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Buzzfeed: Al Franken’s 13 Reasons Why The Minnesota State Fair Is The Best In The Country 23 Aug 2013 | 10:34 am
Today marks the first day of the Minnesota State Fair, or what we in the state call the Great Minnesota Get-Together. It began in 1859 and is now the second most-attended in the country (after the fai...
Mankato Free Press: Franken talks football, jobs in local visit 14 Aug 2013 | 05:51 pm
Sen. Al Franken pitched his worker-training bill Wednesday at South Central College, saying it would fund partnerships between businesses and colleges to develop skills needed for in-demand jobs. “As...
KARE 11: Franken’s part of Affordable Care Act paying dividends 8 Aug 2013 | 09:25 am
Health insurance refund checks are arriving in mail boxes across the country due to a provision of the Affordable Care Act designed to curb what insurers spend on overhead. “Health insurance companie...
St. Cloud Times: In St. Cloud stop, Franken talks skills gap with industry, school 8 Aug 2013 | 09:23 am
Jeff Skumautz gave U.S. Sen. Al Franken a brief tutorial in robotic metalwork Monday afternoon in a workshop at Central McGowan. Skumautz, president of the St. Cloud-based business that supplies weld...
KIMT.com: More Bulletproof Vests for Law Enforcement 3 Aug 2013 | 09:20 am
Law enforcement agencies all over the country could be benefitting from some new legislation. U.S. Senator Al Franken (D-Minn.) is co-sponsoring legislation that provides state and local governments ...
Winona Daily News: Al Franken and Tim Walz: End the veterans benefits backlog 26 Jul 2013 | 10:12 am
By Senator Al Franken and Representative Tim Walz: The VA reports that 554,105 veterans have been waiting longer than 125 days to have their claim adjudicated. This is unacceptable, and VA Secretary ...
CNN: We need transparency on domestic surveillance 26 Jul 2013 | 10:05 am
By Senator Al Franken: Since I came to the Senate, I’ve been working to fix this. I’ve supported amendments to the Patriot Act and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act that would have required g...
The Rachel Maddow Show: Sen. Al Franken on the 80/20 rule and publicizing the Affordable Care Act 26 Jul 2013 | 10:01 am
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Al’s health reform provision is putting money back in the pockets of Americans. Watch Al discuss his contribution to #Obama...
Star Tribune: Obama extols Franken provision in Obamacare 23 Jul 2013 | 05:21 am
With his signature health care law under attack, President Obama used the White House podium Thursday to extol a provision authored by U.S. Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., that he said has already paid divi...
Grand Forks Herald: Al Franken: Measure aims to end veterans benefits’ backlog 23 Jul 2013 | 05:19 am
By Senator Al Franken: Unfortunately, our troops’ battles don’t always end when they return home. In the past few weeks, I’ve heard from many veterans from the Grand Forks area and across the state w...
