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STAFF BLOG CAPITOL CHATTER Minnesota not in lock step behind Obama gun plan
By Don Davis President Barack Obama will tell select Minnesotans on Monday about his plan to reduce gun violence by increasing gun-buyer background checks, outlawing assault weapons and high-capacity...
Posted on 2/4/13 at 11:19 AM
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA NEWS UND co-sponsors sixth annual summit on unmanned aerial systems in Grand Forks May 22-23
How unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) are used for both peaceful and military purposes will be the focus of the Sixth UAS Action Summit May 22-23 at the Alerus Center in Grand Forks. The conference the...
Posted on 5/16/12 at 8:43 AM
STAFF BLOG MIKKELPATES.AG-AT-LARGE Peterson says Crystal talks good news, union may be adjusting language
U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson, D-Minn., a champion of the sugar industry as ranking member on the U.S. House Agriculture Committee, said it is good news that the two sides are planning to meet. He had n...
Posted on 8/24/11 at 4:24 PM
Sen. Franken aide: ‘Now’s the time’ for new farm bill 
Delays would hurt chances of approval, Franken aide says “Now’s the time to get it done,” said Al Juhnke, agriculture/energy field representative for Franken. Approving new legislation would become more difficult as Election Day this fall comes nearer, he said. Juhnke, a former Minnesota state legislator, talked about the 2012 farm bill Thursday afternoon at East Grand Forks City Hall. Representatives of Rep. Collin Peterson, D-Minn., and Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., were present, too.
By Jonathan Knutson , March 01, 2012
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Minnesota State Sen. Hoffman to challenge Collin Peterson
Sen. Gretchen Hoffman of Vergas says today she'll run against Peterson in Minnesota's 7th Congressional District. The district covers a large portion of western and northwestern Minnesota and includes the cities of Moorhead, Crookston, Fergus Falls, Alexandria, Marshall and Willmar.
By Associated Press , February 24, 2012
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Search under way for water storage site in Red River Valley
If successful over time, the effort would reduce the flood peak along the Red River by 20 percent – enough to lower the 1997 flood crest by 2 feet at Fargo.
By Patrick Springer , January 16, 2012
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Farm-state lawmakers moving to create unprecedented fed subsidy program
The subsidy, free insurance that would cover farmers' "shallow crop losses" before their paid insurance kicks in, has been pushed by corn and soybean farmers who could benefit the most from the program. It would replace for the most part several other subsidy programs, including direct payments preferred by Southern rice and cotton farmers.
By Mary Clare Jalonick , November 07, 2011
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Peterson shifts tone, scales back dollar pledge for Red River Valley water retention projects
Facing the harsh reality of federal spending constraints, veteran Democrat Rep. Colin Peterson of Minnesota acknowledged today he needs to scale back his plans. "It's going to be more difficult," he said today, "and that's why I have to be realistic in what we can accomplish."
By Kristen M. Daum , September 01, 2011
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Rep. Collin Peterson: Crystal workers may be offering changes
U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson, D-Minn., a champion of the sugar industry as ranking member on the U.S. House Agriculture Committee, said it is “good news” that the two sides are planning to meet.
By Mikkel Pates , August 24, 2011
Minnesota's Rep. Collin Peterson questions federal biofuels plan
Minnesota’s senior congressman fears the Obama administration has fired a shot over the ethanol industry’s bow in seeking a home-grown fuel for the Navy.
By Don Davis , August 17, 2011
Capitol Chatter: Judge makes things up as she goes
Judge Kathleen Gearin accepted a tough task, deciding what state programs would be funded during a state government shutdown, and she tackled it with an openness seldom seen in the often-mysterious court system. “We’re making this up as we go along,” she said while hearing arguments about whether road construction projects should continue. Talking about a previous ruling she had made, she declared: “I don’t know if I’m right. I call it the best I can call it.”
By Don Davis , July 15, 2011
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GOP plan includes three east-west congressional districts
Minnesota House Republicans propose three mostly rural congressional districts that stretch east to west across the state.
The northern and southern districts each would contain 23 counties, with one across central Minnesota, except for the Twin Cities area, including 22 counties.
By Don Davis , May 09, 2011
Dayton, Peterson visit Oslo
Gov. Mark Dayton and Rep. Collin Peterson delivered messages of interstate cooperation Sunday to Oslo, Minn., a town regularly cut off from North Dakota and Minnesota alike by spring floodwaters.
April 18, 2011
FLOOD BRIEFS: Dayton, Peterson to visit Oslo today; Ransom County added to declaration; etc.
Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton and U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson, D-Minn., will travel to Oslo, Minn., at 1:30 p.m. today for a ground tour of the town’s levee system with Mayor Scott Kosmatka and also flooding over Minnesota Highway 1 and North Dakota Highway 54.
By Herald Staff Report , April 15, 2011
Collin Peterson joins GOP fight to block EPA climate rules
Rep. Collin Peterson of Minnesota, Rep. Nick Rahall of West Virginia and Rep. Dan Boren of Oklahoma will sponsor a bill drafted by Republicans that bars the EPA from using federal law to control greenhouse gases from power plants, refineries and other industrial facilities. The legislation was being introduced Thursday in the House and Senate.
By Dina Cappiello , March 03, 2011
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Dwight Messner, Grand Forks, letter: North (Dakota), not east, should be Berg’s lodestar
Rep. Rick Berg, R-N.D., knows why he is in Washington: He stood for the ideals of the tea party, and he needs to stay with the partner that brought him to the dance. Following Rep. Collin Peterson, D-Minn., would be political adultery and would get him a one-term ride on the merry-go-round that is Washington.
By Dwight Messner , January 18, 2011
MATTERS AT HAND: Berg might look east for a mentor
To find balance between leadership and activism, Rick Berg might look to Collin Peterson, his colleague across the Red River. Peterson has represented Minnesota’s 7th Congressional District for 20 years.
By Mike Jacobs , January 08, 2011
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Collin Peterson: Health care reform repeal has 'no chance'
The Minnesota representative says he’s willing to work with Republicans to change the health care reform package ‘piece by piece,’ but he won’t support a full repeal of the legislation.
January 05, 2011
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