Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. —U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken along with Representative Rick Nolan announced $108,803 in Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) grant funding for Pike Bay. The COPS program has put over 100,000 cops on the beat since 1994.
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken along with Representative Rick Nolan today announced that the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Office on Violence Against Women has awarded the Domestic Abuse Intervention Programs in Duluth $1,203,479 to help the organization increase victim safety and offender accountability.
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] Congressman Rick Nolan today announced $1,203,479 for Domestic Abuse Intervention Programs (DAIP) in Duluth through the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) Technical Assistance Program.
(BRAINERD, MN) – U.S. Rep. Rick Nolan today praised the decision by the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MNDOT) to speed the approval process for relocation of Highway 53 from Eveleth to Virginia by up to two years.
Scheff Logging and Trucking to Play Key Role in Oct. 29 Public Ceremony
CASS LAKE, Minn. (Oct. 2) – This has been a big year for Scheff Logging and Trucking. In April the Marcell, Minnesota – based company was named the “Logger of the Year” by the Minnesota Sustainable Forestry Initiative Implementation Committee (MN SIC).
Six schools in Baxter, Nisswa, and Brainerd were recognized by the U.S. Department of Education
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] Congressman Rick Nolan today announced six elementary schools in Crow Wing County have been recognized by the U.S. Department of Education as 2014 National Blue Ribbon Schools for their academic excellence and progress in closing achievement gaps.
Grants awarded in September for Grand Marais, Duluth, Cook, and Bemidji.
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] Congressman Rick Nolan today announced a total of $1,076,978 in grants from the Department of Health and Human Services for clinics, health centers, and family services in Grand Marais, Duluth, Cook, and Bemidji.
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) –U.S. Rep. Rick Nolan took to the Floor of the House Tuesday afternoon, urging his colleagues to reject a measure that could lead to an estimated $5 billion in annual military training, equipment and supplies to the Syrian rebel faction calling itself the Free Syrian Army (FSA) to battle the ISIL insurgency that has overtaken large parts of both Syria and Iraq.
“To see for yourself how the 125 highly skilled and trained workers . . . provide our region with such outstanding postal service.”
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – U.S. Rep. Rick Nolan has renewed his call to U.S. Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe to visit the Duluth postal sorting facility scheduled for closing next year as part of a nationwide program to cut costs at the U.S. Postal Service.
Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken along with Representative Rick Nolan today announced that the Department of Transportation has awarded the Chisholm-Hibbing Airport $5,050,521 for infrastructure improvements.