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Dear Neighbors, Members got back to work after a Passover break this week. House business began on Wednesday, when committees convened and members gathered for a floor session to continue passing policy bills off the floor. These included: SF 4579 (Hollins)/HF 4558 –...

Dear Neighbors, April showers bring May flowers! Our heavy rain earlier this week didn’t damper our progress in St. Paul, growing the middle class and helping Minnesota families thrive. The final budget deadline is today and committees wrapped up their work this week....

Dear Neighbors, I hope this email finds you well! House committees are wrapping up their hearings as the final committee deadlines approach next week, which is when House finance committees, except for Taxes and Capital Investment, need to have their final budget...

Dear Neighbors, I hope you are having a great week and enjoying the sunshine and what is starting to feel like a true Minnesota spring. On Tuesday this week, the legislature gaveled back in from the brief legislative recess to observe Easter. In the House Education...

Dear Neighbors, I hope you’re having a great week! With week five in the books of the legislative session, the policy deadline is around the corner. By Friday March 22, a bill that originates in a policy committee must be passed through each committee that has...

Dear Neighbors, I hope you’re having a great week and enjoying the sunshine. We’ve just wrapped up week four and we’re moving along swiftly and efficiently with the legislative process. Bills are being heard in committee, moving to the floor, or being laid over to be...

St. Paul, MN - State Representative Cheryl Youakim (DFL-Hopkins), chair of the House Education Finance, has earned the Outstanding Legislative Leadership Award from the Coalition to Increase Teachers of Color and American Indian Teachers (TOCAIT) in Minnesota....

Dear Neighbors, Happy March! I hope this email finds you well and enjoying the first day of our Meteorological Spring (although it’s felt like spring for some time!). A big thank you to everyone who continues to turn out for our Community Conversations! Hearing from...

Dear Neighbors, I watched the news coming out of Burnsville on Sunday with a heavy heart. Our Police, Fire, and EMS departments in our communities are families who care for each other as they care for us. That sense of community is being shown by an outpouring of...

St. Paul, MN- House Education Finance Committee Chair Cheryl Youakim (DFL-Hopkins) has earned and received a legislative award from the Minnesota School Psychologists Association for her advocacy and support of school psychology. “Our school psychologists are an...