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U.S. Senator Al Franken's staff will be in St. Cloud today (Wednesday) talking about planned changes to the "No Child Left Behind" law.

Royalton will welcome U.S. Senator Al Franken to town tomorrow (Saturday). He'll be meeting with local officials at 1:00 p.m. about the city's efforts to increase energy efficiency and cut costs.

There are 10 bridges in the tri-county area that are structurally deficient, according to a new report released by U.S. Senator Al Franken. He says the U.S. government should invest money into these projects as a way to get people back to work.

Minnesota Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken have voted for emergency legislation allowing the government to borrow more money and avoid a U.S. government default.

A decades-old debate over a new St. Croix River bridge is drawing U.S. Sen. Al Franken to Stillwater. The Democrat from Minnesota visits the city on Saturday to meet with local officials and tour the 80-year-old lift bridge. Franken hasn't taken a position on a long-delayed proposal.

Democratic Sen. Al Franken of Minnesota says he won't accept or submit earmark requests for spending bills this year. Franken's office made the announcement on Thursday, two days after Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Daniel Inouye banned earmark requests for the next two years.

There's nothing better than a Minnesota potluck on a cold winter's day. And so it was in our nation's capitol as Minnesota's Congressional delegation took off the gloves -- and replaced them with oven mitts -- in a contest worthy of their Minnesota heritage.

U.S. Senator Al Franken will stop in St. Cloud on Tuesday. He plans to visit the Mid-Minnesota Family Medicine Center. He will also check out the mobile science lab at St. Cloud State University.

U.S. Sen. Al Franken visits the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis on Friday to visit medical research labs and speak at a conference.

President Barack Obama is expected to sign into law next week legislation that will repeal the military's 17-year ban on openly gay troops. Minnesota's two Democratic Senators Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken both voted for the bill.