By: Jim Johnson, Cannon Falls Beacon Jul 26, 2022 The top priority for the 2023 Farm Bill is crop insurance. Speaker after speaker talked about the insurance that helps farmers navigate and survive through down years. Second District Congresswoman Angie Craig hosted the House Agriculture Committee hearing – called a listening session – with General […]
By Lindsey Peterson and Blois Olson July 26, 2022 WCCO Radio Minnesota Congresswoman Angie Craig (D) is set to receive a major endorsement Tuesday from Dakota County Sheriff Tim Leslie. WCCO Radio political analyst Blois Olson says the endorsement is big for Craig as crime continues to be a hot topic headed into November. He spoke to Vineeta Sawkar on […]
By Mark Dorenkamp, Brownfield AG News – July 25, 2022 House Agriculture Subcommittee Chair Cheri Bustos hosted a farm bill listening session in southeast Minnesota Monday. The Illinois Democrat joined Minnesota Congresswoman Angie Craig on the Peterson Farm near Northfield. Minnesota Soybean Growers Association president Bob Worth told both House Ag Committee members he would […]
By Christopher Vondracek, Star Tribune JULY 25, 2022 A congressional farm bill listening session came to a southern Minnesota farm on Monday, with tractors — painted a familiar shade of green — flanking two congresswomen. “Has anyone heard of John Deere?” said Rep. Cheri Bustos, a Democrat from western Illinois. The joke landed with her […]
By: The New York Times July 21, 2022 WASHINGTON — The House on Thursday passed legislation to ensure access to contraception nationwide, moving over almost unanimous Republican opposition to protect a right that is regarded as newly under threat after the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade. The measure is almost certain to fail […]
By: The truckers report July 21, 2022 The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee approved a measure to spend $755 million on safe truck parking over the next four years. “This is long overdue. It’s one solution to try to make the lives of drivers safer and less stressful and perhaps allow for more retention. This […]
By: BRINGMETHENEWS JUL 14, 2022 Second District Democrat U.S. Rep. Angie Craig announced Thursday she’d filed a complaint against GOP opponent Tyler Kistner after his failure to file a personal financial disclosure report, nearly two months after the deadline. Craig’s complaint followed a Minnesota Reformer article detailing Kistner’s late disclosure, which in turn came after a Star […]
BY: J. PATRICK COOLICAN – JULY 14, 2022 Tyler Kistner, the likely Republican nominee to challenge U.S. Rep. Angie Craig in the 2nd District, hasn’t filed a required financial disclosure report with the House Clerk despite a May deadline. A Kistner campaign spokesman said in a text message that the paperwork has been completed but not turned […]
By Jessie Van Berkel Star Tribune JULY 14, 2022 GOP congressional hopeful Tyler Kistner is two months late in filing his personal financial disclosure form, prompting his DFL opponent U.S. Rep. Angie Craig to file an ethics complaint. Their rematch to represent Minnesota’s Second Congressional District is among the nation’s highest-profile House races this year. Kistner, who filed his last […]
By Morgan Reddekopp, Burnsville Patch – June 22, 2022 MINNESOTA — Angie Craig applauded President Biden Wednesday for supporting a three month federal gas tax holiday. This spring, Craig called for a gas tax holiday on both a state and federal level. “I know that the American people are struggling to keep up with gas […]