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…
Wesenberg

Protecting Life

Life is precious and it must be honored and protected. Unfortunately, Senate Democrats fail to see the importance of doing so. In fact, they have already passed one extreme abortion bill, and they have others…

Koran Capitol Update: Tired of Random Calls?

Priority: Road Safety This session, I am fighting to secure critical funding to improve safety along the Chisago County I-35 and Hwy 8 interchange. There have been several serious crashes in recent years, including 5 fatalities. Chisago…

Draheim: Combatting irritating robocalls

Friends and neighbors – This week, instead of highlighting some of the extreme ideas that Democrats are moving through the Senate, I thought we could focus on a couple of areas where we have been…

Gruenhagen: the destructiveness of legal marijuana

Friends and neighbors – When Democrats won control of the entire legislature and the governor’s office, we knew their agenda would be extreme. But after one month, they are still surprising us with just how…

Eichorn: Minnesota kills another business

Friends and neighbors – We had a double whammy of bad news for the northland this week. First, the Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled against Huber Engineered Woods and their proposed $440 million mill project…
Housley

Housley bill increases safety for children at school bus stops

On Wednesday, the Senate Transportation Committee heard legislation authored by Senator Karin Housley (R-Stillwater) that provides necessary funding for school bus stop-signal arm camera systems. This bipartisan issue has been discussed in previous legislative sessions.…