Congress

Three of the four Republicans voted in favor of rescinding funding already allocated for public media organizations through the CPB and four Democrats voted against.

KAXE responds to the House vote to rescind public media funding and urges the Senate to protect trusted local news, emergency alerts and community programming in Northern Minnesota.

Stauber-sponsored provisions were scrapped on concerns they would not pass muster under Senate parliamentary rules.

Congress is expected to vote soon to cut funding that supports KAXE’s local news, emergency alerts and free public service. Take action now to help protect public media in Northern Minnesota.

The bill is likely to change in the Senate, where clean energy advocates and industries are pressing GOP lawmakers.

The audience at the Reif Center to listen to the Democrat speak for an hour, answering a handful of pre-submitted questions primarily about federal funding cuts.

Rep. Pete Stauber, who represents the Eighth Congressional District, hosted a telephone town hall on March 24, but has not hosted an in-person event this session.

State advocates for rural health care providers are sounding the alarm about deep cuts to Medicaid, a possibility in Congress.

Emmer needed the support of nearly all House GOP Republicans and could lose no more than four of them. He spent hours trying to change the minds of those who opposed his candidacy, many of them ultra-conservative Freedom Caucus members.

Senator Tina Smith told us about some of the bills she's working on that affect rural Minnesotans. Coop Tax Fix Bill: Sen. Smith has been contacted by…