Politics / Elections

Joe Biden Announces Minnesota Campaign Stop: Duluth

The former vice president will come Friday, September 18

DULUTH, Minn. — Former Vice President Joe Biden will be in Duluth in two days. His campaign announced that the democratic presidential nominee will tour a union training center and speak afterwards. The times for the both the tour and his speech haven’t been announced. President Trump will also visit Minnesota on Friday. The president will be at Bemidji Aviation…

Ag Commissioners Discuss State of the Industry

Big Iron Farm Show returns to West Fargo for its 40th year

WEST FARGO, N.D. — The picture painted by North Dakota and Minnesota’s Ag Commissioners at the Big Iron Farm Show for the remainder of 2020 and the future of 2021 is not a pretty one. “When you see almost a couple of thousand dairy farms go out of business, it’s a big deal,” said North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring….

Minnesota calls on Trump, Biden to follow virus guidelines

Trump has a rally scheduled for Friday in Bemidji.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has urged the campaigns of Donald Trump and Joe Biden to abide by the state’s guidelines for slowing the coronavirus when they visit Minnesota on Friday. Trump may be running as the “law and order” candidate, but that hasn’t stopped him and his campaign from openly defying state emergency orders as he holds…

Senate Republicans fire Minnesota commerce commissioner as Walz’s emergency order is extended

ST. PAUL (FOX 9) – After the Minnesota House blocked a Republican effort to end Gov. Walz’s emergency powers over the coronavirus pandemic, Senate Republicans rejected the confirmation of the state’s commerce commissioner. The Senate voted to oust Commissioner Steve Kelley by a vote of 33-31 on Friday. The vote followed another vote in the Minnesota House to allow Governor Walz to…

Sen. Kevin Cramer champions a bill to lower veteran suicides

WASHINGTON – On Suicide Prevention Day, North Dakota Senator Kevin Cramer introduces a bill to build on the Department of Veterans Affairs’ suicide prevention efforts. It’s called the VA Zero Suicide Demonstration Project Act. The Zero Suicide model aims to eliminate suicide through improvements in our health care systems. A companion bill was introduced in the House this year. A…

WATCH: President Trump holds news conference

President Donald J. Trump holds a news conference. Posted by Fox News on Thursday, September 10, 2020   WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump will hold a news conference. The President is trying to move past revelations that he was determined to play down the threat of the coronavirus as he headed for a rally in battleground Michigan Thursday. But…

Donald Trump, Jr. says his father will win Minnesota, slams Biden in Duluth rally

DULUTH, Minn. – To a room of 250 enthusiastic Trump supporters, Donald Trump, Junior held his Make America Great Again event at a ballroom at the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center. “They say we can’t win Minnesota. I disagree. What about you?” Donald Trump, Junior said. The eldest Trump son addressed the smaller crowd of socially distant, mask-wearing supporters from across…