By Bloomberg Government — Dec 7, 2021 Rep. Angie Craig‘s congressional future may be decided by a five-judge panel appointed by the Minnesota Supreme Court. Craig, you may recall, had two whisker-close victories, by about 18,000 votes over incumbent Rep. Jason Lewis (R) in 2018 and by fewer than 10,000 votes over Tyler Kistner (R) last year. […]
One thing it won’t do: rid the state of all lead service lines, a stated goal of President Joe Biden. By Walker Orenstein and Ashley Hackett, MinnPost — Dec 3, 2021 The largest parts of Minnesota’s $6.8 billion share of the $1.2 trillion federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act are headed to roads, bridges and […]
By Sophia Voight, The Republican Eagle — Dec 1, 2021 Miles of Highway 52 in Rosemount filled with crowds leading up to the Dakota County Technical College (DCTC) Tuesday in anticipation of President Joe Biden’s visit to the college. Hundreds of people flooded the sides of the highway holding up signs and flags to show support […]
By: Tad Johnson and Kara Hildreth, The Sun This Week — Dec 1, 2021 He says DCTC is integral piece of Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Update: This story has been updated to include additional perspective on the visit from local officials. Dakota County Technical College student Sarah Riviere-Herzan said during President Joe Biden’s visit […]
By Bill Salisbury, Pioneer Press — Nov 30, 2021 President Joe Biden promoted his recent $1.2 trillion infrastructure law as a way to create jobs and train highly skilled and well-paid workers during a campaign-style speech at Dakota County Technical College in Rosemount on Tuesday. In his first visit to Minnesota since his election to the […]
By Briana Bierschbach and Hunter Woodall, Star Tribune — Nov 30, 2021 Biden said the law he signed two weeks ago “will change lives.” President Joe Biden used his first Minnesota visit since being elected to take a victory lap on the $1 trillion infrastructure package, promising an infusion of money to repair the state’s […]
By Niels Lesniewski and Ariel Cohen, Roll Call — Nov 29, 2021 President will promote agenda in visit to technical college recommended by Democrat Angie Craig President Joe Biden resumes his campaign to promote the bipartisan infrastructure law and sell his broader Build Back Better agenda with a stop Tuesday in a competitive House district […]
By John Gessner, The Sun This Week — Nov 18, 2021 Representative led charge to restore drug price provisions Fearing that a plan to reduce prescription drug prices lacked the needed votes in Congress, President Joe Biden’s administration dropped it from a late-October version of the hotly debated Build Back Better Act. U.S. Rep. Angie […]
By Christine Schuster, SW News Media — Nov 17, 2021 A long-sought interchange project on Highway 169 in Jordan received an $8 million boost in federal funding, U.S. Rep Angie Craig announced last week. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s grant will support the construction of a grade-separated interchange at Highway 169 and Highway 282. The […]
RFD TV — Nov 15, 2021 The President is set to sign the infrastructure bill at a ceremony later today. It contains billions of dollars for agriculture and the Secretary of Transportation says that more money will be used immediately to fix logjams at our nation’s ports. Some lawmakers have complained about the sheer size and […]