Sen. Carrie Ruud

Senator Ruud votes to remove Governor Walz’s emergency powers

The Governor called the Senate back to the Capitol today for a second special session. In response, Senate Republicans presented a resolution intended to eliminate the Governor’s peacetime emergency powers initially enacted to prepare the…

Senate Votes Again to End Governor’s Emergency Powers

(ST. PAUL, MN) –  As part of the opening floor session today, Senate Republicans again made ending the Governor’s emergency powers a priority as deaths from COVID hover in the single digits for the tenth day…

Senator Lang votes to remove Governor Walz’s emergency powers

The Governor called the Senate back to the Capitol today for a second special session. In response, Senate Republicans presented a resolution intended to eliminate the Governor’s peacetime emergency powers initially enacted to prepare the…

Senator Koran votes to remove Governor Walz’s emergency powers

The Governor called the Senate back to the Capitol today for a second special session. In response, Senate Republicans presented a resolution intended to eliminate the Governor’s peacetime emergency powers initially enacted to prepare the…
Senator Karin Housley

Senator Housley responds to MDH guidance for long term care visits

Today the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) announced that nursing homes and assisted living facilities will be able to allow scheduled visits from family and friends designated as “essential caregivers”. In response, Senator Karin Housley…

Senator Miller: Feedback on reopening schools this fall

Greetings from the district, Over the last several weeks, I have received a significant number of questions, input, and feedback from parents, teachers, school administrators, and students from across the district regarding the fall school…

New Drug Transparency Law Enacted in July

The “Prescription Drug Price Transparency Act” law went into effect on July 1st. The bill was put in place to provide greater clarity in healthcare pricing. It requires prescription drug makers to report pricing increase…

Senator Johnson Pushes to Defend Minnesota’s Unborn Children

On Thursday, the Senate Rules Committee approved obtaining legal counsel to assist the Attorney General’s office in a lawsuit that seeks to overturn decades of bipartisan, common-sense laws protecting the rights of the unborn.  “Sanctity…