Senator Michelle Benson and family

Sen. Michelle Benson: Happy Easter and Passover

Friends and Neighbors, The legislature is on break for Easter and Passover. Having completed our initial budget bills, we are pausing before entering into conference committees, in concert with the governor, to deliver compromise budget…
Sen. Roger Chamberlain (R-Lino Lakes)

Chamberlain: Wishing you a blessed Easter

Friends, The Senate is on Easter/Passover break this week, so there will be no legislative update. Regular updates will return next week. This weekend I’ll be celebrating Easter with my family; perhaps you will as…
Senator John Jasinski

Sen. John Jasinski: Getting things done

This column was originally published in the Owatonna People’s Press. Getting things done One of the frustrations that drove my decision to run for the state Senate was my irritation and embarrassment about the way…
Senator Mike Goggin

Goggin commentary: Moving forward on key initiatives

The following column was originally published in the Red Wing Republican Eagle Moving forward on key initiatives In last month’s column I laid out our vision for the state of Minnesota and the principles that…

Sen. Carla Nelson helps pass bipartisan tax relief

The Minnesota Senate passed a pro-growth tax bill that will provide over $900 million in tax relief, especially focused on low- and middle-income Minnesotans across the state. Altogether, four out of five Minnesota taxpayers, including…
Sen. Bill Ingebrigtsen (R-Alexandria)

Ingebrigtsen public hospital legislation passes Senate

On Thursday, the Minnesota Senate passed bipartisan legislation to help state- and county-owned hospitals throughout Minnesota. The bill, Senate File 341, would reduce current restrictions on public hospitals allowing them to invest funds in securities…
Senator Gary Dahms of Redwood Falls

Dahms: ditch mowing regulation moratorium good for rural Minnesota

Legislation prohibiting the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) from enforcing certain highway ditch mowing regulations cleared the full Senate for the final time on Thursday. The bill, Senate File 218, prevents MnDOT from requiring, issuing,…

Sen. Goggin fulfills promise to get things done

State Senator Mike Goggin (R-Red Wing) this week fulfilled his early session promise to change the way things are done in St. Paul by completing work on a 2017 budget proposal ahead of schedule. On…