Legislative assistant receives honorary FFA degree

Monday night, Wendy Haavisto received the Honorary State FFA Degree. The purpose of the degree program is to recognize individuals who render outstanding service to the agricultural education ‒ FFA program. Haavisto has served as…
Senator John Jasinski

Jasinski: Budget bills recap part 2

Budget bills recap: Part 2 By: Senator John Jasinski It was another frenetic week here at the capitol, as the Senate finished work on our initial budget offer. Here’s a recap of what happened this…

Senator Howe appointed to serve on tax conference committee

As the legislature works to assemble a final state budget agreement, Senator Jeff Howe (R-Rockville) will serve on the conference committee for the tax bill. The conference committee, which includes five members of each legislative body,…
Senator Bill Weber

Senate approves Senator Weber’s omnibus agriculture policy bill

On Tuesday, with bipartisan support, the Minnesota Senate approved the omnibus agriculture bill. The bill, authored by Senator Bill Weber (R-Luverne), contains technical fixes and other provisions related to the state’s agricultural policy. “The omnibus agriculture policy…

Sen. Miller legislative update: It’s crunch time!

It’s crunch time here at the Capitol! The Minnesota House of Representatives, currently lead by Democrats, and the Minnesota Senate, currently lead by Republicans, have each passed their proposed budget bills and they are headed to…
senator mike goggin

Sen. Goggin to serve on agriculture conference committee

As the legislature works to assemble a final state budget agreement, Sen. Mike Goggin (R-Red Wing) will serve on the conference committee for the Agriculture budget bill. The conference committees, which each include five members…

Sen. Draheim continues work on three bipartisan conference committees

Joint legislative committees focus on opioid crisis, higher education budget, & agriculture budget Senator Rich Draheim (R-Madison Lake) has been named to three bipartisan legislative conference committees during the 2019 session. Conference committees are joint…

Sen. Mathews named to state government budget bill conference committee

Joint, bipartisan committee focuses on differences in comprehensive state government budget bill Senator Andrew Mathews (R-Milaca) has been named to the bipartisan legislative conference committee on the comprehensive state government budget bill. Conference committees are…
Sen. Paul Gazelka

Gazelka: DFL refuse to drop one cent of tax increases.

“Last night Senate Republicans made a sincere effort to move forward with budget negotiations. We asked Gov. Walz and House Democrats to recognize that Health and Human Services is the fastest growing and most expensive…