Shortly before the hearing, Chubb paid the farmers under the policies.

2000:

Lerner, :PHP Dispute Settled Under Tentative Pact," Minneapolis Star and Tribune, August 23, 1987

1771:

McCartney, "Bars Left Without Dram Shop Insurance." St. Paul Pioneer Press, January 8, 1985, p.1A

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Blade, "Rules Require Notice on Insurance Change," Minneapolis Star and Tribune, October 17, 1985

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McCartney and Salsbury, "Hatch Claims His Policy is to Regulate." St. Paul Pioneer Press Dispatch

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Peters and Thoma, "Pillsbury Bid Doesn't Raise Hackles," St. Paul Pioneer Press, October 6, 1988

1792:"State to be Temporary Insurer of Foster Parents, Minneapolis Star and Tribune, January 16, 1986 3415: 3350: 3335: 2078: 260: 2144:"Hatch Tells Congress to Strengthen Consumer Privacy Protection," Star Tribune, March 24, 2000 3250: 3163: 2153:"Lobbyists Swarm to Stop Tough Privacy Bills in States," Wall Street Journal, April 21, 2000. 727: 2105:"Minnesota Accuses US Bancorp of Illegal Sales of Data," Wall Street Journal, June 10, 1999. 1837:

Brook, "Firm Told to Honor Drought Insurance." St. Paul Pioneer Press-Dispatch, July 9, 1988

3410: 1982:"LTV Will Offer Employees Health Coverage," Minneapolis Star and Tribune, July 20, 1986 P1B 1810:

McCartney, "Dram Shop Insurance Gets Go-Ahead," St. Paul Pioneer Press, July 2, 1985, P. 5B

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Gold, "Hatch Blocks Conwed Takeover Try," St. Paul Pioneer Press, November 9, 1984, p. 7D

1614: 1432: 3305: 3280: 3245: 3225: 1644:"Farm problems put squeeze on agricultural banks | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis" 1316: 860: 1801:

McCartney, "Insurance Crunch Hits Health Field," St. Paul Pioneer Press, July 25, 1985

3325: 3265: 2069:"Attorney General Hatch Takes on American Family," Mesabi Daily News, March 24, 1999. 1394:"A Search for Direction, Followed by Relentless Drive," Star "Tribune, Oct. 15, 2006. 572:

After learning that the legislature had appropriated only $ 10,000 to Governor-elect

308:

In January 1983, Perpich appointed Hatch commissioner of Securities and Real Estate.

265: 136: 2276:"Federal Report Cites Medica Spending as Inappropriate," Star Tribune, Feb. 10, 2000 1385:"A Search for Direction, Followed by Relentless Drive," Star Tribune, Oct. 15, 2006. 3330: 3260: 3255: 3235: 3230: 1247: 173: 2126:"US Bancorp Set to Pay $ 3 Million in Privacy Suit," St. Cloud Times, July 1, 1999 2096:"American Family Ordered to Improve Siding Repairs," Pioneer Press, Oct. 13, 2000. 3360: 3355: 3320: 3310: 3300: 3290: 3183: 2488:"Minnesota lawmakers, families of abuse victims renew push for elder care reform" 2468:"Star Tribune special report: Senior home residents abused, ignored across state" 2085: 1964:"Insolvent Firm Put in State Hands," St. Paul Pioneer Press Dispatch, May 7, 1988 707: 20: 3345: 3270: 3240: 2867:"Hatch: Insurance Firm Should Pay 2 Girls’ Bills," Pioneer Press, Oct. 22, 2005 2666: 2630:"Hatch Urges Regulators to Trim Xcel Rate Request," Star Tribune, July 22, 2006 2550:"Hatch Warns Against Power Deregulation," Rochester Post-Bulletin, Oct. 6, 2000 2448:"Hatch Files Suit Against Assisted-Living Center," Pioneer Press, March 8, 2000 561: 385: 231:(born November 12, 1948) is an American politician and lawyer. He was the 39: 2730:"Hatch Files Suit Over Collection Tactics," Duluth News Tribune, April 4, 2003 3404: 3380: 3365: 3340: 3142: 3118: 3086: 2899:"Former Minnesota AGs Swanson and Hatch Reunite to open Minneapolis Law Firm" 2828:"Too Many Sex Predators Put At Large, Hatch Says," Star Tribune, Feb. 5, 2004 2709:"Hatch Makes Welcome Gesture of Bipartisanship," Pioneer Press, Nov. 20, 2002 2060:"Duluth Native Settles in as Attorney General," Budgeteer News, Feb. 7, 1999. 606: 545: 264:

got into a scuffle with a ship's officer who made a derogatory comment about

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Fair and Square; Hatch, Hospitals Sign Good Pact," Star Tribune, May 9, 2005

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from 1983 to 1989, and chair of the Minnesota DFL Party from 1980 to 1983.

182: 101: 77: 2434:"Hatch Criticizes Blue Cross’ Fund Reserves," Star Tribune, April 27, 2006 2351:"Health Plan Facing Audit by Attorney General," Star Tribune, Oct. 4, 2001 2237:"Blue Cross Settlement is Praised as Example," Star Tribune, June 20, 2001 1362:"Profile: Mike Hatch," Brian Bakst, Associated Press, Oct. 26, 2006. 3175: 2876:"Profile: Mike Hatch," Associated Press, Brian Bakst, Oct. 26, 2006 2009:"Don't Mess with Mike," Betty Wilson, Law & Politics, April–May, 2001 1061:

2006 DFL Primary Election for Minnesota Governor and Lieutenant Governor

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bonuses to doctors who limit the number of referrals given to patients.

2648:"Hatch, USB Settle Long-Term CD Complaint," Star Tribune, Oct. 19. 2001 2051:"Hatch Sets Pace as Activist," Rochester Post Bulletin, Nov. 13, 1999. 3152: 2621:"CenterPoint, Hatch Reach Agreement," St. Cloud Times, Sept. 27, 2005 2342:"Hatch Creates New Regulatory Landscape," Star Tribune, July 22, 2001 2324:"Allina Expenses Questioned," Rochester Post-Bulletin, March 24, 2001 2288:"Hatch Urges Allina to Split Off Medica," Star Tribune, July 18, 2001 1819:"Hitch for Hatch", St. Paul Pioneer Press Dispatch, February 13, 1989 140: 2541:"Hatch Sets Pace As Activist," Rochester Post Bulletin, Nov.13, 1999 2306:"Allina Leader Agrees Perks Were Wrong," Star Tribune, Sept. 7, 2001 2201:"Blue Cross Says Lawsuit is Groundless," Glenn Howatt, Star Tribune. 2135:"Lawsuit Will Provide Benefits," Austin Daily Herald, June 28, 1999. 1167:

2006 General Election for Minnesota Governor and Lieutenant Governor

2858:"Care Center Shutdown is in the Works," Star Tribune, July 24, 2004 2792:"Hatch: Realtor Duped Families," Pioneer Press, Sept. 6, 2003 2570:"Allina Ends Deal for Heart Practices," Star Tribune, June 28, 2005 1524:"Profile: Mike Hatch," Associated Press, Brian Bakst, Oct. 26, 2006 1479:"Profile of DFL Challenger Mike Hatch," Pioneer Press, Nov. 2, 2006 2657:"Hatch Sues Bulletproof Vest Maker," Pioneer Press, April 15, 2004 2591:"Judge Orders Essential Services Kept, Star Tribune, June 24, 2005 2042:"Hatch Renews Fight for HMO Patients," Star Tribune, Feb. 6, 1999. 2399:"Fairview Reforms Debt Collection," Pioneer Press, April 2, 2005 2192:"Hatch Says Blue Cross Shirks Care," Pioneer Press, Oct. 4, 2000 1699:"Minnesota Farm Advocates | Minnesota Department of Agriculture" 1580:"Obama directs Labor Department to move ahead on fiduciary rule" 1497:

Ellison, "Two Years Later, Hatch Wins Fight," Mankato Free Press

2765:"States Files Suit Against AT&T," Star Tribune, May 7, 2004 2315:"Allina Agrees to Limit Spending," Star Tribune, Sept. 25, 2001 2246:"Mental Health Accord is Praised," Pioneer Press, June 20, 2001 638: 408: 2693:"Minnesota Secretary Of State - 2002 General Election Results" 2612:"Utility is Facing Fine, Lawsuit," Star Tribune, June 22, 2005 2582:"Hatch Aims to Soften a Shutdown," Star Tribune, June 22, 2001 524:

exposé was that the state license assisted-living facilities.

2819:"Lender, States Plan to Settle," Pioneer Press, Jan. 21, 2006 2810:"Hatch Investigating Ameriquest," Star Tribune, July 27, 2005 2801:"Agent Barred From Real Estate," Pioneer Press, Nov. 21, 2003 2783:"State Sues Big Mortgage Lender," Star Tribune, Dec. 20, 2001 2600:"Reliant Gas Plan is Questioned," Star Tribune, Dec. 11, 2001 2520:"Hatch Sues Two Drug Companies," Star Tribune, Aug. 28, 2003 1433:"Election Results - Minnesota Legislative Reference Library" 2457:"Better Than a Nursing Home?," Time Magazine, Aug. 13, 2001 1465:"Don't Mess with Mike," Law & Politics, April–May, 2001 2267:"Hatch Attacks Allina Perks," Star Tribune, March 22, 2001 1376:"Don't Mess With Mike," Law and Politics, April–May, 2001. 614:

Hatch was endorsed in June at the DFL state convention in

2532:"Don't Mess With Mike," Law and Politics, April–May, 2001 2297:"Allina to Split Off Medica," Star Tribune, July 21, 2001 895:

2002 DFL Primary Election for Minnesota Attorney General

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Commerce. The reorganization was completed in July 1983.

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Von Sternberg, "Perpich Endorses Voluntary Farm Plan."

255: before dropping out and serving 18 months in the 2677:"Absentee Rules Are Eased," Star Tribune, Nov. 1, 2002 2360:"Perks at HealthPartners," Star Tribune, Jan. 16, 2003 957:

2002 General Election for Minnesota Attorney General

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1998 General Election for Minnesota Attorney General

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