GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Sept. 5 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary: * * * 7 years on: How achievement has fared under an 'Educator-in-Chief' * Since 2019, Minnesota has had a former educator in the governor's office -- an "Educator-in-Chief," as nicknamed by Tim Walz himself and his teachers' union Education Minnesota. "Thank you to our friends at  more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Sept. 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota posted the following news release: * * * 75th Defendant Charged in Feeding Our Future Fraud Scheme Muna Wais Fidhin, 44, has been charged in a ten-count indictment with three counts of Wire Fraud, four counts of Federal Programs Bribery, and three counts of Money Laundering for her role in the Feeding Our Future fraud scheme, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph H. Thompson. Fidhin is the 75th de  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * Following Testimony Before Senate Finance Committee, Rep. Angie Craig Calls on HHS Secretary Kennedy to Resign, Cites Disregard for Science and Threats to Public Health * Today, following his testimony before the Senate Finance Committee yesterday, U.S. Representative Angie Craig called on Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to resign. In a letter to Secret  more

DECORAH, Iowa, Sept. 5 -- Luther College posted the following news: * * * His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon of Norway to visit United States * # Luther College is excited to share the following media release from the Norwegian embassy related to an upcoming royal visit to America. The purpose of the trip is to mark the 200th anniversary of the first organized Norwegian emigration to the United States. His visit will highlight the deep cultural and historical ties between the two co  more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Sept. 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota posted the following news release: * * * Kenyan National Charged with International Money Laundering in Feeding Our Future Fraud Scheme Ahmednaji Sheikh helped his brother Abdiaziz Farah Stash Millions in Kenya * Ahmednaji Maalim Aftin Sheikh, 28, a resident of Kenya, was indicted today with Conspiracy to Commit International Money Laundering for his role in the Feeding Our Future fraud scheme,   more

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Sept. 5 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary: * * * Minnesota Man of the week * Nicholas Lopez-Juarez, age 28, billed out of St. James, then St. Peter, then Melrose, is our. A Guatemalan national, Lopez has been charged with one federal felony count of illegal re-entry of a previously deported alien. Prosecutors document an e  more

NEW YORK, Sept. 5 [Category: Sociological] -- Everytown for Gun Safety posted the following news release: * * * Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Condemn Complete Lack of Action from Minnesota State Lawmakers on Gun Safety Following Deadly Mass Shooting at Annunciation Catholic School * Calls for a Special Session for State Ban on Assault Weapons Come After Two Children Killed and 21 Other People Wounded on Third Day Back to School at Annunciation Catholic School MINNEAPOLIS -- A   more

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Sept. 5 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary: * * * Packed house as MPCA pits mining against... wild rice? * The Duluth News Tribune reported yesterday that a crowd of miners packed the house at the Iron Trail Motors Event Center in Virginia this week. The miners warned that the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency -- which has p  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- Rep. Mike Thompson, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * THOMPSON, 130 HOUSE DEMOCRATS CALL ON SPEAKER JOHNSON TO ADDRESS GUN VIOLENCE: "YOUR ACTIONS AND INACTIONS WILL BE JUDGED FOR ETERNITY" * TASK FORCE MEMBERS URGE JOHNSON TO JOIN THEM AND ACT ON HIS PRAYERS TO ADDRESS GUN VIOLENCE Washington, D.C. - In the wake of the deadly school shooting at the Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Gun Violence Prevention Chairman Mike Thom  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * Two Minnesota Men Arrested for Funding and Directing Kidnappings, Bombings, and Killings Overseas * A federal grand jury in Minnesota has returned an eight-count indictment charging naturalized U.S. citizens Benedict Nwana Kuah, 51, and Pascal Kikishy Wongbi, 52, with organizing, financing, and directing kidnappings, bombings, and killings in their native country, the Republic of Cameroon. Kuah and  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Sen. Tina Flint Smith, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Senator Tina Smith Delivers Floor Speech Remembering Annunciation School Shooting Victims, Pushes for Congress to Pass Gun Safety Legislation * WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Tina Smith delivered a speech on the floor of the United States Senate after the tragic shooting at Annunciation Catholic School last week. You can watch Sen. Smith's floor speech here. You can read Sen. Smith's rem  more