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Northland Outdoors

Congress approves $70 million annually to battle chronic wasting disease

Money will go for research and other programs to curb the fatal deer disease.

Minnesota

Report shows stock trading conflicts for 3 Minnesota members of Congress; 1 from North Dakota

Minnesota Sen. Tina Smith, as well as Reps. Angie Craig and Dean Phillips, all Democrats, reported transactions involving companies influenced by committees they sit on. Republican North Dakota Sen. John Hoeven also reported potential conflicts.

September 15, 2022 04:45 PM

Minnesota

'Bull' Johnson faces uphill climb in U.S. House race

Travis "Bull" Johnson is running for Minnesota's Seventh Congressional District this November under the Legal Marijuana Now party and hopes his honesty, realism and political outsider status will be enough for voters to send him to Congress.

September 09, 2022 07:34 AM

Local

8th Congressional District primary: Stauber, Schultz to face off in general election

The two easily defeated their primary challengers.

August 10, 2022 11:06 AM

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Columns

Column: Big Tech is steamrolling America’s Newspapers

In today’s partisan political climate, it is rare for Democrats and Republicans to agree on anything, but the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act is one important exception. Members of Congress on both sides of the aisle agree: we need to pass the JCPA to ensure that publishers — especially small and local publishers — are treated fairly and can serve their communities.

July 19, 2022 10:01 AM

By Brett Wesner / National Newspaper Association

Northland Outdoors

Landmark wildlife funding bill awaits U.S. Senate action after passing House

The bill would provide money to states and tribes to recover troubled species

June 23, 2022 09:56 AM

By John Myers

FILE PHOTO: People play Electronic Arts' "FIFA" video game at the Microsoft Xbox booth at the Electronic Entertainment Expo, or E3, in Los Angeles

National

Groups urge U.S. to probe 'loot box' on Electronic Arts video game

In the game, players build a soccer team using avatars of real players, and compete against other teams. In a letter to the FTC, the groups said the game usually costs $50 to $100 but that the company would push players to spend more while they played.

June 02, 2022 08:31 AM

By Diane Bartz / Reuters

Local

Pine River-Backus student wins annual Congressional Art Competition

Raena Hanneken has placed in the contest in past years.

May 13, 2022 09:01 AM

By Pineandlakes Echo Journal

People protest after leak of U.S. Supreme Court draft majority opinion on Roe v. Wade abortion rights decision, in Washington

National

U.S. Supreme Court abortion move sparks calls for ending Senate's filibuster

Since the start of President Joe Biden's administration, Democrats have wrestled with repealing or modifying the long-held filibuster rule requiring at least 60 votes in the 100-member chamber to advance most legislation, as a way to get around their razor-thin majorities.

May 04, 2022 08:31 AM

By Richard Cowan / Reuters

National

Congress poised to subject U.S. judges to more financial disclosure

The House of Representatives is set to vote on legislation already passed by the Senate that would make it easier for the public to see if a member of the federal judiciary has a financial conflict of interest that would warrant being recused from hearing a case.

April 27, 2022 07:31 AM

By Nate Raymond / Reuters

Sheila Ikenye picks boxes for a shipment at Kem Krest's warehouse in Elkhart

National

White House says reducing inequality, hiking minimum wage could boost U.S. economy

“The real point is that these imperfections in the market have real economic costs in terms of our GDP growth."

April 14, 2022 08:31 AM

By Andrea Shalal / Reuters

Minnesota

Return of earmarks in Congress brings Minnesota projects more than $130M

Earmarks have been absent from spending bills since the early years of Barack Obama’s presidency. Now they're back under names like "congressionally directed spending" and "community project funding." In the past week, Minnesota Democrats have put out statements touting millions in direct funding they obtained for Minnesota. All but two members of Minnesota’s congressional delegation had their names attached to some earmarks.

March 17, 2022 02:01 PM

By Alex Derosier

U.S. President Joe Biden's State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol in Washington

National

House Republicans who challenged Biden's win are losing lots of corporate cash

More than one year later, Republicans in the House of Representatives who voted to challenge the election results have so far collected about half as much corporate cash as they did at this point in the previous election cycle.

March 16, 2022 07:31 AM

By Jason Lange and Andy Sullivan / Reuters