ST. PAUL (KWLM) — Senators Aric Putnam and Rob Kupec, both leaders on the Senate Agriculture Committee, are asking Governor Walz to temporarily let farmers use lower-taxed red dye diesel on public highways and not just in the field. Read more
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ST. PAUL (Minnesota News Network) — Minnesota News Network’s morning headlines included Senators Aric Putnam and Rob Kupec’s call for Governor Walz to let farmers use lower-taxed red dye diesel on public highways, a change that would save them 32 cents a gallon. Read more
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ST. CLOUD (KNSI) — With diesel well over $6 a gallon at harvest time, Senator Aric Putnam is asking Governor Walz for relief for Minnesota farmers, through either a special session or an executive order. “We gotta do something to help out Minnesota farmers,” Putnam told KNSI. Read more
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Putnam, a communication professor at the College of St. Benedict and St. John’s University, has hosted more than 30 town halls since taking office. He said he takes an independent approach toward policymaking that isn’t always in lock step with his party.
“If the DFL wants to send me talking points, I’m going to take a little red pen, and I’m going to correct them and grade them and send them back, because I don’t need those things,” Putnam said. “I’m not dependent on them.”
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Putnam, a communication professor at the College of St. Benedict and St. John’s University, has hosted more than 30 town halls since taking office. He said he takes an independent approach toward policymaking that isn’t always in lock step with his party.
“If the DFL wants to send me talking points, I’m going to take a little red pen, and I’m going to correct them and grade them and send them back, because I don’t need those things,” Putnam said. “I’m not dependent on them.”
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ST. CLOUD ― Residents gathered Thursday evening at the Whitney Senior Center to ask questions of the candidates running to represent Minnesota State Senate District 14 in November. None of the Republican candidates attended the forum or left a message for constituents.
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ST. CLOUD ― Two current members of the Minnesota Legislature are facing each other in the race for Senate District 14. Incumbent Democrat Aric Putnam has had the job for the past two years. He’s being challenged by Republican Tama Theis who is a member of the House.
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(KNSI) – A St. Cloud lawmaker is pushing for long-term solutions to Minnesota’s rising property taxes. Senator Aric Putnam has advanced a bill that would create a Property Tax Task Force to take a hard look at a system he says has not had a serious review in more than 25 years. Putnam says everyone…
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This election, both candidates can get their wish, Sen. Putnam can go back to St. Paul to help us and his opponent can go to the cabin!
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As chair of the Minnesota Senate Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband and Rural Development committee, I’ve visited more than 100 farms across our state. From the Red River Valley to the southeastern bluffs, I’ve sat at kitchen tables with farm families, visited about our kids, the economy and their farms. What I’ve heard in these conversations is…
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