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ST. PAUL - The economic crisis means Minnesota must help citizens facing job losses, struggling to find work or who risk losing their home, Democratic legislators said. Lawmakers on Monday unveiled a package of potentially costly proposals to help poor residents and unemployed workers...

The long-delayed mandatory country of origin labeling requirement for meats and other foods took a step closer to reality this week when USDA issued its final regulation. COOL, as the program is known, has been on the agenda for nearly a decade, but got a final push in the 2008 Farm...

Despite newly enacted federal farm policy that is supposed to last for five years, more agriculture-related work remains to be done in Washington. Most important is to make sure the Bush administration and its successor implements what Congress passed, top farm experts told a FarmFest...

WASHINGTON - Congressional agriculture leaders moved from crafting a farm bill to skeptically watching Bush administration officials put it into action. Congress used two veto overrides to make the sweeping agriculture policy law.

WILLMAR -- Sen. Norm Coleman made a stop Monday in Willmar on what he called a "victory lap" for the 2008 farm bill. The Republican senator extolled the virtues of the $288 billion, five-year bill that "should be the nutrition, conservation and biofuels'' bill, Coleman told an audience...

The Bush administration telegraphed Tuesday morning that the president was leaning toward vetoing the farm bill. And by Tuesday evening, the threat seemed to be having an effect. Negotiators in Congress accepted some of the reforms that the administration suggested, wire services...

For the fifth time since the 2002 Farm Bill expired in September, the deadline for federal legislators to reach an agreement on the 2007 Farm Bill has been extended until this Friday, May 2. But despite President George Bush's expressed opposition to further extensions, Senator...

Minnesota's Democratic-led Legislature is ready to send Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty a public works funding bill he doesn't like, setting the stage for a possible veto and a new attempt to fund projects ranging from college buildings to passenger rail lines. Legislative leaders...

ST. PAUL - A $6.6 billion transportation package put into law paves the way for more Minnesota highway and bridge projects, but it could be a couple of years before motorists really notice the difference. When the Legislature overrode Gov.

The recently passed transportation bill will do far more than repair our roadways or cause price increases at the gas pump. According to our local state senator Dan Skogen (D-Hewitt), the transportation bill will generate 33,000 jobs a year across Minnesota. Most viewed the Roads...