Senator Kiffmeyer Legislative Update July 25: DHS Dysfunction

Resignations and personnel issues this past week within the Department of Human Services (DHS) have more clearly revealed systemic dysfunction and chaos. After two deputy commissioners resigned, followed by Commissioner Lourey and his chief of…

Senate Republicans seek answers on DHS management issues

Today, Senator Michelle Benson, Chair of the Senate Health and Human Services Committee, and Senator Julie Rosen, Chair of the Senate Finance Committee, released several letters outlining data requests to Pam Wheelock, Acting Commissioner of the…
Senator Bruce Anderson

Commissioning the U.S.S. Minneapolis-St. Paul

Last Tuesday, Senator Bruce Anderson (R-Buffalo) met with Deputy Undersecretary of the Navy, Jodi Greene, to discuss the commissioning of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) #21 named the U.S.S. Minneapolis-St. Paul. Ms. Greene (raised in…
Senator John Jasinski

Senator Jasinski attending Midwest Political Leaders Delegation to Taiwan

Minnesota Senator John Jasinski (R-Faribault) is attending an exclusive 10-member, bipartisan, multi-state U.S. Midwest Political Leaders Delegation to Taiwan from July 21 – July 27. Minnesota Senate President Jeremy Miller (R-Winona) is also part of the delegation. The…

New laws effective August 1, 2019

As a result of bills passed and signed into law during the most recent legislative session, the following is a selection of new laws that will go into effect on August 1, 2019: Hospital billing…

Sen. Ingebrigtsen responds to resignation of former DHS commissioner

Senator Bill Ingebrigtsen (R-Alexandria) issued the following statement regarding former Department of Human Services (DHS) Commissioner Tony Lourey’s resignation.“Republicans have repeatedly raised concerns about serious flaws in Governor Walz’s administration in regards to the management and…
Senator Bruce Anderson

Senator Anderson legislative update: July 12

Friends and neighbors, Next month, Minnesota Veterans Affairs is hosting a Community Mental Health Summit. Veterans, Service members, and their families, are encouraged to utilize the variety of resources that will be available. They are…
Sen. Mary Kiffmeyer

Senator Kiffmeyer update: July 12th

Boards and Commissions There are many vacancies for state boards, councils, and committees. The open positions are currently accepting applications online within 21 days of the “publish date”. There are a variety of openings including…