WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 -- Rep. Brad Finstad, R-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * Finstad, Thompson, Cole, Harris: "Democrats are denying full SNAP benefits to vulnerable Americans." * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee Chairman Brad Finstad (MN-01), House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn "GT" Thompson (R-PA), House Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole (R-OK), and House Appropriations Agriculture Subcommittee Chairman Andy Ha  more

ROCHESTER, Minnesota, Nov. 4 [Category: BizHospital] -- The Mayo Clinic issued the following news release: * * * How Mayo Clinic experts are using AI to better detect sleep apnea, especially in women * ROCHESTER, Minn. Mayo Clinic researchers have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm that can identify obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) using the results from an electrocardiogram (ECG) - a common heart test. The innovation could make it faster, cheaper, and easier to spot sleep apne  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 -- Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, ranking member of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Klobuchar Statement on the Administration Refusing to Fully Fund SNAP U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, released the following statement in response to the administration announcing that, as required by court orders, it will use the U.S. Depar  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release: * * * SBA Disaster Relief Still Available to Minnesota Residents, Businesses and Private Nonprofits * Senate Democrats voted to block a clean federal funding bill (H.R. 5371), leading to a government shutdown that is preventing the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) from serving America's 36 million small businesses. Every day that Senate Democrats continue to o  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 -- The University of Minnesota International Student and Scholar Services, Minneapolis, has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) expressing concerns over proposed revisions to data collection protocols for international students. The university, which has a long-standing tradition of hosting international students, currently supports approximately 6,000 on F visas, and emphasizes the vital role   more