News – Page 55 – Minnesota Senate Republicans

April 21, 2023

Senator Dornink: Senate approves bipartisan legislation to support Minnesota veterans and military members

On Thursday, April 20, with strong bipartisan support, the Minnesota Senate passed a Veterans and Military Affairs budget bill that recognizes the contributions of both current military members and veterans across the state of Minnesota, said Senator Gene Dornink (R-Brownsdale). This…

April 21, 2023

Senator Julia Coleman: A path forward to deliver meaningful tax relief and a strong bonding bill for Minnesotans

Tax Day has come and gone, and my office has been flooded with constituents reaching out and asking for help after seeing their enormous tax bills. Minnesota serves as one of the most severely overtaxed…

April 21, 2023

Democrat State Government and Elections bill favors bureaucracy, undermines elections integrity and transparency

St. Paul – Senate Democrats today passed a hyper-partisan, $617 million State Government and Elections bill that will astronomically grow state government bureaucracy and undermine integrity and transparency in Minnesota’s elections processes. The bill is…

April 20, 2023

JASINSKI: Senate GOP exposes nearly $10 billion in tax hikes from Democrats during Truth in Taxation event

WATCH: Senate Republicans present the Taxing Truth about the DFL plan ST. PAUL – Today Senate Republicans highlighted nearly $10 billion in proposed tax hikes from Democrats, despite the $17.5 billion surplus. Using just six…

April 20, 2023

Senate approves bipartisan legislation to support Minnesota veterans and military members

With strong bipartisan support, the Minnesota Senate today passed a Veterans and Military Affairs budget bill that recognizes the contributions of both current military members and veterans across the state of Minnesota. This legislation provides support during military service and care for…

April 20, 2023

Senate Energy and Environment bill imposes expensive regulations, grows government at expense of Minnesotans

Today the Senate passed an Energy and Environment budget bill that will impose costly, burdensome new regulations on Minnesotans and small businesses; grow government bureaucracy; and make life more expensive. Some improvements were made by Republican…

April 20, 2023

EICHORN: Senate GOP exposes nearly $10 billion in tax hikes from Democrats during Truth in Taxation event

WATCH: Senate Republicans present the Taxing Truth about the DFL plan ST. PAUL – Today Senate Republicans highlighted nearly $10 billion in proposed tax hikes from Democrats, despite the $17.5 billion surplus. Using just six…

April 20, 2023

A Public Safety Bill That Doesn’t Prioritize Public Safety

Senate Democrats brought forward a public safety bill that fails to prioritize any aspect of public safety concerns. Crime in Minnesota has been steadily rising and expanding from the metro outward. Instead of addressing concerns…

April 20, 2023

Howe bills fund improvements for Town Line Road and Interstate Highway 94

This week in the Transportation committee Senator Jeff Howe (R-Rockville) presented two bills that fund improvements to two local roads. SF-189 funds improvement to Town Line Road in Stearns County, and SF-2884 funds the reconstruction…

April 20, 2023

Pratt, Senate approve significant investments for some of Minnesota’s most vulnerable communities

The Minnesota Senate this week approved the budget bill of the Human Services Committee to help stabilize the state’s struggling long-term care facilities. This legislation provides significant resources for disability and long-term care services, representing an investment in some of…

April 20, 2023

Fentanyl, Rising Crime, and a Public Safety Bill That Fails on Both

Last week, Democrats forced through a public safety bill that does little to actually address any form of “public safety.” The bill makes thousands of criminals eligible for early release, reduces sentences for violent offenders,…

April 20, 2023

Kreun, Senate approve significant investments for some of Minnesota’s most vulnerable communities

The Minnesota Senate this week approved the budget bill of the Human Services Committee to help stabilize the state’s struggling long-term care facilities. This legislation provides significant resources for disability and long-term care services, representing an investment in some of…

April 19, 2023

Nelson: Tone of Gov. Walz’s State of the State speech was ‘extremely disappointing’

Minnesota State Senator Carla Nelson (R-Rochester) today issued the following statement in response to Gov. Walz’s State of the State speech. “I have attended 15 State of the State speeches now, and this was by…

April 19, 2023

Democrats pass Mandate Heavy Health and Human Services budget that increases costs for patients and limits access to quality care

Today the Senate passed a broad Health and Human Services omnibus bill that fails to assist patients, and instead focuses on costly mandates, funding controversial grants, and growing welfare programs. The cost of the bill…

April 19, 2023

Democrats pass Mandate Heavy Health and Human Services budget that increases costs for patients and limits access to quality care

Today the Senate passed a broad Health and Human Services omnibus bill that fails to assist patients, and instead focuses on costly mandates, funding controversial grants, and growing welfare programs. The cost of the bill…

April 19, 2023

Pratt bill funding safety improvements for Highway 169 heard in Transportation committee

This week the Senate Transportation committee heard legislation authored by Senator Eric Pratt (R-Prior Lake) that funds the construction of an interchange at the intersections of Highway 169, Highway 282, and State Highway 9, as…

April 19, 2023

Housley, Senate approve significant investments for some of Minnesota’s most vulnerable communities

The Minnesota Senate yesterday approved the budget bill of the Human Services Committee to help stabilize the state’s struggling long-term care facilities. This legislation provides significant resources for disability and long-term care services, representing an investment in some of Minnesota’s…

April 18, 2023

Farnsworth votes to support nursing homes, disability services with additional funding

The Human Services budget bill will help nursing homes, but much more needs to be done to address the staffing crisis for elderly and disability care. St. Paul – On Tuesday the Minnesota Senate approved the budget bill of the…

April 18, 2023

Jasinski: No changes to e-pulltabs

Minnesota State Senator John Jasinski (R-Faribault) today issued the following statement in response to a Democrat proposal to eliminate the “open all” feature on Minnesota e-pull tabs. The feature has been allowed by the Gaming…

April 18, 2023

Senate approves significant investments for some of Minnesota’s most vulnerable communities

The Minnesota Senate today approved the budget bill of the Human Services Committee to help stabilize the state’s struggling long-term care facilities. This legislation provides significant resources for disability and long-term care services, representing an investment in some of Minnesota’s…