St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter says the goal is to help 43,000 St. Paul residents who are struggling to pay for expenses to become medical debt-free within the year. These people are either considered to be low-income or have very high bills.

When St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter announced last year that he would dedicate $1.1 million in federal COVID relief aid to knock out up to $110 million in medical debt citywide, some scoffed. Why spend American Rescue Plan Act dollars helping to eliminate hard-to-collect funds that hospitals could just write off themselves?

St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter announced on Tuesday that thousands of city residents are getting nearly $40 million of medical debt wiped out.

Carter has turned a corner in the second half of his first season since switching from linebacker to defensive end. He is third in the nation and first in the Big Ten with 15.5 tackles for loss, while he also ranks 11th in the country and second in the Big Ten with eight sacks.

Penn State defensive end Abdul Carter was selected Tuesday as a semifinalist for the Bednarik Award, presented to the nation’s top defensive player by the Maxwell Football Club.

Penn State quarterback Drew Allar and defensive end Abdul Carter each received semifinalist recognition on Tuesday. Allar was named a semifinalist for the Davey O’Brien Award, given annually to the nation’s best quarterback.