WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Rep. Betty McCollum, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Betty McCollum and Minnesota Health Care leaders Highlight Importance of Medicaid WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Democrats across the country, as well as health care providers and advocates, are highlighting the negative impacts that face seniors, children, and working parents if the House Republican budget becomes law. Republicans' budget sets up billions of dollars of cuts to Medicai  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for March 19, 2025 NAVY Lockheed Martin Corp., Syracuse, New York, was awarded a $54,207,213 cost-plus-incentive-fee undefinitized delivery order (N00024-25-F-6219) under previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite quantity contract (N00024-19-D-6200) for production of submarine electronic warfare systems on new construction and in-service submarines. Work will be performed in Syracuse, N  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 (TNSFR) -- The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a final rule extending the deadline for the removal of the 1-psi gasoline volatility waiver in Ohio and nine counties in South Dakota by one year, moving the effective date from April 28, 2025, to April 28, 2026. This decision follows petitions from the Governors of Ohio and South Dakota requesting additional time to comply with the regulatory changes aimed at reducing air pollution. The 1-psi waiver, originall  more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, March 19 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis issued the following article on March 14, 2025, by Lisa Cammer McKay and kenneth Cowles entitled "Who is homeless in the United States? A 2025 update." Here are excerpts: * * * Homelessness data in the United States come from annual point-in-time (PIT) counts, where local volunteers spread out to count the sheltered and unsheltered population experiencing homelessness on a single night in January. In 2024, there were   more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, March 19 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis issued the following analysis on Feb. 24, 2025, by Haley Chinander "Hiring slows as businesses continue to face high costs." Here are excerpts: * * * Businesses have continued to feel pressure from increased prices and heightened operating costs, according to the most recent General Business Survey by the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. The January survey received 568 responses from business owners across the Ni  more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, March 19 (TNSrep) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Opportunity and Inclusive Growth Institute issued the following revised white paper (No. 75) on Feb. 28, 2025, by Misty Heggeness and Ana Sofia Leon entitled "Heterogeneous Effects of School Reopenings on the Labor Supply of Parents of Young School-Age Children". Here are excerpts: * * * Like most countries, the Chilean government closed schools as part of its pandemic public health mandates. In this paper,   more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, March 19 (TNSres) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis issued the following Economic Research white paper (No. 810) on March 7, 2025, by Javier Bianchi and Louphou Coulibaly entitled "The Optimal Monetary Policy Response to Tariffs ". Here are excerpts: * * * What is the optimal monetary policy response to tariffs? This paper explores this question within an open-economy New Keynesian model and shows that the optimal monetary policy response is expansionary, wit  more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, March 19 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis issued the following analysis on March 4, 2025, by Christina Spicher and Libby Starling entitled "Rising property insurance costs stress multifamily housing": Here are excerpts: * * * In conversations with Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis staff members in late 2023 and early 2024, owners and operators of multifamily rental housing shared anecdotes of dramatic increases in property insurance premiums and deductibles  more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, March 19 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis issued the following analysis on Feb. 19, 2025, by Ben Horowitz and Christina Spicher entitled "States made big and little changes to land use laws in 2024": Here are excerpts: * * * As households' shelter costs continued to rise in 2024, many legislatures across the country re-examined their states' approaches to regulating the production of new homes. Their work resulted in an array of new land use laws at the state  more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, March 19 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis issued the following analysis on February 21, 2025, by Joe Mahon entitled "Farmers limped across the finish line at year-end": Here are excerpts: * * * Facebook LinkedIn Twitter The two biggest uncontrollable factors for farmers--weather and markets--both turned more negative in much of the region at the end of last year. "We have been in a drought and grain prices have been very low," wrote a Minnesota banker, "m  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 (TNSFR) -- The Grand Rapids Public Museum in Michigan, has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects in accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). The museum has determined a cultural affiliation between the remains and multiple Native American tribes, paving the way for their return. The human remains, identified as belonging to at least one individual of Native American ancestry, were excavated in 187  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, March 20 -- The Minnesota House Democratic-Farmer-Labor Caucus issued the following news release on March 19, 2025: * * * Health Committee Discusses DFL Bills to Make Prescription Drugs More Affordable St. Paul, MN - Today, Wednesday, March 19, the Minnesota House of Representatives Health Committee heard three bills, authored by Rep. Steve Elkins (DFL - Bloomington), which would reduce the cost of prescription drugs. The bills include HF 1652 which would prevent health p  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * Klobuchar Statement on Illegal Firing of Federal Trade Commissioners WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), the only Democratic Senator on both the Judiciary and Commerce Committees, released the following statement on the illegal firing of Federal Trade Commissioners Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya. "This is outrageous. President Trump's dismissal of Commissioners Slaughter  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, ranking member of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Klobuchar Statement on USDA Implementation of the Emergency Commodity Assistance Program WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, released the following statement on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announcing it will issue up  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * Klobuchar, Durbin, Cantwell, Colleagues Call on President Trump to Reverse the Illegal Firing of FTC Commissioners WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law and a member of the Commerce Committee, along with Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Dick Durbin (D-IL), Commerce, Science and Transportation Commit  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, March 20 -- The Minnesota Department of Agriculture issued the following news on March 19, 2025: * * * Funding Available to Assist Minnesota Meat Processors MDA grant aims to help hire and retain processing employees Minnesota partner organizations who serve meat and poultry processors are encouraged to apply for the Minnesota Department of Agriculture's (MDA) Meat Processing Train & Retain Grant. The Meat Processing Train & Retain Grant program will award one-time fund  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, March 20 -- The Minnesota Utilities Commission issued the following decision involving CenterPoint Energy Minnesota Gas and Xcel Energy: * * * INTRODUCTION DECISION ITEMS 1. Details 2024-175 ** E002,111,017,015/CI-24-200 All Rate-Regulated Electric Utilities In the Matter of Impacts of the "Capacity" Definition in Minn. Stat. Sec. 216.164 and Associated Rules on Net-metering Eligibility for Rate-Regulated Utilities. Should the Commission reconsider its January 23, 2  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, March 20 -- The Minnesota Department of Education issued the following news release on March 19, 2025: * * * Minnesota Department of Education Statement on the Verdict in the Feeding Our Future Trial MINNEAPOLIS -- The Minnesota Department of Education released the following statement today after a jury held criminals accountable in the trial involving Feeding Our Future founder Aimee Bock and Safari Restaurant owner Salim Said: "This case has deeply affected communities  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York, ranking member of the Senate Special Committee on Aging posted the following fact sheet: * * * The Republican Plan for Medicaid Will Harm Minnesota More than 1.1 million Minnesotans rely on Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Republican Cuts to Medicaid Put Minnesotans' Health and Coverage At-Risk Every proposal on the Republican wish list of more than $2 trillion in Medicaid cuts is bad news for Minnesota  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 (TNSFR) -- The National Park Service has released a notice regarding properties nominated for listing in the National Register of Historic Places, encompassing multiple states across the country. The nominations, submitted by various state historic preservation offices before March 8, 2025, are now open for public review and comment. These sites reflect a broad range of historical and cultural significance, including architectural landmarks, historic districts, and sites tie  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news: * * * Pressley, Clarke, Van Hollen Lead Letter to the Administration Demanding Reinstatement of TPS for Haiti Text of the Letter (PDF) WASHINGTON - Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), Congresswoman Yvette Clarke (NY-09), and Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) led 62 of their colleagues in the House and 23 of their colleagues in the Senate in a letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi   more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minnesota, ranking member of the House Agriculture Committee, issued the following news release on March 18, 2025: * * * Ranking Member Craig Statement on the Emergency Commodity Assistance Program Rollout Today, House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig (MN-02) released the below statement regarding the U.S. Department of Agriculture's rollout of the Emergency Commodity Assistance Program (ECAP), authorized through the American Relief   more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Rep. Betty McCollum, D-Minnesota, posted the following statement in the extensions of remarks section of the Congressional Record on March 18, 2025: * * * Mr. Speaker, in the last election, then-candidate Trump ran on lowering costs for American families. He owned the issue on the campaign trail, and he won. I had hoped that he would follow through on his promise to "lower costs on day one." But instead of working to lower costs, the President has waged an unprompted   more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * Reps. Craig and Feenstra Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Strengthen Crop and Livestock Insurance for New, Beginning and Veteran Farmers and Producers WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Representatives Angie Craig (D-MN) and Randy Feenstra (R-IA) recently introduced the Crop Insurance for Future Farmers Act to bolster crop and livestock insurance protections for new, beginning and veteran farmers and producers. T  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Rep. Marilyn Strickland, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * Strickland Leads Bipartisan Bill for Intergenerational Caregiving Washington, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10), alongside Rep. Bryan Steil (WI-01) introduced the bipartisan Care Across Generations Act. The bill establishes a grant program for long-term care facilities to operate or contract with a childcare program and facilitate intergenerational activities. "Caregi  more