Jasinski: Keeping health insurance costs in check

It wasn’t all that long ago that Minnesota’s health insurance market was on the brink of collapse thanks to MNsure. Remember those days? Every year there were double-digit premium prices, and a lot of families…

Senator Bruce Anderson’s News from the Capitol – March 18, 2022

Friends and neighbors,  This week at the Capitol, my colleagues and I in the Senate passed legislation to extend our state’s successful reinsurance program for another five years. This extension will allow insurance rates in the individual market…

Senator Dahms Video Statement on Rural Broadband Investments

Senator Gary Dahms (R-Redwood Falls) released the following video statement on new investments in Rural Broadband. The Senate Agriculture and Rural Development Committee last week passed a bill that would invest $110 million in broadband development.  Watch…
Ruud

Legislative Update from Senator Ruud

Here are a few happenings in St. Paul… Protecting Families from Higher-Health Care CostsIn 2016 insurance premiums for the individual market increased by double digits, as high as 49%, due to changes from the Affordable…
Howe

Howe bill would exempt public safety pensions from income taxes

Senator Jeff Howe (R-Rockville) yesterday presented legislation in the Senate Tax Committee that would provide a tax subtraction for pension income received by public safety officers and firefighters, given that the individual serves until the…