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Walz continues push for transparency
Published 12:18pm Sunday, May 19, 2013WASHINGTON — When President Obama signed the STOCK Act into law last spring, the legislation co-sponsored by U.S. Rep. Tim Walz that explicitly banned insider ... Read more
Local leaders discuss immigration in D.C.
Published 10:11am Wednesday, April 17, 2013While state and federal legislators discuss what rights to give undocumented workers, local residents are speaking out in regional and national platforms about the need ... Read more
Klobuchar features Hormel Pepperoni in hotdish competition
Published 10:35am Thursday, April 11, 2013Thanks to an Austin company’s product, U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar took second place in a hotdish competition. Klobuchar’s “Hormel ‘I Can’t Believe It’s Not Spam’ ... Read more
Walz hosts district-wide student art contest
Published 9:03am Tuesday, March 19, 2013Rep. Tim Walz, D-Minn., kicked off the 2013 Congressional Art Competition Monday by inviting high school students from across Minnesota’s 1st District to submit their ... Read more
Local Latino leaders to visit D.C. next week
Published 11:55am Friday, March 1, 2013Local youth and leaders may have the chance to impact the national discussion on immigration reform next week. Several Austin residents will join about 40 ... Read more | 1 comment
Walz: Stalemate is humiliating
Published 11:34am Friday, March 1, 2013The automatic federal spending cuts set to begin taking effect today won’t be as devastating or far-reaching as some of his colleagues and some in ... Read more
Eric Olson: A new story
Published 11:17am Monday, February 18, 2013COMING SUNDAY: The Austin Daily Herald will publish its biggest special section of the year on Sunday, Feb. 24. The 96-page special magazine highlights the ... Read more | 1 comment
Minimum-wage hike gathers steam
Published 10:11am Thursday, February 14, 2013One day after President Obama called for a $9 an hour federal minimum wage in his State of the Union address, efforts to raise the ... Read more
Walz calls for balanced budget fix
Published 11:06am Wednesday, January 30, 2013Congress must take a balanced approach to reducing the federal deficit, said 1st District U.S. House Rep. Tim Walz in Albert Lea on Tuesday. Read more
Walz to visit Albert Lea Tuesday
Published 8:35am Monday, January 28, 2013First District U.S. House Rep. Tim Walz is slated to be in Albert Lea Tuesday for a town hall meeting about the federal deficit. The ... Read more
Gun control debate testing Walz, other rural congressmen
Published 10:40am Monday, January 21, 2013Unveiling a sweeping new gun control agenda driven by the deaths of 20 children in the Sandy Hook school massacre, President Obama said members of ... Read more
Quist wins Republican endorsement in House race
Published 4:47pm Saturday, January 12, 2013MANKATO — Retired St. Peter farmer Allen Quist, who served in the state House in the 1980s before a series of unsuccessful runs for the ... Read more
Cliff deal done, but local taxes will jump
Published 10:24am Wednesday, January 2, 2013Federal payroll tax to increase 2 percent It’s the end of cliff-related metaphors for the U.S. economy as we know it, but local residents will ... Read more | 1 comment
The countdown: Top stories of 2012, No. 15-6
Published 11:43am Monday, December 31, 2012The following are the top stories from 6 to 15 of 2012, as chosen by Daily Herald readers. Read more
Local advisors concerned as fiscal cliff nears; some clients selling stocks
Published 10:58am Monday, December 31, 2012Local financial advisers are concerned as federal leaders are trying to prevent the government from falling off the “fiscal cliff.” As of this morning, a ... Read more
