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The Plainview Milk Products Cooperative is voluntarily recalling some products it sells to companies because they might be contaminated with salmonella.

This Fourth of July celebration opens with news that more than 4,000 American Marines have poured into Afghanistan's Helmland River Valley in a surprise offensive aimed at securing the turbulent region in advance of national elections.

In the end, there were congratulations all around: To Norm Coleman, for a hard-fought race; to Al Franken, for winning.

At this early stage in the health care reform game, with at least three major plans floating around Congress, Minnesota's delegation is mostly operating in wait-and-see mode.

Rep. Tom Price has been named the ranking Republican on a key health subcommittee, putting a conservative voice -- and a doctor -- in the middle of the House health care debate.

John Kline expects Congress to pull back on federal testing requirements during an upcoming rewrite of the No Child... This article is available to registered guests only.

House Minority Leader John Boehner has tapped Rep. Pete King for a slot on the intelligence committee -- a move that is likely to put the outspoken security hawk on the sidelines for the 2010 GOP Senate primary in New York.

ST. PAUL, Minn. - Minnesota Rep. John Kline expects Congress to pull back on federal testing requirements during an upcoming rewrite of the No Child Left Behind education law.

There was a deluge of calls, e-mails and faxes, but in the end congressmen representing southern Minnesota split along party lines just like those from pretty much everywhere else across the nation.

With its Independence Day recess approaching, Congress ploughed ahead on climate change legislation but remained gridlocked over transportation and continued to fight over health care in so many committees it was hard to keep track.

The brand-new top Republican on the House Education and Labor Committee, Rep. John Kline of Minnesota, said this morning that he's not wedded to the idea that states should test their students in reading and math once a year in grades 3-8. In fact, he thinks that states should get to decide how often to test kids and in what grades.

Retirement plan administrators would be required to disclose all fees deducted from investorsa 401 accounts under legislation approved by a U.S. House panel.

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Minnesotaa s 5th District Rep. Keith Ellison and 31 other House Democrats went against the majority of their party today in voting a oenoa to funding the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Retirement plan administrators would have to disclose all fees deducted from investors' 401 accounts under legislation backed by a U.S. House of Representatives panel.

While it's easy to call for the closure of Guantanamo Bay, President Obama is realizing that there are legitimate reasons that it can't easily be done.

In Congress, the traditional path to committee leadership has been seniority. But the rules of seniority haven't always worked in Rep.

Democratic leaders of three House committees formally started the health care legislative process on their side of Capitol Hill on Friday, June 19, by introducing a draft bill that would make companies cover employees or contribute to a national insurance fund.

So there is a new ranking Republican member on the House Education and Labor Committee A in Congress, John Kline .A A He replaces Buck McKeon who departs for Armed Services.A A Word is that the Republicans were concerned that any replacement for McKeon be able to take on Chairman Miller on labor issues, which helped Kline's case over some others ...

Rep. John Kline appears to be in a good position heading into todaya s vote to fill the GOPa s top spot on the House Education and Labor Committee, according to CongressDaily.