Cannon Falls Beacon — Jan 28, 2022 Tuesday, Rep. Angie Craig announced that the U.S. Department of Justice has awarded the Dakota County Sheriff’s Office with nearly $170,000 in grant funding as a part of the Department of Justice’s Body-Worn Camera Policy and Implementation Program. The program, which Dakota County applied to in 2021 and representative […]
By Ashley Hackett, MinnPost — Jan 28, 2022 Hello and welcome back to the D.C. Memo. This week you can find me obsessing over my Wordle score. Too much of my mental health is hanging on whether or not I complete each daily puzzle (I haven’t lost yet, but I am afraid to imagine what will […]
There’s some confusion, especially for two married women having a child. Does the non-birthing parent have to adopt to make it legal? And how a new law could fix it. By Rena Sarigianopoulos, Kare 11 — Jan 27, 2022 GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. — Imagine you and your spouse give birth to a beautiful baby, but to […]
By Nick Ferraro, Pioneer Press — Jan 26, 2022 The Dakota County sheriff’s office has been awarded a nearly $170,000 federal grant to expand its body camera program. The grant is part of the Justice Department’s body-worn camera policy and implementation program, which Dakota County applied to last year with support from U.S. Rep. Angie […]
By Hastings Star Gazette — Jan 25, 2022 Today, Rep. Angie Craig announced that the U.S. Department of Justice has awarded the Dakota County Sheriff’s Office with nearly $170,000 in grant funding as a part of the Department of Justice’s Body-Worn Camera Policy and Implementation Program. The program, which Dakota County applied to in 2021 and […]
By Richard Painter, Bloomberg Law — Jan 25, 2022 Richard W. Painter, University of Minnesota Law School professor and former chief White House ethics lawyer under President George W. Bush, discusses why Congress must pass a law banning trading of individual stocks by its own members and policymakers. Securities trading by representatives comprises a financial […]
By Andrew Stanton, Newsweek — Jan 24, 2022 Nearly 30 lawmakers urged House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Monday to bring legislation to the floor that would ban members of Congress from owning or trading stocks. In a letter led by Representative Jared Golden, a Maine Democrat, 27 congressional members called for the leaders to […]
“Members of Congress should not be allowed to own or trade individual stocks,” they wrote. By Brooke Singman and Mike Emanuel, FOX Business — January 24, 2022 A group of more than two dozen lawmakers are urging House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy to “swiftly” hold a vote on legislation that would ban […]
The Democrat’s swing seat has made her a top target for Republicans in the GOP’s bid to win back the U.S. House. By Hunter Woodall, Star Tribune — Jan 22, 2022 WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Angie Craig is heading into her most difficult re-election fight yet, defending a suburban battleground district amid a formidable […]
By Jay Edwards, WRNJ Radio — Jan 21, 2022 WASHINGTON, D.C. — The bipartisan Invest to Protect Act of 2022 was being formally introduced in the House Thursday. The bill will make critical, targeted investments in local police departments and ensure that police officers in smaller communities across the country have the resources and training they need to […]