Koran Capitol Update: Goodbye to Gas Power?

Secure Your Child’s Safety: School Bus Safety Now! Again, this year we are tackling the issue of increasing school bus safety. According to the Department of Safety, officers cited 4,652 drivers in Minnesota for school…

Draheim: Backward priorities: bonding before tax relief?

Friends and neighbors –  Everywhere I go, I hear almost the same thing: give back the surplus. Give back the surplus. Give back the surplus. Sadly, but not surprisingly, Senate Democrats are ignoring the public’s…

Gruenhagen: The flaws of the paid leave bill

Friends and neighbors – One of the major bills running through the Senate this year is the Democrats’ bill to provide 24 weeks of paid family and medical leave for employees who are sick or…
Senator Bruce Anderson

Senator Anderson: Taxpayer surplus held hostage by Democrats

Friends and neighbors, Minnesota continues to sit on a $17.6 billion surplus, and a question that constituents regularly ask me is: When will the state finally give the surplus money back to hardworking taxpayers? Recently,…

EICHORN: Guns, Lawnmowers, and Zambonis Under Attack

Friends and neighbors – This week Democrats introduced one of the most extreme gun bills we have ever seen. We had a feeling this was coming because the House has already been working on a…

Sen. Rarick: Discussing the Issue of Paid Family Leave

Paid Family Medical Leave is something we’ve been hearing about for years. Folks across the state have been asking for a plan that helps employees and employers without imposing a costly one-size-fits-all mandate. Last year,…

Duckworth Stands with Minnesota Families and Students

On Wednesday, the Senate Education Policy committee heard the Governor’s Education Policy Bill, which looks to make a number of changes to multiple education provisions. Included in the bill was controversial language that burdened homeschoolers and made teaching their…