legislation

ST. PAUL -- The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act may simply be called "Obamacare," but no one calls it simple. And despite its name, Americans should not expect health-care costs to drop any time soon. The law was signed two years ago, but most who would be affected waited...

Late last month, House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin C. Peterson of Minnesota introduced legislation to expand U.S. agriculture exports to Cuba. This bipartisan bill, H.R. 4645, the Travel Restriction Reform and Export Enhancement Act, is co-sponsored by 30 other Members of...

ST. PAUL - Farm-minded state lawmakers say they are looking to improve Minnesota agriculture's future -- and the environment -- by pushing legislation helping livestock producers and farmers who grow crops used to make biofuels. Those are two provisions in a package of agriculture...