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Last Week of Session & Upcoming Town Hall
Dear Neighbors, The 2026 Legislative Session came to an end this week with the final bills passed before the Sunday midnight deadline and retirement speeches on Monday. I'm proud of the work we accomplished in a tied House to help our hospitals, deliver property tax...
Investing In Our Schools & Hold the Vote
Dear neighbors, It is the last day of the legislative session and we need to finish our work by midnight. While the last week has been full of ups and downs, a pathway began to clear for us to land this plane. Bills are up today to save HCMC, invest in a bonding bill,...
OIG Bill Passes and Mental Health Month
Dear neighbors, There are only nine days remaining in the 2026 legislative session. House DFLers are working hard to respond to the challenges that our communities are facing. By the nature of a tied House, with every bill requiring bipartisan support to pass, the...
Senior Care Facility Visits, Bill up in Taxes, and Arbor Day
Dear Neighbors, We have four weeks left in the legislative session, and we’re working toward compromise on the pressing issues Minnesotans are asking for. New data from a recently filed lawsuit shows that the ICE agents who descended upon Minnesota during Operation...
Free Park Day, Committee Hearings, & Schoolboards at the Capitol
Hello Neighbors, I hope you all had a chance to enjoy the nice weather last weekend as it looks like we will be getting a cold snap this weekend. As committee deadlines have come and gone for finance bills this week, the legislature is facing a little bit of a cold...
Minnesota Values Project Survey and Constituent Visits to the Capitol
Dear Neighbors, Last week, legislators took a brief spring recess to observe Passover and Easter, but the work hasn’t stopped. Next Friday, April 17, is third deadline which requires all budget bills to pass out of their individual committees and into the Ways and...
State of the State and HCMC Update
Dear Neighbors, We’ve made it to Friday. It’s been a busy week at the Minnesota Legislature. Despite being tied in the House, we are passing handfuls of good, bipartisan bills through the House Ways and Means Committee (on which I sit) and off of the House floor....
Floor Action, Committee Work, & Constituent Visits
Dear Neighbors, We made it to Friday. It was a busy week with a flurry of activity to meet our committee deadline for policy bills to advance. We will be on a brief break before we come back to work on bills that include funding before the April 17 budget deadline....
Eid Mubarak, Making Minnesotans Lives More Affordable, & Minnesota Uninsured Rates Rise
Dear Neighbors, Spring has finally sprung. I hope you get a chance to be outside this weekend! To our neighbors celebrating, Eid Mubarak! We’re nearing the halfway point of the legislative session. Next week on Friday, we have our first and second committee deadline....
Naming MN Solar Garden after Melissa Hortman, Americorps bill in Taxes, constituent visits, and more.
Dear Neighbors, I hope you had a chance to enjoy Minnesota’s “false spring” and are ready for round two of snow! I have one last March Community Conversation this Saturday from 10:30 am – Noon at the Hopkins Library before the snow flies. Hope to see you there! ...
