This week, Sen. Franken met with Minnesota officials to discuss funding for the expansion of Highway 14 in southern Minnesota, as the Mankato Free Press reports:

A little more than a year after U.S. Sen. Al Franken took office, he received the Highway 14 Partnership's traditional initiation for anyone representing southern Minnesota in Congress.

Franken rode the highway between Mankato and New Ulm with Highway 14 Partnership President Gary Zellmer and then listened to stories about the notorious roadway from members of the coalition from a half-dozen communities along the route.

The junior senator came into the meeting saying the expansion of the highway to four lanes was "incredibly important," "a big project" and that he was "fully supportive." A good starting point for the coalition, which has been pushing for years to scrape together the hundreds of millions of dollars required to finish the expressway between Rochester and New Ulm.

The entire article can be found at the Mankato Free Press.