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Duckworth Supports Drought Relief to Help Minnesota Farmers

The Minnesota Senate passed significant legislation to help Minnesota Farmers devastated by last year’s drought and invest in preparations for future challenges including the developing avian flu outbreak.  “Livestock and specialty crop farmers across the state suffered greatly from unprecedented drought…
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Duckworth Votes to Protect Families from Rising Health Care Costs

Senator Zach Duckworth (R-Lakeville) joined in the Senate’s bipartisan passage of a three-year extension for the successful Minnesota Premium Security Plan, also known as “reinsurance.” Renewing this program lowers the cost of individual market health insurance…
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Duckworth Votes for Minnesota to Divest from Russia and Belarus

In response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine that began in February, the Senate unanimously passed legislation that divests Minnesota’s state pension fund from Russia and Belarus. Notably, this bill also codifies an Executive Order barring Minnesota…