ST. PAUL, Minnesota, March 25 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota issued the following news release on March 24, 2025: * * * ACLU-MN Files a Lawsuit to End Book Bans in the St. Francis School District This afternoon, the ACLU of Minnesota and pro bono co-counsel Lockridge Grindal Nauen PLLP filed a lawsuit in district court on behalf of N.D. and R.A., both are parents of children in the St. Francis Area School District. N.D. and R.A. are seeking to end the illegal banning of bo  more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Rep. Betty McCollum, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman McCollum Statement on Atlantic Story WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Congresswoman Betty McCollum (MN-04), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, released the following statement in response to a report published by The Atlantic detailing the use of a commercial, open-source messaging service by senior Trump Administration officials including the Vice President and  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, March 25 -- Education Minnesota issued the following news release on March 24, 2025: * * * Educators sue St. Francis Area Schools over book ban policy ST. PAUL, Minnesota. March 24, 2025 - Education Minnesota-St. Francis filed a lawsuit Monday alleging the St. Francis Area Schools unlawfully bans books in libraries and classrooms based on the ideas, characters and stories they contain. The lawsuit was filed in Anoka County District Court on behalf of eight students in t  more

WASHINGTON, March 25 (Rep.) -- House Republican Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * House GOP Leadership and Committee Chairs Issue Joint Statement on Budget Reconciliation WASHINGTON -- Whip Emmer, Speaker Johnson, Leader Scalise, and Chairwoman McClain released the following joint statement alongside the Chairmen of the House Committees with jurisdiction in the budget reconciliation process: Thompson, Rogers, Arrington, Guthrie, Walberg, Hill, Green, Jordan  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, March 25 -- The Minnesota House Democratic-Farmer-Labor Caucus issued the following news release: * * * DFL Lawmakers Introduce "Protect Medicaid, Not Millionaires" Act St. Paul, MN-- While President Trump and Congressional Republicans look to subsidize tax cuts for the wealthy by reducing federal funding for Medicaid, today DFL legislators introduced legislation that would raise taxes on millionaires at the level necessary to offset any cuts to this crucial program. Med  more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, March 25 -- Children's Minnesota, a provider of health care for children, issued the following news release on March 24, 2025: * * * Star Gala inspires $2.14 million in giving to support Children's Minnesota child and family services program MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL (April 24, 2025) -- Children's Minnesota is excited to announce the 33rd annual Star Gala raised $2.14 million to benefit the nonprofit pediatric health system's child and family services program. Star Gala is   more

WASHINGTON, March 24 (Rep.) -- The Congressional Western Caucus issued the following news release: * * * Western Caucus Members Celebrate Trump Executive Order to Expand Domestic Mining Today, Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Doug LaMalfa (CA-01), House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Bruce Westerman (AR-04) and Western Caucus Vice Chair Pete Stauber (MN-08), Chairman of the Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, released statements on President Trump's Exec  more