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Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minn., ranking member on the House Agriculture Committee and a candidate for the Minnesota Democratic nomination for the Senate, and Rep. Andy Barr, R-Ky., today introduced a bill to provide a comprehensive regulatory framework for hemp and hemp-derived THC products.

In a news release, Craig said her Lawful Hemp Protection Act “comes after House Republicans effectively repealed a 2018 law that allowed Minnesota and other states to legally produce hemp and sell hemp-derived products, such as hemp beverages and textiles.”

Two House lawmakers on Wednesday introduced bipartisan legislation to federally regulate hemp products, including those with the intoxicating cannabinoid THC. Republican Rep. Andy Barr of Kentucky and Minnesota Democratic Rep. Angie Craig introduced the bill, known as the Lawful Hemp Protection Act, as a looming ban on hemp THC products is set to go into effect later this year.

Andrea Pedro-Francisco feels like part of her is still trapped in a nightmare — back in the crowded, windowless cell block of the Texas detention center she left weeks ago.

“My mind is halfway here, thinking ‘Yes, I’m back,’ but the other half feels like I’m still there,” said Pedro-Francisco, a migrant from Guatemala who was among thousands of people detained during the winter immigration crackdown in Minnesota.

With less than four months until a federal ban on most hemp-derived THC products is set to take effect, time is running short for lawmakers supporting the hemp industry to roll back the strict new rules.

A new bipartisan bill introduced Wednesday is the latest effort in Congress to replace the ban with a new framework to regulate and tax hemp-derived cannabinoid products at the federal level.

Reps. Angie Craig (D-Minn.) and Andy Barr (R-Ky.) on Wednesday introduced a bill designed to set up a clear regulatory framework for hemp and hemp-derived THC products.

ELY, Minn. (KFGO) – Another blow to northeastern Minnesota and the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Officials with the Superior National Forest announcing the BWCA will remain closed through October 1 to protect public and firefighter health and safety.

It comes as U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz testified before a House Agriculture subcommittee where Minnesota Congresswoman Angie Craig (DFL) raised the question of whether recent administration-mandated job cuts were partly to blame for the firefighting challenges in the BWCA.

(ABC 6 News)–Minnesota Congresswoman Angie Craig is introducing bipartisan legislation aimed at regulating hemp products rather than banning most of them.

The proposal comes after President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” which was signed into law last November. The law would limit hemp products to 0.4 milligrams of THC per container beginning November 12.

U.S. Representative Angie Craig (D-Minnesota) introduced a bill last week that aims to create a government-run public health insurance option on the Affordable Care Act Marketplaces.