News – Page 208 – Minnesota Senate Republicans

July 20, 2020

Senator Jasinski votes to let schools decide best option for fall

Today Senate Republicans voted on a resolution to allow school districts to decide the best option for their students this fall. The resolution states that, for the purposes of emergency powers during the COVID pandemic,…

July 20, 2020

Senator Ruud votes to let schools decide best option for fall

Today Senate Republicans voted on a resolution to allow school districts to decide the best option for their students this fall. The resolution states that, for the purposes of emergency powers during the COVID pandemic, the…

July 20, 2020

Senator Housley votes to let schools decide best option for fall

Today the Minnesota Senate voted on a resolution to allow school districts to decide the best option for their students this fall. The resolution states that, for the purposes of emergency powers during the COVID…

July 20, 2020

Senator Pratt vote to let schools decide best option for fall, allocate $25 million for costs of safe reopening

Today Senate Republicans voted on a resolution to allow school districts to decide the best option for their students this fall. “Schools are an essential service by every definition of the word. And we know…

July 20, 2020

Senator Relph votes to let schools decide best option for fall

Today Senate Republicans voted on a resolution to allow school districts to decide the best option for their students this fall. The resolution states that, for the purposes of emergency powers during the COVID pandemic,…

July 20, 2020

Senator Newman votes for school freedom in fall re-opening decisions

(ST. PAUL, MN) – Today Senate Republicans passed a resolution to allow school districts to decide the best option for their students this fall. Additionally, a bill to provide $25 million in grants to reopen…

July 20, 2020

Senate Republicans vote to let schools decide best option for fall, allocate $25 million for costs of safe reopening

(ST. PAUL, MN) – Today Senate Republicans passed a resolution to allow school districts to decide the best option for their students this fall. A bill to provide $25 million in grants to reopen schools…

July 20, 2020

Senator Koran supports individual school decisions on re-opening in the fall

(ST. PAUL, MN) – Today Senate Republicans passed a resolution to allow school districts to decide the best option for their students this fall. A bill to provide $25 million in grants to reopen schools…

July 20, 2020

Senator Rarick votes for school freedom in fall re-opening decisions

(ST. PAUL, MN) – Today Senate Republicans passed a resolution to allow school districts to decide the best option for their students this fall. Additionally, a bill to provide $25 million in grants to reopen…

July 20, 2020

Senator Dahms votes for school autonomy in upcoming fall decisions

(ST. PAUL, MN) – Today Senate Republicans passed a resolution to allow school districts to decide the best option for their students this fall. Additionally, a bill to provide $25 million in grants to reopen…

July 20, 2020

Senator Lang votes for school freedom in fall re-opening decisions

(ST. PAUL, MN) – Today Senate Republicans passed a resolution to allow school districts to decide the best option for their students this fall. Additionally, a bill to provide $25 million in grants to reopen…

July 20, 2020

Senate Republicans vote to let schools decide best option for fall, allocate $25 million for costs of safe reopening

(ST. PAUL, MN) – Today Senate Republicans passed a resolution to allow school districts to decide the best option for their students this fall. A bill to provide $25 million in grants to reopen schools…

July 20, 2020

Senator Draheim votes to let schools decide the best option for fall, allocate $25 million for costs of safe reopening

Today Senate Republicans passed a resolution to allow school districts to decide the best option for their students this fall. A bill to provide $25 million in grants to reopen schools was stopped by Senate…

July 20, 2020

Senator Eichorn votes to let schools decide the best option for fall, allocate $25 million for costs of safe reopening

Today Senate Republicans passed a resolution to allow school districts to decide the best option for their students this fall. A bill to provide $25 million in grants to reopen schools was stopped by Senate…

July 20, 2020

Senator Osmek votes to let schools decide the best option for fall, allocate $25 million for costs of safe reopening

Today Senate Republicans passed a resolution to allow school districts to decide the best option for their students this fall. A bill to provide $25 million in grants to reopen schools was stopped by Senate…

July 20, 2020

Senator Howe votes to let schools decide the best option for fall, allocate $25 million for costs of safe reopening

Today Senate Republicans passed a resolution to allow school districts to decide the best option for their students this fall. A bill to provide $25 million in grants to reopen schools was stopped by Senate…

July 20, 2020

Senator Kiffmeyer’s Legislative Update

Friends and Neighbors, Last week we voted to remove Governor Walz’s emergency powers for the second time. The Governor called the Senate back to the Capitol July 12th for a second special session. In response,…

July 17, 2020

Senator Kiffmeyer invited by President Trump to White House for event on rolling back regulations

President Donald Trump invited Minnesota Senator Mary Kiffmeyer (R-Big Lake) and Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka (R-East Gull Lake) to attend a discussion about the president’s historic regulatory reform. The event took place on Thursday,…

July 17, 2020

Senator Westrom: Governor Walz, it’s time to end emergency powers and restore local control

For the second time, Senator Torrey Westrom (R-Elbow Lake) and the Minnesota Senate voted today to end Governor Tim Walz’s peacetime emergency powers relative to the COVID pandemic. If the House agrees, it would end…

July 16, 2020

Senator Anderson votes for grants to support day service providers

The Minnesota Senate passed funding for retention grants to help day service providers, employment service providers, and other similar entities stay open despite the financial strain of closures necessitated by COVID-19. The pandemic brought about…