WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: Today, the Justice Department finalized a rule to close a loophole that allowed people to sell firearms online, at gun shows, and at other informal venues without conducting background checks on those who purchase them. This final rule implements provisions of bipartisan legislation Senator Klobuchar has long championed that became law in 2022. "In 2022, I worked across the aisle to pa  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Tina Smith (D-MN) announced that they secured $4,889,000 in funding in the Fiscal Year 2024 federal budget for the Western Mesabi Mine Planning Board. The funds would be used to help complete the unfinished 8.4 miles of the Cross Range Expressway from east of Taconite to Pengilly, MN. It is the only highway that connects many cities and their estimated 50,000 popula  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Tina Smith (D-MN) announced that they secured $1,200,000 in funding in the Fiscal Year 2024 federal budget for a project to construct the Fourth Street Southeast and 19th Avenue roundabout in Rochester. This grant will help transform this controlled 4-way intersection into a roundabout, improving traffic operations and increasing safety for all users. Klobuchar and   more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Tina Smith (D-MN) announced that they secured $5,000,000 in funding in the Fiscal Year 2024 federal budget for the Wabasha Resiliency Project. This grant will be used to reroute Highway 60 to improve flood mitigation. Additionally, the new route will add new public infrastructure to allow for new residential and commercial developments surrounding it. "By rerouting  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Tina Smith (D-MN) announced that they secured federal funding in the Fiscal Year 2024 federal budget for projects benefiting Brooklyn Park and Robbinsdale. These projects will help support the Zanewood Center and improve water quality in Sochacki Park. Klobuchar and Smith requested the funding along with U.S. Representatives Dean Phillips (D-MN) and Ilhan Omar (D-MN  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Tina Smith (D-MN) announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) has awarded $2,560,000 in federal funding for the City of Loman's Highway 11 Rainy River Slide Realignment and Resiliency Project. The project addresses two critical slope failures that threaten to close portions of Highway 11 along the Rainy River. The project will realign 1.2 miles of t  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: Representative Angie Craig led a group of House Republicans and Democrats urging President Biden to take the steps necessary to permit the year-round sale of E15, a biofuel alternative cheaper than traditional gasoline. In their letter, the Members urged the President to issue the emergency waiver needed to allow the year-round sale of E15 to occur. The Members argued that doing so would help bolster Ame  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Tina Flint Smith, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Tina Smith (D-MN), a member of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, celebrated that Red Lake Nation's Red Lake, Inc. will be participating in a United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) agribusiness trade mission to New Delhi, India at the end of the month. 47 diverse businesses and organizations will join Under Secretary Alexis M. Taylor on the mission, and Red Lake will be t  more