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U-S Senators Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken have introduced legislation to help prevent spikes in Minnesota gas prices. The sig...
Although Triple-A Minnesota and other sources are blaming the recent spike in gas prices on planned refinery shutdowns, a Min...
Sometimes politics make strange bedfellows. Republican State Representative Dean Urdahl of Grove City is asking for Democrat ...
Sometimes politics make strange bedfellows. Republican State Representative Dean Urdahl of Grove City is asking for Democrat ...
The U.S. Senate Ag Committee passed the 2013 Farm Bill on a15-5 vote Tuesday. Senator Amy Klobuchar says the bill includes ma...
(Washington, DC) -- A bi-partisan group of a dozen U.S. senators, including Minnesota's Al Franken, have called on the Fo...
(Washington, DC) -- An amendment aimed at fighting the spread of Asian carp in Minnesota's waterways passed unanimously i...
(Washington, DC) -- Minnesota Senator Al Franken is hopeful the Marketplace Fairness Act will pass the U-S Senate today or to...
On Tuesday, April 23, at 6:30 p.m., key members of U.S. Sen. Al Franken's staff will be at Willmar High School to lead a ...
On Wednesday Minnesota's Congressional Delegation came together for U.S. Sen. Al Franken’s (D-Minn.) third annualho...
On Thursday, U.S. Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) told a group of more than 60 farmers, ranchers, and farm leaders in Mankato that ...
(St. Paul, MN) -- Governor Dayton has appointed former U-S Attorney David Lillehaug (LILL'-uh-howg) to the Minnesota Supr...
Former U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman says he won't run forpublic office next year. Coleman had announced earlier that he wouldn&...
The focus on jobs and the economy in President Barrack Obama's State of the Union address is the proper way to move the c...
(Washington, DC) -- Several Minnesotans will be in the U-S House gallery tonight (Tues) for President Obama's State of th...
U.S. Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) said today that Congress needs to make enactment of a five-year Farm Bill a top priority this ...
Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) and U.S. Rep. Richard Nugent (R-Fla.) say they will be introducing bipartisan legislation with 25 c...
(Washington, DC) -- Senator Al Franken announced today (Wed) that he's backing a bill that would increase funding to comb...
The mayor of Minneapolis and Minnesota's U-S senators have tomake good with their counterparts in Wisconsin after losing ...
(Washington, DC) -- U-S senators from Minnesota and Wisconsin are placing a friendly wager on Saturday's playoff game bet...
(Washington, DC) -- For most, the holidays are all about shopping while for others it's a season for negotiating. For U-S...
(Washington, DC) -- A focused effort to reduce homelessness among veterans has led to a significant decline over the past fou...
Governor Mark Dayton and DFL Leaders are touring the state in the run-up to Election Day on a bus tour to rally Minnesotans t...
Senator Al Franken says it's urgent congress pass a new, 5-year farm bill. Franken says the drought across most of the U....
8-23-12 People attending the Minnesota State Fair on this opening day (Thurs) will likely run into a few politicians. Rumor h...
8-7-12 Agriculture takes center stage in southern Minnesotabeginning today as Farmfest opens its gates just outside Redwood F...
(St. Paul, MN) -- Officials say 123 thousand Minnesotans will receive rebates averaging 160 dollars on their health insurance...
8-2-12 Senators Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken along withCongressman Chip Cravaack are urging President Obama to reconsider a r...
7-2-12 (Washington, DC) -- Members of Minnesota's congressional delegation are urging President Obama to quickly issue a ...
(Washington, DC) -- The 2012 Farm Bill passed by the U-S Senate includes a provision authored by Senator Al Franken. He re-wr...
6-22-12 (Duluth, MN) -- Senators Al Franken, Amy Klobuchar and Representative Chip Cravaack (kruh-VACK') are getting a fi...
6-8-12 Former State Representative Al Juhnke of Willmar says he did not consider running for election again this fall. With l...
6-7-12 Senator Al Franken thinks the 2012 U.S. Farm Bill has a good chance of passing off the Senate Floor. Franken says agri...
6-7-12 In terms of politics it's going be be a lively summer and fall, with just about everyone but the Governor and Sena...
5-28-12 Senator Al Franken heads to central Minnesota this afternoon for a special Memorial Day event (2pm). He'll be in ...
5-10-12 Sen. Al FrankenlaudedPostmaster General Patrick R. Donahoefor abandoninghis plan to close rural post offices in Minne...
4-19-12 Senator Al Franken continues his push to reform the ailing U.S. Postal Service. The mail agency is on the verge of ba...
4-6-12 During discussion with health care professionals at Rice Memorial Hospital this week, U.S. Senator Al Franken said he ...
4-4-12 U.S. Senator Al Franken visited the Rice Regional Dental Clinic and toured Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar yesterday...
4-3-12 U-S Senator Al Franken has been meeting with energyofficials in southwestern Minnesota. In Luverne, Franken toured the...
3-16-12 Kandiyohi County Commissioner Harlan Madsen of Lake Lillianhas been appointed to a task force charged with finding ne...
3-8-12 (Washington, D-C) -- The results are in from the latest Minnesota congressional "Hotdish Off." From the most...
2-16-12 Teachers and school officials from around the area yesterday told representatives of Senator Al Franken the Bush-era ...
2-15-12 Members of Senator Al Franken's staff will be at the KennedyElementary School Little Theater in Willmar this afte...
1-26-12 In an effort to improve Minnesota's employment picture,U-S Senator Al Franken has introduced his "Back to Wo...
1-25-12 It's hard to go back home again. That's what a new poll says about two Minnesotans after their failed attempt...
1-24-12 (Raleigh, NC) -- A new poll suggests U-S Senator Amy Klobuchar is "close to unbeatable" in 2012. The Minnes...
1-9-12 Another extension of the payroll tax cut will be one of thefirst things on lawmakers' agenda when Congress goes back i...
12-14-11 (Washington, DC) -- Under pressure from Congress, the U-S Postal Service Tuesday agreed to delay until mid-May the p...
11-16-11 The state of Minnesota is among the first to apply for a waiver from the federal No Child Left Behind education law....
10-26-11 (Washington, DC) -- Senator Al Franken has introduced a bill that would require each state have a "Bill of Righ...
10-20-11 Senator Al Franken is pleased that the Environmental Protection Agency has decided not to impose federal dust regula...
10-3-11 With the country still in need of a balanced budget, U-S Senator Al Franken says steps should be taken to reduce the ...
9-16-11 Governor Dayton along with U-S Senators Amy Klobuchar and AlFranken climb into an aircraft later this morning to get ...
8-2-11 (Washington, DC) -- "Very glad that this thing is over," said Senator Al Franken after the U-S Senate passed...
8-2-11 With the U-S Senate set to take on a final vote on thecountry's debt limit later this morning, Minnesota's lawmakers a...
8-1-11 (Washington, DC) -- "Yes" votes are promised by both of Minnesota's senators on the debt deal worked out bet...
7-28-11-- As a key vote nears in the U-S House on limiting the national debt, A-A-R-P volunteers are delivering petitions sig...
7-28-11 Two of Minnesota's best-known lawmakers are making noisein Washington. Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann will d...
6-15-11 Efforts were stopped yesterday to abruptly end federal support for ethanol production. Senator Al Franken said it was...
(Minneapolis, MN) -- Senator Al Franken believes Minnesota's federal disaster declaration request for Hennepin and Anoka coun...
5-26-11 U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken and U.S. Representatives Collin Peterson and Tim Walz say the Federal High...
(Washington, DC) -- Senator Al Franken is complaining after a bill thatwould eliminate subsidies to big oil companies fell sh...
– Minnesota Twins baseball legend and Hall of Famer Harmon Killebrew was honored today before the U.S. Senate in a Cong...
Minnesota's congressional delegation has the bestsharp-shooting members in the nation. Representatives Collin Peterson andJoh...
Several Minnesota lawmakers have posted theirreaction to news that Osama bin Laden has been killed in a U-S operation.U-S Sen...
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