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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Minnesota Newsletter for 2025-12-20 ( 14 items )  
FAA: L&M Road Services Petitions for Mobile Drone Exemption (10)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 (TNSFR) -- L&M Road Services LLC, North Ulen, Minnesota, has filed a petition with the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration to allow the operation of unmanned aircraft systems from moving vehicles. The petition seeks to amend Exemption No. 21546B, which currently prohibits commercial agricultural drone flights from a moving platform. By requesting relief from specific sections of the Federal Aviation Regulations, including Condition and Limitati more PR

Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis: Delivering housing innovation on a flatbed trailer (10)
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Dec. 20 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis issued the following analysis: * * * Delivering housing innovation on a flatbed trailer Authors: Libby Starling, Senior Community Development Advisor, Community Development and Engagement; Ella Tracy, Intern, Community Development and Engagement Housing affordability is one of the most pressing issues Americans face today. Despite the evident need for additional housing, developers are struggling to build new units qu more PR

Klobuchar and Cramer's Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act Signed into Law (10)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * Klobuchar and Cramer's Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act Signed into Law * WASHINGTONU.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced that their bipartisan Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act has been signed into law. The bipartisan legislation expands access to federal support for the families of firefighters and other first responders who pass away or become permanently disabled fro more PR

Klobuchar, Booker, Colleagues Press the FTC to Investigate Instacart's Dynamic Pricing (10)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * Klobuchar, Booker, Colleagues Press the FTC to Investigate Instacart's Dynamic Pricing * Letter urges for investigation to determine if the use of dynamic pricing violates the FTC Act WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member on the Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law, and Cory Booker, Ranking Member on the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Co more PR

Minnesota Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Federal Prison for Drug Trafficking Conspiracy (10)
MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, Dec. 16 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin posted the following news release: * * * Minnesota Man Sentenced to 20 years in Federal Prison for Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Brad D. Schimel, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on December 9, 2025, Michael Williams (age: 44) received a sentence of 240 months in federal prison for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute con more PR

Organizations celebrate major setback for NTEC gas plant, groups call on Dairyland Power Coop to cancel plans (10)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Organizations celebrate major setback for NTEC gas plant, groups call on Dairyland Power Coop to cancel plans * SUPERIOR, Wis. Today, in a Minnesota Public Utilities Commission filing by Minnesota Power, the company announced that it will withdraw from the proposed Nemadji Trail Energy Center (NTEC) gas plant project, which it had been developing with Dairyland Power Cooperative (based in  more PR

Rep. Craig Returns More Than $3.2 Million to Constituents in Minnesota's Second District in 2025 (10)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Craig Returns More Than $3.2 Million to Constituents in Minnesota's Second District in 2025 * EAGAN, MN - Today, U.S. Representative Angie Craig announced that her office has returned more than $3.2 million to constituents across Minnesota's Second District this year. Since coming to Congress in 2019, Rep. Craig and her casework team have worked to help constituents resolve issues with feder more PR

Senator Ashley Moody & Senator Lindsey Graham Introduce Bill to Sunset Section 230 Immunity, Protect Children Online (10)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- Sen. Ashley Brooke Moody, R-Florida, issued the following news release on Dec. 19, 2025: * * * Senator Ashley Moody & Senator Lindsey Graham Introduce Bill to Sunset Section 230 Immunity, Protect Children Online Today,Senator Ashley Moody is joining forces with Senators Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Josh Hawley (R-Missouri), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minnesota), Dick Durbin (D-Illinois), Richard Blumenthal (D-Connecti more PR

Seventy-Five Taft Attorneys Recognized in Ohio and Kentucky Super Lawyers and Rising Stars 2026 (10)
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Dec. 19 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Taft, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Seventy-Five Taft Attorneys Recognized in Ohio and Kentucky Super Lawyers and Rising Stars 2026 * Seventy-Five Taft attorneys were selected to Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Ohio and Kentucky 2026. Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding attorneys - no more than 5% of lawyers in the state are selected for recognition. In addition, seven Taft attorneys in Ohio offices receiv more PR

SPEED Act Clears House with Stauber's Support, Boosting U.S. Infrastructure (10)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- Rep. Pete Stauber, R-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * SPEED Act Clears House with Stauber's Support, Boosting U.S. Infrastructure * Washington, D.C. - Today, Congressman Pete Stauber (MN-08), a cosponsor of H.R. 4776, the Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development (SPEED) Act, released the following statement after the House passed the comprehensive permitting reform package that streamlines the broken NEPA process this Thursday:  more PR

Stauber Leads Colleagues in Letter to Canada on Remote Area Border Crossing Program Announcement (10)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- Rep. Pete Stauber, R-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * Stauber Leads Colleagues in Letter to Canada on Remote Area Border Crossing Program Announcement * Washington, D.C. - Today, Congressman Pete Stauber (MN-08), Senator Kevin Cramer (ND), and Congressman Jack Bergman (MI-01) sent a letter to the Canadian government inquiring about Canada's recent termination of the Remote Area Border Crossing (RABC) permit program. On this announcement, Congressman  more PR

U.S. Rep. Kelly Morrison Calls Out Backdoor Abortion Ban in Republicans' Health Care Bill (10)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- Rep. Kelly Morrison, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Rep. Kelly Morrison Calls Out Backdoor Abortion Ban in Republicans' Health Care Bill * WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Representative Kelly Morrison (MN-03) joined Democratic leadership and fellow members of the Democratic Doctors Caucus for a press conference on the Republicans' health care bill passed in the House of Representatives. Rep. Morrison, an OBGYN for more than 20 years, called out that more PR

Walz's Radical Negligence: Why Minnesota Taxpayer Dollars Funded Fraud, Not Families (10)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- Rep. Michelle Fischbach, R-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * Walz's Radical Negligence: Why Minnesota Taxpayer Dollars Funded Fraud, Not Families * The fraud and financial waste exposed in Minnesota under Governor Tim Walz are not just scandals; they're a display of radical negligence, proving he is entirely unfit to manage a single taxpayer dime or protect Minnesotans. The theft of $1 billion from vulnerable Minnesotans across our state's human ser more PR

What new data tell us about the growth of occupational licensure (10)
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Dec. 19 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis issued the following analysis: * * * What new data tell us about the growth of occupational licensure * Many of us are required to maintain licenses in order to practice our occupations legally. In recent years, 22 percent of the employed have reported holding a government-issued license, in professions ranging from physical therapy to cosmetology to public school teaching. Because occupational licenses can be costly  more PR