MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, July 21 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Taft, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Bartoletti Participates as Panelist in 2025 Managing Transactional Risk Roundtable * Taft partner Dave Bartoletti is featured in the August 2025 issue of Financier Worldwide Magazine through his panelist participation in the 2025 Managing Transactional Risk Roundtable. In the Q&A report, Bartoletti provides his perspective on key issues and trends related to the management of transa more PR

WASHINGTON, July 21 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Environmental Organizations Demand that Minnesota Power Comply with Wastewater Rules At Boswell Plant One Year After Massive Coal-Ash Wastewater Spill * DULUTH, Minn. - Today, Sierra Club, CURE, and the Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy (MCEA) sent a letter to Minnesota Power demanding that the company address problems associated with storage and management of coal ash wastewater more PR

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Rep. Brad Finstad, R-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * Finstad Secures Release of Federal Funding for Boys & Girls Club of Rochester * ROCHESTER, MN - Congressman Brad Finstad (MN-01) today announced that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has released 21 st Century Community Learning Center (21st CCLC) funding allocated for the 2025 school year. Administered by the Department of Education, 21 st CCLC grants primarily fund before- and after-s more PR

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI - Klobuchar Op-Ed in The Washington Post: Republicans said they would cut waste. Instead, they rewarded it. * WASHINGTON -- Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) published an op-ed in the Washington Post highlighting how, after Republicans promised to reduce waste, a last-minute carve-out in their "Big Beautiful Bill" actually rewards waste. The bill spares states that have the highest error rates f more PR

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, July 21 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Taft, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Meet Shayna Stuart | Associate Feature * Associate / Phoenix / Litigation I have... *... assisted on litigation matters across a broad spectrum of areas, including election contests, business and contract disputes, tort and defamation, violations of the Arizona Adult Protective Services Act, and construction defects. *... just explored Iceland and loved adventuring around th more PR

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- The White House Office of Management and Budget issued the following statement of administration policy on the Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act (H.R. 1919), which was introduced by Rep. Tom Emmer, R-Minnesota, and 135 cosponsors: * * * The Administration strongly supports passage of H.R. 1919, the Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act. This legislation protects the financial privacy and constitutional liberties of every American. The United States will never allow the creatio more PR

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minnesota, ranking member of the House Agriculture Committee, issued the following news release on July 21, 2025: * * * SANTA BARBARA, CA -- On Saturday, House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig (MN-02) joined two roundtables convened by Representative Salud Carbajal (CA-24), one on wildfire preparedness and prevention and another on farm labor and specialty crops. "I thank Representative Carbajal for inviting me to California's 24th Co more PR

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Rep. Betty McCollum, D-Minnesota, ranking member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, issued the following floor remarks in opposition to the fiscal 2026 Defense funding bill: * * * Thank you, Mr. Chair. I yield myself as much time as I may consume. I rise today in opposition to H.R. 4016, the Department of Defense Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2026. But I do want to begin by recognizing the work of the staff. Jennifer Chartrand, Jason Gray, and Ed  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Craig Saves More than $8 Million for MN02 Constituents Since Coming to Congress * EAGAN, MN - As of this month, the Office of U.S. Representative Angie Craig has saved constituents in Minnesota's Second Congressional District $8,002,266 through its work to assist Minnesotans who have had money wrongfully or mistakenly withheld by federal agencies. "Folks in Minnesota's Second Congressional D more PR

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, July 21 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Taft, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Taft Acts as Legal Counsel to Fairway Leasing in Acquisition of Hopkinsville Store * Taft is pleased to have acted as legal counsel to Fairway Leasing, dba "Aaron's" and its principal owner, Todd Wilkins, in the acquisition of the Hopkinsville, Kentucky store. This acquisition marks store number 23 for Fairway Leasing and the Fairway family of companies. Fairway Leasing is a priva more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, July 21 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus posted the following news: * * * UW-Madison medical training program improves health care for rural communities * Having grown up in a small town in northern Minnesota, Dr. Mike Medich knows all too well how difficult it can be to receive prompt, quality health care when you live in the countryside, or anywhere outside of a large metro area. "We had physicians in town, but sometimes depending on the medical problem,  more PR

WINONA, Minnesota, July 22 -- Winona State University issued the following news: * * * Winona State Hosts Summer Symposium on AI in Education Winona State University will host a one-day symposium exploring the rapidly evolving role of artificial intelligence (AI) in education. The symposium is hosted by the College of Education and will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 14, at Winona State's Education Village. Designed for PK-12 educators, undergraduate aspiring teachers, more PR