Politics / Elections

MN Rep. Collin Peterson Hosting Town Hall on Veterans Issues Saturday

DETROIT LAKES, Minn. – Minnesota Congressman Collin Peterson is hosting a town hall on veterans issues Saturday March 2nd at 10:00 AM at the Detroit Lakes City Council Chambers. “As a veteran, I look forward to talking about the issues impacting our veterans in the 7th district. Our nation’s fast-growing veteran population deserves quality healthcare and support services, and I…

Clay Co. GOP Apologizes For Post Comparing Sen. Sanders to Hitler

Earlier today we saw this post from the @mnGOP in Clay County, comparing Sen. Bernie Sanders to Hitler. There are a LOT of reasons this is a ridiculous, spurious comparison, and even more reasons why its deeply offensive, and anti-Semitic. pic.twitter.com/jo93pq7FFc — JCA MN (@JCA_MN) February 26, 2019 CLAY COUNTY, Minn. – After sharing a now deleted Facebook post comparing Vermont…

ND State Rep. Ruth Buffalo Proposes Bills on Missing/Murdered Native People & Anti-Human Trafficking

Buffalo is the first Native American Democrat elected into the North Dakota legislature

FARGO, N.D. —  Ruth Buffalo never planed to get into politics. That is until her baby sister was killed by a drunk driver and she started doing some digging. “That led me down a path of researching traffic fatalities, looking at population growth and looking at the disparities within Fort Berthold Indian Reservation versus oil counties outside of the reservation…

Sen. Cramer Sounds Off on Democrats’ Response to Trump’s National Emergency

The Senator says the border protection opposition is a direct attack on President Trump

FARGO, N.D. — Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) is standing by President Trump and his declaration of a national emergency over border wall funding. The Senator was in Fargo to talk with veterans about issues affecting them. Cramer says that Democratic opposition to Trump’s efforts to get more funding for a border wall is purely an attack against the President, and does…

Owner of New England Patriots Charged With Soliciting a Prostitute

The charge comes amid a widespread crackdown on sex trafficking in the area surrounding Palm Beach County.

JUPITER, Fla. (AP) _ Police in Florida have charged New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft with misdemeanor solicitation of prostitution, saying they have videotape of him paying for a sex act inside an illicit massage parlor. Jupiter police told reporters Friday that the 77-year-old Kraft hasn’t been arrested. A warrant will be issued and his attorneys will be notified. The…

Congressmen Peterson & Emmer Discuss Dairy Revenue Protection at Bipartisan Town Hall

MELROSE, Minn. – Congressmen Collin Peterson and Tom Emmer held a bipartisan town hall on agriculture in Stearns County. Peterson, the Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, discussed the importance of the Dairy Revenue Protection in the new farm bill. It’s an area-based program to insure against an unexpected drop in the revenue from milk sales. The expected revenue is based…

On Second Thought, Sports Betting Passed By ND House

The bill originally got the support of representatives present but fell two votes short Wednesday of the 48 needed for approval.

BISMARCK – North Dakota’s House has reconsidered and passed legislation to allow legal gambling on college and professional sports. The bill originally got the support of representatives present but fell two votes short Wednesday of the 48 needed for approval. The bill was approved by a second vote of 52-38. A separate bill that would allow gambling on professional sports…

MN Gov. Walz’s Budget Proposal Includes 20 Cent Per Gallon Gas Tax Hike

ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) – Gov. Tim Walz on Tuesday proposed hiking Minnesota’s gas tax by 20 cents per gallon to pay for road and bridge projects. Under the governor’s spending proposal, the state’s gas tax would increase by 70 percent from the current 28.6 cents per gallon to 48.6 cents. That would make Minnesota’s gas tax the fourth-highest in the…

MN Sen. Klobuchar Says Doctors Need to Change Opioid Prescribing Habits in CNN Town Hall

MANCHESTER, N.H. – Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar referenced the late singer Prince in saying that doctors need to change the prescribing habits of opioids in the United States. At a CNN town hall in New Hampshire on Monday night, Klobuchar says her state still hasn’t gotten over the 2016 death of Prince, one of Minnesota’s most famous residents. He died of…