News – Page 59 – Minnesota Senate Republicans

May 21, 2023

Jasinski: Democrat Transportation Budget Agreement raises gas tax, license tab fees, & sales taxes and imposes a new delivery tax as part of $3.77 billion in tax increases

The Minnesota Senate on Sunday approved a transportation budget agreement that imposes $3.77 billion in tax increases on Minnesotans, including a gas tax increase tied to inflation, license tab fee increases, delivery fees for mobile…

May 21, 2023

Democrat tax agreement breaks promises made to Minnesotans

Senate Democrats today passed a tax agreement that raises taxes on Minnesotans by more than $2 billion, despite a historic $19 billion surplus. This legislation fails to deliver meaningful tax relief and does not provide…

May 21, 2023

Senator Koran secures funding for Highway 8 in transportation budget agreement

Minnesota State Senator Mark Koran (R-North Branch) successfully secured $42 million for Highway 8 in Chisago County as part of the transportation budget agreement that passed the Minnesota House and Senate on Sunday. Despite the…

May 21, 2023

Gruenhagen: Minnesota Broken School Systems Are Directly Hurting Our Children

Friends and neighbors, As many of you know, one of the major motivating factors driving my public service is protecting and caring for children. Children are the most vulnerable members of society. They rely on…

May 21, 2023

Democrat tax agreement breaks promises made to Minnesotans

ST. PAUL – Senate Democrats today passed a tax agreement that raises taxes on Minnesotans by more than $2 billion, despite a historic $19 billion surplus. This legislation fails to deliver meaningful tax relief and…

May 21, 2023

Joint statement from Demuth, Johnson on nursing home funding deal

Senate and House Republicans announced an agreement with Senate and House Democrats today that will bring nursing homes the much-needed assistance they lacked from the Human Services Budget bill and pass a statewide, infrastructure-focused bonding…

May 21, 2023

Sen. Rarick: A Failure to Follow Rules and Procedures in the Legislature

As Session comes to a close, the Senate has found itself in the phase of conference committees, extended floor sessions, and working out differences between House and Senate legislation. Most of the big bills were…

May 20, 2023

Human Services budget agreement fails to adequately address the nursing home crisis

The Minnesota Senate yesterday approved Governor Walz’s and the DFL Majority’s Human Services budget agreement. Though this legislation provides meaningful support to ensure Minnesotans have access to in-home care, it fails to provide resources needed…

May 20, 2023

Senator Eichorn Statement on Renewal of Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund Constitutional Amendment

Senator Justin Eichorn (R-Grand Rapids), the lead Republican on the Senate Environment and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following statement regarding the passage of the Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund constitutional amendment renewal. The…

May 19, 2023

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

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

May 19, 2023

Senator Westrom: Human Services budget agreement fails to adequately address the severe workforce shortage issues for nursing homes

The Minnesota Senate today approved Governor Walz’s and the DFL Majority’s Human Services budget agreement. This legislation provides meaningful support to ensure Minnesotans have access to in-home care, but it only provides trivial resources to help…

May 19, 2023

Human Services budget agreement fails to adequately address the severe workforce shortage issues for nursing homes

St. Paul – The Minnesota Senate today approved Governor Walz’s and the DFL Majority’s Human Services budget agreement. This legislation provides meaningful support to ensure Minnesotans have access to in-home care, but it only provides trivial…

May 19, 2023

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

Senate Democrats yesterday brought forward an Energy and Environment budget bill that will impose costly and burdensome new regulations on Minnesotans and small businesses. Notably, it will also grow government and bureaucracy. The environment section…

May 18, 2023

Energy and Environment budget agreement raises costs for Minnesotans, increases government bureaucracy  

ST. PAUL – Today the Senate passed an Energy and Environment budget agreement that will impose costly, burdensome new regulations on Minnesotans and small businesses; grow government bureaucracy; and make life more expensive. ENERGY BILL…

May 18, 2023

Demuth and Johnson respond to Democrat blame game

ST. PAUL – Senate Minority Leader Mark Johnson and House Minority Leader Lisa Demuth released the following statement responding to Democrats press conference suggesting that Republicans are slowing down the legislative process: “Democrats laid out…

May 18, 2023

Democrats’ Education Bill Fails Minnesota Students

On Wednesday, May 17, Senate Democrats forced through a controversial Education omnibus bill that ignores the needs of students. The mandate-heavy bill not only fails to put students first, but neglects to provide meaningful support for…

May 18, 2023

Senator Dahms: Democrats’ Commerce budget agreement fails to lower costs for Minnesota consumers

The Democrats’ Commerce budget agreement today passed out of the Senate. Though this legislation is well-intentioned, it fails to deliver on its promise to lower costs for consumers, and instead, will raise costs across the board through…

May 17, 2023

Jobs and Labor budget’s burdensome mandates and tax increases will significantly increase costs on Minnesotans and small businesses

On a party-line vote, Senate Democrats yesterday approved a hyper-partisan $1.5 billion Labor and Jobs budget bill.“Though this bill recognizes the need to support job creation, passing out money to unaccountable non-profits and a slick branding campaign…

May 17, 2023

Lieske: Breaking our promise to disabled first responders

Friends and neighbors, When firefighters and police officers are injured during the course of their work and can no longer perform their job, they become eligible for something called a duty disability benefit. This benefit…

May 17, 2023

Jobs and Labor budget creates burdensome mandates and tax increases that will cost Minnesotans and small businesses

On a party-line vote, Senate Democrats yesterday approved a hyper-partisan $1.5 billion Labor and Jobs budget agreement. The jobs portion of the bill includes a number of controversial provisions: Earned sick time proposal that requires all businesses…