On Thursday, Minnesota secured $22 million in federal funding to complete the final expansion of U.S. Highway 14 between Nicollet and New Ulm.
“As it moves to four lanes it becomes safer, we’ll have less fatalities and you just can’t put a price on human life,” Rep. Jim Hagedorn (MN-01) said.
Highway 14 is one of the most dangerous roads in Minnesota. Since the mid-80s, more than 145 people have died
An internal review commissioned by Congressman Jim Hagedorn confirms Hagedorn took immediate and decisive steps to uncover all facts and reestablish best practices to administer his office’s franked mail program.
Hagedorn became aware of possible excessive mail services charges on June 18, 2020. Within 48 hours of discovery, Hagedorn:
U.S. Department of Agriculture Deputy Secretary Stephen Censky, U.S. Rep. Jim Hagedorn, R-Minn., along with several other representatives with Minnesota agricultural groups, were at Channel One Food Bank on Aug. 28 to tout the Department of Agriculture’s Farmers to Families Food Box Program.
The program is part of the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program, aimed at providing markets to farmers who have seen changes to supply chains due to the pandemic as well as helping the growing number of food-insecure Americans. On Aug. 25, President Donald Trump and Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue announced up to an additional $1 billion was being allocated for the food box program.
“The additional funding allows the program to continue critical support to farmers, distributors and American families in need,” said the press release
President Trump tweeted out a series of endorsements Monday ahead of Minnesota’s primary. […]
In addition, President Trump tweeted his support for Minnesota’s three incumbent Republican members of Congress: Reps. Jim Hagedorn, Tom Emmer, and Pete Stauber.
“He is a proven leader who will help us Lower your Taxes, Protect our Communities and Defend your Second Amendment,” the president tweeted about Lewis.
Minnesota politicians on Saturday toured some of the places in the Twin Cities that were hit the hardest during the week of civil unrest following the death of George Floyd
Republican Congressman Jim Hagedorn and three GOP congressional candidates visited the destruction near the Minneapolis Police Department’s 3rd Precinct, which was burned amid the protests.
For one of the candidates, the destruction hit
A bipartisan group of lawmakers is asking the USDA to address some implementation issues in the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program.
In a letter to Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue, the lawmakers say CFAP payments don’t include commodities under contract, even though several impacted crops are typically grown under contract, including potatoes and malting barley.
They also raise concerns that the USDA is only covering livestock sales between January 15 and April 15, even though some of the lowest market prices
In recent years, rural health care systems have increasingly struggled to make ends meet — and the COVID-19 pandemic has only increased those challenges, hospital leaders say.
As part of the state’s COVID-19 lockdown, Gov. Tim Walz’s restricted non-essential hospital services to help hospitals prepare for a potential surge in cases. With the case “curve” largely flattened, restrictions have since been relaxed.
Local hospitals are finding that not only has the region not seen a notable surge in COVID-19 hospitalizations, but many patients are now so concerned about contracting the virus that they aren’t coming in for regular care.
