The Minnesota Democrat introduced the No Tax Dollars for First- Class Flights Act earlier this month. By Hunter Woodall, Star Tribune – March 12, 2022 U.S. Rep. Angie Craig wants Congress to take away lawmakers’ ability to spend taxpayer dollars to fly first class. The Democrat, who represents a Minnesota swing district, rolled out her […]
The Minnesota Democrat introduced the No Tax Dollars for First-Class Flights Act earlier this month. By Hunter Woodall, Star Tribune – March 12, 2022 U.S. Rep. Angie Craig wants Congress to take away lawmakers’ ability to spend taxpayer dollars to fly first class. The Democrat, who represents a Minnesota swing district, rolled out her legislation […]
The bipartisan ban on Russian energy imports should reflect our unity, not our divisions. By Editorial Board, Star Tribune – March 12, 2022 Winning a war takes sacrifice. Ukrainian soldiers and citizens have inspired the world with their willingness to give everything — including, tragically, their lives — to defend their nation against the Russian […]
By Annie Grayer, Kristin Wilson, and Clare Foran, CNN – March 9, 2022 (CNN)The House of Representatives voted late Wednesday night to pass a massive government funding bill that includes $13.6 billion in desperately needed aid to Ukraine as the country fights back against Russia’s deadly invasion. Congress is racing the clock ahead of a Friday deadline […]
By Aris Folley & Cristina Marcos, The Hill – March 9, 2022 The House passed a sweeping $1.5 trillion omnibus spending package on Wednesday night to fund the government, hours after lawmakers scrapped billions in funding to combat the COVID-19 pandemic amid resistance from Democrats upset about plans to yank already allocated relief from states. The last-minute revolt […]
By Ashley Hackett, MINNPOST — March 8, 2022 Breaking through the bromances Academic studies have shown that in office settings, men often don’t register the existence of gender discrimination at the same level as women, and the trend of men making up most senior leadership positions in many companies tends to exacerbate that perception gap. Though gender […]
By Ashley Hackett, MINNPOST – March 4, 2022 Hello and welcome back to the D.C. Memo. This week you can find me celebrating the return of cherry blossom season to D.C. If you’ve never been to the District in the March-April time period, you haven’t experienced the beauty of the cherry trees here (nor have […]
By Richard Reeve, KSTP — March 3, 2022 For kids like seven-year-old Pirainila Sugumar, it’s a pandemic problem, hiding in plain sight. “I was going without any glasses, and I got a minus-two eye power,” the Chanhassen second-grader says. “Kind of an unintended consequence of online learning and pandemic life,” Dr. Zac Holland, her optometrist, adds. […]
By DCTC News — Feb 26, 2022 Event focused on the America COMPETES Act of 2022 U.S. Senator Tina Smith and U.S. Representative Angie Craig of Minnesota visited the campus of Dakota County Technical College Thursday morning, February 24, 2022. Senator Smith and Representative Craig spoke in the Dakota Room to an audience of DCTC students, staff, faculty, […]
By Star Tribune staff — Feb 24, 2022 Minnesota’s state and federal elected officials are weighing in on Russia’s wide-ranging attack on Ukraine. Here are some of their initial reactions: Gov. Tim Walz: “Minnesota stands with the people of Ukraine and condemns Russia for this illegal aggression. Leaders across the world must unite and respond to this […]