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Legislative updates and releases directly from the Minnesota State House.
Legislative Update – Investing in Minnesotans from Cradle to Career
Dear Neighbors, During the interim, I like to take time for more extensive visits with our community leaders. This week I had the opportunity to sit down with St. Louis Park Police Chief Bryan Kruelle and Edina Police Chief Todd Milburn. It is important to me to keep...
Legislative Update – Growing a Healthy Middle Class
Dear Neighbors, I hope that everyone is weathering the heat and the scattered storms in Minnesota this week. I have been at an Education Commission of the States event this week in D.C. The weather here has ben hot and muggy, but the education and networking...
Legislative Update – Affordable and Accessible Health Care and Public Services
Dear Neighbors, I hope this email finds you well and you have been able to enjoy some of summer in between the rain showers. My thoughts have been with our Minnesota neighbors who have been experiencing flooding. There have been 22 counties that have been approved for...
Legislative Update – Building an Economy that Works for Everyone
Dear Neighbors, I hope this email finds you well and staying dry! While the rain was much needed, I’m hoping for sunnier days ahead. The weather didn’t dampen spirits in St. Louis Park or Hopkins last Saturday. I started out the morning marching in the Parktacular...
Legislative Update – May 24, 2024
Dear Neighbors, On Monday, May 20, the 93rd Minnesota Legislature concluded a two-year session that made meaningful progress with a host of accomplishments that will benefit our state and our communities of Hopkins, St. Louis Park, and Edina for generations to...
Legislative Update – May 17, 2024
Dear Neighbors, We’re in the final hours of the 2024 legislative session, as our state constitution requires us to complete our work on Sunday, May 19th at midnight. As I write this update, we’re debating adoption of a gun violence prevention measure that holds straw...
Minnesota House Passes Education, Children and Families Supplemental Budget Conference Committee Report
Friday, May 17, 2024 SAINT PAUL, Minn. – This evening, the Minnesota House passed the conference committee report on HF 5237, the Education Supplemental Budget bill. The report also includes the Children and Families Supplemental Budget bill – originally passed on its...
Legislative Update – May 10, 2024
Dear Neighbors, I hope folks have been able to enjoy our Spring weather! While it has been a busy week at the Capitol, it did not escape my notice that it was National Teachers Appreciation Week. Thank you to all of our teachers out there who do so very much for our...
Legislative Update – May 3, 2024
Dear Neighbors, We continue long days on the House Floor, with debate stretching after midnight most evenings. We are passing legislation to improve the lives of working and middle class families across Minnesota. Some of the votes are bipartisan, some break on party...
Minnesota House Passes K-12 Educational Supplemental Budget
Tuesday, April 30, 2024 St. Paul, Minn.— This evening, the Minnesota House of Representatives passed HF 5237, the K-12 Education Supplemental budget, on a 68-61 vote. “Minnesotans want to make sure our schools have the funding to meet their students' needs,” said Rep....
