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Dear Neighbors, In the Minnesota House, we're developing a new two-year state budget and beginning to pass larger policy and budget bills off of the House Floor and into conference committee with their respective Senate bills. With an evenly split House between...

Dear Neighbors, Happy Friday. It’s been another busy week at the Minnesota House as we wrap up budget bills, getting us one step closer to finalizing the House’s version of a state budget. Bills are advancing to the House Ways and Means Committee; the final stop ahead...

Dear Neighbors, This week, committees heard their final individual bills to meet deadlines. Today, April 4 is the deadlines for policy bills, meaning all bills with policy language have to be either sent to the floor or included in a more comprehensive policy bill....

Dear Neighbors, It’s been a busy week at the Capitol as we prepare for the first and second committee policy deadlines. This means that all policy bills must clear all necessary committee stops pertaining to their issue area by 5 p.m. on April 4. The following week is...

Dear Neighbors, Following last week’s special election in Roseville, Rep. David Gottfried (DFL-Roseville) has been sworn in and is now a member of the Minnesota House, reverting us back to a 67-67 tie and ending GOP control. Committees now have equal membership of...

Dear Neighbors, In light of Tuesday’s special election results, beginning next week, House committees are expected to rotate gavels, with DFL and Republican co-chairs setting their respective agendas and deciding which bills to discuss - though it’ll take bipartisan...

Dear Neighbors, This week a new state economic forecast confirmed that there is a decrease of the surplus, which includes the uncertainty of a federal funding freeze. With President Trumps’s off and on again tariffs, pausing of grants, and threats to cut Medicare,...

Dear Neighbors, It was a very full week this week at the Capitol. I had a few late nights with my final Community Conversation in the series on Tuesday night as well as our SD 46 Town Hall on Wednesday night. A big thank you to everyone who turned out for for both...

Dear Neighbors, A big thank you to the folks who turned out for the Community Conversation last Saturday. The snow and cold didn’t stop neighbors from coming out to have their voices heard. We had conversations around education funding, discussed chronic absenteeism,...

Dear Neighbors, Happy Valentine’s Day! It’s great to be back at the State Capitol. It’s been quite a busy week between committee meetings, constituent meetings and meetings with organizations on their legislative platforms. Let’s dive in. Committee work is underway...