D.C. Memo: Doused down and gridlocked out
COVID-19 hits the White House, Omar and Phillips team up against hate and a windfall of funds possible for Minnesota projects.
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Which Minnesota restaurants got grants from the federal Restaurant Revitalization Fund?
The federal fund, created by the American Rescue Plan, sought to offset pandemic-related financial losses. The program ran out of funding in 12 days.
D.C. Memo: You look happy and healthy (from vaccine)
Emmer’s influence on the 2022 midterm elections, Omar’s not invited to the Middle East and the Canadian border is… still closed.
The American Rescue Plan included loan forgiveness for Minnesota farmers of color. Then a group of white farmers sued.
The plaintiffs claim the program is racist, but supporters call it a civil rights issue in a country where farmers of color have been systematically discriminated against.
D.C. Memo: Something in the (Still)water
Minnesota’s delegation heads home, Hagedorn announces reoccurrence of kidney cancer and a Minnesota conspiracy theorist unveiled.
Reps. Angie Craig and Ilhan Omar sign on to effort to decriminalize cannabis at the federal level
A previous version of the bill passed the House overwhelmingly last year but died in the Senate. This year’s version contains stronger social justice measures that address the generational effects of pot criminalization.
What Biden’s anti-crime plan does. And what it could mean for the Twin Cities.
With Minneapolis and St. Paul as targets for extra support, the cities will see some changes, though officials aren’t sure yet how Biden’s directives will fold into existing crime-reduction initiatives.
A report ranks Minnesota third for child well-being, but there are big gaps between white children and children of color
Advocates are looking to Congress for new family supports that could move the disparities.
Fixes to Duluth’s ‘can of worms’ highway interchange are underway, but finishing the whole project may hinge on federal infrastructure negotiations
Rife with blind merges and left exits, the section of I-35 that passes through Duluth has been in need of major changes for decades.
Why the involvement of U.S. Marshals complicates potential legal proceedings around the killing of Winston Smith
Though Smith was shot by sheriffs deputies from Hennepin and Ramsey Counties, they were acting under the authority of the U.S. Marshals Service, part of the federal government.
D.C. Memo: Making it Minnesota awkward
Biden trading Republicans in infrastructure deals; calls for more Minnesota police investigations and the power of $300.
Is $300 extra per week in unemployment benefits actually stopping anyone in Minnesota from taking a job?
You know we’re going to say: It’s complicated.
Why U.S. Marshals were involved in the death of Winston Smith. And why there isn’t any body camera footage of the shooting.
Smith was killed as members of a U.S. Marshals task force attempted to arrest him over a firearms warrant.
Why Rep. Ilhan Omar wants to repeal a U.S. law that’s been on the books for more than two centuries
The Alien Enemies Act, first aimed at suspected French-sympathizers during the Adams administration, has been used to justify everything from Japanese internment to Trump’s travel ban.
D.C. Memo: What happened and why
Trump’s short life as a blogger, the January 6 commission controversy and a Minnesota political power family.
D.C. Memo: What’s changed?
Reporting on the anniversary of George Floyd’s death; Rep. Pete Stauber calls Donald Trump back to Minnesota; and some drama at the southern border.
With Canada’s border restrictions still in place, Northwest Angle remains off limits to tourists
As COVID-19 restrictions lift in much of the U.S., business owners in this isolated part of the U.S. remain hobbled by the closure of the Canadian border. As one resident put it, “the rest of the country’s opening up and we’re getting robbed of more of our lives.”
D.C. Memo: Many happy returns
Ceasefire in the Mideast, presidential tax returns and that Capitol “tour.”
Housing construction in Minnesota never really recovered after the Great Recession. Now federal policymakers are looking to give it a boost.
The Biden administration has called for spending $200 billion to increase the U.S. housing supply.
What the Supreme Court’s decision to hear a Mississippi abortion case might mean for Minnesota
This is the first time the Court has agreed to hear an abortion case since the appointment of Amy Coney Barrett, an opponent of abortion rights.
