ST. PAUL (KVRR/KFGO) — Former Minnesota Senate Minority Leader Melissa Lopez-Franzen is joining the race for U.S. Senate. The Democrat from Edina says she’s launching a campaign focused on fighting for working families and bringing common sense and decency to Washington. She served ten years in the state senate but left after new legislative maps were drawn in 2022. Democratic…
FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — Public safety concerns are being raised over the reported closure and sale of the Edward J. Devitt U.S. Courthouse and Federal Building in Fergus Falls. Senators Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith say the closure could undermine public safety and access to justice in Western Minnesota. They have sent a letter to the General Services Administration…
Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz arrive at a campaign rally in Philadelphia, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)ST. PAUL (KVRR/KFGO) — Gov. Tim Walz says he’s open to running for president in 2028. The Democrat made the comments to editor David Remnick on the New Yorker Radio Hour podcast….
Gov. Tim Walz (D) MinnesotaST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz won’t seek Minnesota’s open U.S. Senate seat next year and is instead considering a run for a third term as governor, the Democrat’s spokesman announced Wednesday. “He loves his job as governor,” Walz’s spokesman Teddy Tschann said in a written statement. The news comes nearly two weeks after U.S. Sen….
WASHINGTON (KVRR-KFGO) – Minnesota U.S. Sen. Tina Smith traded barbs with Elon Musk on social media over the weekend in response to an order for all federal workers to report what they got done last week. Musk, who serves as the department’s chief, posted the order on X, adding that it will be considered a resignation if the workers don’t…
Peggy Flanagan/FacebookST. PAUL (KVRR/FOX9) — Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan has officially launched her campaign for U.S. Senate. Flanagan made the announcement on social media saying she is running to take Minnesota values to D.C. She also says a Native American woman has never won a seat in the U.S. Senate and she believes she can change that. Flanagan, a…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (KVRR/AP) — U.S. Sen. Tina Smith of Minnesota said Thursday that she won’t seek reelection, dealing a blow to her fellow Democrats’ hopes of retaking the Senate in 2026. Smith made the announcement on a video posted to social media. The 66-year-old said she wants to spend more time with her family after 20 years of work…
WASHINGTON – A bipartisan group of senators is demanding immediate action from USDA Secretary Thomas Vilsak after several tribal nations reported that a federal food distribution program they rely on has not fulfilled orders for months, and in some cases has delivered expired food. Last spring, the USDA consolidated from two contractors to one for deliveries of its Food Distribution…
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KVRR) — Did you know that the bald eagle is not designated as the national bird? We have a national mammal, the bison. A national flower, the rose and even a national tree, the oak. The bald eagle has been depicted as a national symbol since 1782 when the founding fathers approved the Great Seal of the United…
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KVRR) — Senators from North Dakota and Minnesota are pushing the U.S. Postal Service to improve its delivery of newspapers and limit rate increases. Senators Hoeven, Cramer, Klobuchar and Smith are all part of the Deliver for Democracy Act. Hoeven says the legislation is about ensuring the postal service follows through on its commitment to improve newspaper delivery….
