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March 11, 2022

Senator Bruce Anderson’s News from the Capitol – March 11, 2022

Friends and neighbors, Our local farmers are being hit hard by the alternating floods and drought. I previously shared that my colleagues and I in the Senate are working this legislative session to help address the droughts affecting…

March 11, 2022

Jasinski, Minnesota Senate Unanimously Pass Tomassoni ALS Research Funding Bill

Senator John Jasinski (R-Faribault) and the Minnesota Senate unanimously passed legislation today to provide $20 million in grants for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) research and $5 million for ALS caregiving. The disease is commonly referred…

March 11, 2022

Senator Rarick Supports Tomassoni ALS Research Funding Bill

Today, we unanimously passed legislation to provide $20 million in grants for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) research and $5 million for ALS caregiving. The disease is commonly referred to as Lou Gehrig’s disease after the Hall of Fame baseball player…

March 11, 2022

Senator Gazelka Supports Tomassoni ALS Research Funding Bill

On Thursday, the Minnesota Senate unanimously passed legislation to provide $20 million in grants for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) research and $5 million for ALS caregiving. The disease is commonly referred to as Lou Gehrig’s disease after the Hall of…

March 11, 2022

Senator Osmek Supports Tomassoni ALS Research Funding Bill

March 10, 2022

Senate Ag Committee Passes Drought Relief-Targeted to Farmers

On Wednesday the Senate Agriculture Committee moved forward with a significant proposal to help Minnesota Farmers. The $10 million bill will go a long way to help farmers devastated by last year’s drought and invest in preparations…

March 10, 2022

Housley Joins Bipartisan Coalition of House and Senate Members to Announce Legislation on Sanctions against Russia

In response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a bipartisan coalition of legislators, representing the main caucuses of the Minnesota House and Senate, introduced legislation to divest Minnesota’s state pension fund from Russia and codify Governor Walz’s Executive…

March 10, 2022

Senate Passes Benson’s Curriculum Transparency Bill to Empower Parents in their Children’s Education

Today the Senate passed Senator Michelle Benson’s (R-Ham Lake) bill to require class syllabi be made available to parents within the first two weeks of the educational term. After years of COVID restrictions and distance learning, children…

March 10, 2022

Needed Broadband Investments & Farmer Drought Relief Pass Ag Committee

This week the Senate Agriculture Committee moved forward with two significant proposals to help Minnesota Farmers and Rural Development. The first bill passed the committee on Monday and will direct approximately $110 million of federal…

March 10, 2022

Senate Unanimously Passes Tomassoni ALS Research Funding Bill

Today the Minnesota Senate unanimously passed legislation to provide $20 million in grants for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) research and $5 million for ALS caregiving. The disease is commonly referred to as Lou Gehrig’s disease after the Hall of Fame…

March 10, 2022

Miller legislative update: Entering MN into the nurse licensure compact

Greetings from the Capitol, I hope you are doing well. I want to highlight one important piece of legislation that we passed through the senate this week to help address the need for nurses all…

March 10, 2022

Howe authors bill to increase accessibility to lifesaving automated external defibrillators (AED)

Senator Jeff Howe (R-Rockville) yesterday presented a bill that would fund the purchase and installation of Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) on public lands. These AEDs would be placed in state parks, rest stops, and schools.…

March 10, 2022

Senator Andrew Mathews champions legislation to combat Minnesota’s electric vehicle mandate

Senator Andrew Mathews (R-Princeton) made the following statement and released a video today on the Minnesota Consumer Choice of Fuel Act, S.F. 3065, which he authored this legislative session. Watch Senator Mathew’s Video Statement This bill…

March 10, 2022

Duckworth Bill Would Help Students Earn College Credit and Save Thousands

Senator Zach Duckworth (R-Lakeville) yesterday presented legislation that allows Minnesota schools to implement Cambridge International Assessment course and exam options as a way for students to gain college credit in high school classrooms. Minnesota schools…

March 9, 2022

Pratt bill eliminates requirement for drivers licensed in other states to take a written test in Minnesota

Senator Eric Pratt (R-Prior Lake) presented key legislation in the Senate Transportation committee that seeks to eliminate an outdated requirement that stated driver’s license applicants aged 21 and older would have to take a written knowledge test…

March 9, 2022

Kiffmeyer: Imposing strong consequences for violent crimes and expanding broadband access

Friends and neighbors, Across the state, and particularly in the Twin Cities, we are seeing an upsurge in violent crimes. Minnesota has one of the lowest incarceration rates per capita in the country, and we…

March 8, 2022

Senator Jim Abeler to address competency restoration

ST. PAUL — Senator Jim Abeler (R-Anoka) today joined Senators Karla Bigham (D-Cottage Grove) and Karin Housley (R-Stillwater) in announcing that they are tackling the thorny issue of competency restoration. They previewed a bill to address loopholes that…

March 8, 2022

Duckworth Bill Funds Economic and Financial Literacy Education for Students

Senator Zach Duckworth (R-Lakeville) this week presented bipartisan legislation in the Education Finance committee that increases and makes permanent grants to the Minnesota Council on Economic Education (MCEE) to train educators on how to successfully integrate…

March 8, 2022

Westrom, Senate Republicans Propose Returning Surplus with Largest Tax Cut in State History

Senate Republicans proposed major changes to the state’s tax code today. The proposal reduces the first-tier income tax rate from 5.35% to 2.8% and eliminates the tax on Social Security. If passed, the changes would be…

March 8, 2022

Senator Westrom Statement on State Budget Surplus

On Monday, Minnesota Management and Budget (MMB) released its February 2022 Forecast projecting a massive $9.253 billion dollar surplus which is up from the $7.746 billion surplus forecasted last November. Senator Torrey Westrom released the following statement: “Minnesota is…