Tina Smith

WASHINGTON, D.C. (KTTC) – U.S. Senator Tina Smith of Minnesota is joining twelve Senate colleagues in sending letters to two data brokers, criticizing them for selling cell phone location data of people who visit abortion clinics. The two data companies are SafeGraph and Placer.ai. The senators are demanding answers...

Today, U.S. Senator Tina Smith (D-Minn.) – chair of the Senate’s Housing Subcommittee – announced Minnesota Tribes will receive the largest ever housing investment as part of a key federal program dedicated to improving housing on Native land. The $23 million in funding for Minnesota Tribes represents a more than $4 million increase from last year, which Sen. Smith had pushed for.

Based on a draft opinion leaked Monday, the Supreme Court appears poised to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade decision that guaranteed the right to abortion. If that happens, 23 states will likely immediately ban or restrict abortions, affecting millions of Americans. The decision — made by five conservative justices,...

Senator Tina Smith (D-Minn.) joined Cheddar News to talk about her reaction to the leaked draft of the Supreme Court opinion that could overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 landmark abortion rights decision. "It felt like a gut punch. It felt so fundamentally disrespectful to women to say that you don't have the capacity, you can't be trusted — we can't be trusted — to make these most important decisions about abortion and what is best for ourselves, our bodies, our lives, our families," she said.

(Washington, DC) -- Republican Congresswoman Michelle Fischbach calls the leak of a Supreme Court draft opinion on Roe-V-Wade a “seismic and foundational compromise of the independence of the Supreme Court.” But Democratic Senator Tina Smith says Republicans’ focus on the leak shows “how out of step they are with the American public (and) with Minnesotans.” Smith says, “strong majorities in Minnesota and around the country” are opposed to banning abortion, and that the leak suggests the nation’s highest court is in “a lot of disarray.” Meanwhile, Fishbach says if Roe-V-Wade is overturned, it will “put laws back in the hands of the states to be debated and decided by the American people and their elected representatives, not by unelected judges.”

Minnesota’s U.S. Senator Tina Smith (D) is supportive of $33 billion in funding for Ukraine announced last Thursday by President Joe Biden. The funds are going toward security and military support, as well as humanitarian aid.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) announced that they have secured $4,199,000 for Minnesota Tribal Nations. These funds will support the communities of the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, and Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. “This federal funding will have a real impact for Minnesota’s Tribal Nations. From supporting small businesses and entrepreneurs to...

(ABC 6 News) - Senator Tina Smith will visit the Rochester area Friday to visit several infrastructure sites. Senator Smith will learn about projects that could benefit from the Infrastructure and Jobs Act, tour a new mental health crisis center, hear about equitable economic recovery plans, and learn about water main loop project to protect local businesses.

(KNSI) – A Minnesota U.S. Senator has proposed a bill to help make college more affordable. Senator Tina Smith is one of the authors of the Affordable College Textbook Act. “Well, when we think about the high cost of college, we often think about tuition. And that’s a big problem. But textbooks are also a significant expense for college students. Often, it’s the biggest expense at the end of the day when college students are trying to figure out how to make ends meet.”

ROCHESTER, Minn. - U.S. Senator Tina Smith was in the Med City Friday with a full schedule of stops during her visit. The senator viewed infrastructure projects and even took part in a workforce discussion with city leaders. Increasing access to mental health services has been a top priority for...

ROCHESTER, Minn. - U.S. Sen. Tina Smith is coming to Rochester on Friday and will make four stops while in town. She'll start her day off at the Highway 14 and 44 interchange, then visit a waste-to-energy plant before heading to the Southeast Regional Crisis Center. Senator Smith will cap...

ROCHESTER, Minn.-Sen. Tina Smith celebrated the passage of the Rural MOMs Act, which was part of the larger omnibus spending bill signed by President Joe Biden this month. Smith said the law aims to increase medical access to mothers in greater Minnesota by providing more resources for medical facilities, primarily in prenatal and maternal areas.

I was so proud of our RLNC students for representing our Tribe and College so well this week! They were in Washington all week to advocate for our college and remind our elected leaders how important our college is. Yesterday they met MN Senator Tina Smith. Senator Smith was highly impressed with our students and inspired by their stories of overcoming adversity to succeed in college.

There’s this old parody article from The Onion, the satirical online newspaper, where a woman complains: “Why isn’t anyone doing anything about all the problems?”. We’ve all had those moments of frustration, encountering yet another of life’s little obstacles and wishing somebody would do something to help. But there might be no greater source of that exasperation than the inconveniences we encounter when we’re just trying to get from one place to another.

ROCHESTER, Minn.-The Rochester City Council President Brooke Carlson, who is also acting mayor this week, will join Sen. Tina Smith and others at St. Paul College to celebrate the passage of the $1.5 trillion dollar federal spending bill. The spending bill is the first time since 2011 that lawmakers have...

Congress this week passed legislation that would shore up the U.S. Postal Service and ensure six-day-a-week mail delivery. The long-fought postal overhaul has been years in the making and comes amid widespread complaints about mail service slowdowns. Many Americans became dependent on the Postal Service during the COVID-19 crisis, but officials have repeatedly warned that without congressional action it would run out of cash by 2024, the Associated Press reports.