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KSAX: Greater Minnesota Business Owner Hopeful $30 Billion Small Business Bill Will Help Ease Financial Strain

ALEXANDRIA, Minn. – Senate passed a $30 billion Small Business Bill, and the area's local businesses are hoping it has a positive affect on greater Minnesota.

"This is meant to get out to Alexandria and greater Minnesota," Senator Al Franken said about the bill. "It's $8 billion in tax incentives for small businesses to hire new folks and also about $30 billion in loans for small businesses."

Jim Langman, an Alexandria business owner, said the extra money could help him hire back the employee h...

Star Tribune: Franken meets U of M grad (and British Deputy PM) Nick Clegg

Photo evidence (below) has just been released of Sen. Al Franken's meeting Thursday morning with Deputy British Prime Minister and University of Minnesota graduate Nick Clegg.

Clegg, the leader of Britain's Liberal Democratic party, got his masters degree in Minnesota, and, from what we hear, has gone far with his Midwestern education.

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Huffington Post: Al Franken: Foreclosure Paperwork Scandal Shows Need To Strengthen HAMP

The revelation that massive numbers of foreclosures may be tainted by bogus paperwork from mortgage servicers is further evidence that the Obama administration's anti-foreclosure efforts need a pro-homeowner boost, says Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.).

"Millions of families are losing their homes in the current housing crisis so I'm outraged when I hear stories that show how broken the mortgage services industry is," said Franken in a statement to HuffPost. "The actions of Ally Financial are just...

Brainerd Dispatch: Indian communities get grant

U.S. Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) and Rep. Collin Peterson (D-Minn.) recently announced $8,125,644 in federal funding will be going to seven tribes in Minnesota to help them strengthen their law enforcement and justice systems.

The funds will be administered by the Department of Justice through the Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation .

The CTAS grants will be awarded through the Bureau of Justice Assistance, the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, the Office on Violence Against ...

WXOW: Austin, MN receives flood grant

(Washington, DC) – Today, Senators Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken (D-Minn.), along with Congressman Tim Walz (D-Minn.) announced that the City of Austin, Minnesota will receive a $5 million grant for flood mitigation from the Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration (EDA).

According to the EDA, the grant will be combined with local funding for a total project cost of almost $9.6 million and is expected to create about 300 jobs, retain another 1,000 jobs, and to leverage...

Politico: Al Franken gets emotional over 'don't ask' vote

An emotional speech from Sen. Al Franken delivered shortly after Republicans blocked action on a bill repealing the Pentagon's "don't ask, don't tell" policy has the liberal blogosphere buzzing.

The Minnesota Democrat choked up Tuesday as he spoke of an Army base he visited during his days as a comedian and of part of his routine that focused on the ban on gay men and women serving openly in the military.

"The troops loved the show, probably because otherwise they spent all of their time...

Star Tribune: Al Franken: Health reform has made a difference for Minnesotans

Just six months after President Obama signed health reform into law, Minnesotans are already beginning to reap its benefits.

During the health care debate, I met with Minnesotans of all stripes — doctors, nurses, seniors, small-business owners, middle-class families. One thing I heard over and over is that people felt like they were paying more and more for insurance without getting real health security in return. It seemed as if the insurance companies always found a way to get out of...

MPR: Minnesota's undocumented students await action on Dream Act

St. Paul, Minn. — Like hundreds of thousands of other children, Alex came to the United States as a child. He put down roots in Minnesota, earning a 3.4 GPA at a suburban high school and playing varsity sports.

"I've grown up in the United States just like every other Minnesotan," he wrote last week to U.S. Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn.

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Faribault County Register: $2.3M for BE airport

The long-debated Blue Earth Airport runway improvement project received official approval – and funding – from the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) last week.

Minnesota Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken (D-Minn.) made the official announcement on Wednesday.

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The Hill: Franken advocates for medical device industry in reguatory process

Al Franken (D-Minn.) shared the medical device industry's concerns with regulators this week. The senator's meeting with Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Margaret Hamburg comes as federal regulators are considering more than 70 changes to the 510(k) pre-market review process for low- and moderate-risk devices.

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