StarTribune: Shootings stir action on Wellstone legacy
WASHINGTON – More than a decade after Sen. Paul Wellstone’s death in a plane crash — and more than four years after Congress passed a landmark mental health law bearing his name — the signature achievement of his political career remains unfinished.
Until now.
With the nation reeling over the shootings of elementary school students by a deranged gunman in Newtown, Conn., Wellstone’s family and friends say they are close to completing his mission of expanding coverage for people with mental health or substance abuse problems.
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