WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- Rep. Betty McCollum, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Betty McCollum Statement on Ruling Pausing Trump's Government Shutdown Order WASHINGTON, D.C. -- After a day of chaos unleashed by President Trump's decision to shut down the federal government, Congresswoman Betty McCollum released the following statement on Tuesday: "I commend Federal District Court Judge AliKhan for quickly pausing the irrational, incompetent, and illegal acti  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * Employment up in 33 states in 2024 January 29, 2025 Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 33 states and was essentially unchanged in 17 states and the District of Columbia from December 2023 to December 2024. * Chart* Chart Data Change in nonfarm employment by state, December 2023 to December 2024 # Change in nonfarm employment by state,  more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Jan. 28 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis issued the following article on Jan. 2, 2025, by Libby Starling, Alene Tchourumoff, and Maxine Xu entitled "After recent successes, Twin Cities region's housing-supply progress slips." Here are excerpts: * * * In 2023, the Twin Cities region failed to meet an overall housing-supply goal and barely met a goal for creating affordable housing but saw continued progress on a goal to increase Black homeownership. The mixed   more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Jan. 28 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis issued the following article on Jan. 6, 2025, by Tu-Uyen Tran entitled "Ninth District apartment construction expected to slow as fewer new projects are permitted." Here are excerpts: * * * Despite strong demand for rental housing in the Twin Cities, real estate developer Leanna Stefaniak said her firm has slowed down plans for new apartments. The main obstacle has been high interest rates, Stefaniak said in early Sep  more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Jan. 28 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis issued the following analysis on Jan. 22, 2025, by Ayushi Narayan entitled "Large-Scale Public Hiring, Wages, and Community Outcomes: Evidence from the Works Progress Administration": Here are excerpts: * * * Using variation in the wage schedule of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), I document the effects of higher wages in this historical public hiring program. Higher WPA wages led to greater WPA employment but   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 (TNSFR) -- The Federal Reserve is reviewing multiple applications submitted under the Bank Holding Company Act seeking approval for proposed acquisitions and the formation of new bank holding companies. The Lindsey Family Trust of Lennox, Georgia, has applied to become a bank holding company by acquiring Trust Holding Company, Inc., and The Trust Bank, both based in Lenox, Georgia. Additionally, Morning Sun Bank Corp. of Morning Sun, Iowa, seeks to acquire First Trust and Sa  more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Jan. 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota issued the following news release: A Rochester man pleaded guilty for his role in the $250 million fraud scheme that exploited a federally-funded child nutrition program during the COVID-19 pandemic, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Lisa D. Kirkpatrick. According to court documents, from approximately October 2020 through January 2022, Sharmake Jama, 37, knowingly participated in a scheme to defraud   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: * * * Minnesota CBP seizes 1,134 gas engines for fraudulent entry MINNEAPOLIS- U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at Minneapolis-St. Paul's Express Consignment Facility intercepted 42 pallets containing a total of 1,134 fraudulent gas engines on January 23. The engines, which came from China, had an appraised value of $1.34 million. Each pallet cont  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: * * * Murkowski, Klobuchar Reintroduce Bill to Support Individuals Living with FASD Washington, DC - U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minnesota) reintroduced the Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) Respect Act of 2025, legislation which reauthorizes programs and funding to aid individuals and families impacted by Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders. "We made significant prog  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minnesota, posted the following statement in the extensions of remarks section of the Congressional Record on Jan. 28, 2025: * * * Mr. Speaker, I rise today to thank and congratulate Garrison McMurtrey for serving for over two years as my District Director. Garrison is a dedicated public servant with a passion for workforce development and economic justice, with a focus on equity and community engagement. Garrison started his career working on campa  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- Rep. Michelle Fischbach, R-Minnesota, issued the following news release on Jan. 29, 2025: Today, President Donald Trump signed the Laken Riley Act into law. This bill, honoring the nursing student who was murdered by an illegal alien who had previously been cited for shoplifting, requires detention of illegal aliens who commit theft and allows a state to sue the federal government for not enforcing border laws. "Had the policies in this bill been in place before Laken R  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: * * * Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth Begins 'Most Important Deployment of My Life' WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth was sworn into his new role leading America's 3.5 million service members and civilians by Vice President JD Vance the morning of Jan. 18, following Hegseth's Jan. 17th's evening Senate confirmation. Vice President JD Vance swears in Pete Hegseth as the 29th secretary of defense as   more