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March 17, 2016

Senate Republicans Unveil Legislative Priorities for 2016

Transportation and tax relief lead “Ideas That Work” agenda Senate Republicans unveiled their priorities for the 2016 legislative session today renewing their call for a long-term transportation plan and tax cuts for seniors and veterans.…

March 15, 2016

Governor Dayton’s priorities “out of whack”

Republican Leader David Hann released the following statement following the governor’s supplemental budget proposal: “The two things that didn’t get done in the 2015 budget were tax cuts and transportation funding. Today the governor’s supplemental…

March 14, 2016

Week two of session and Sen. Jim Abeler still not on any legislative committees

Bakk announces he plans to ignore Senate rules to get Sen. Marty on Finance Committee (St. Paul. MN…) Senate Republicans again questioned the Senate DFL’s refusal to approve committee assignments for newly-elected Sen. Jim Abeler (R-Anoka).…

March 11, 2016

Report Shows Minnesota Lost Nearly $1 Billion in Taxpayer Income Following 2013 Tax Increase

The “Minnesotans on the Move to Lower Tax States 2016” report released today by Center of the American Experiment documents, on net, a nearly $1 billion loss of Minnesota income to other states between 2013…

March 10, 2016

DFL refuses to give newly-elected Sen. Jim Abeler a seat on legislative committees

Residents of Anoka, Ramsey, Andover, and Coon Rapids denied representation (St. Paul. MN…) Senate Republicans today questioned the Senate DFL’s refusal to approve committee assignments for newly-elected Sen. Jim Abeler (R-Anoka). The request was sent to…

March 10, 2016

The Republican State of the State

(As delivered by Sen. Paul Gazelka on MN News Network radio) If you listened to the “State of the State” speech tonight, you heard the governor take credit for some things that are going very…

March 8, 2016

Senate DFL Reveals Existence of Secret Committee That Decides Committee Structure

During discussion of the Senate’s new Environment and Energy Budget Division it was revealed that the decision to create the new committee was made by a previously unknown “committee on reorganization” within the DFL Caucus…

March 8, 2016

Senate DFL Empowers Liberal Environmentalists, Greater Minnesota Loses Again

Internal leadership squabble results in loss of metro-rural balance on important committee Senate Republicans criticized a recent change in the committee structure that puts Sen. John Marty, the legislature’s most radical environmentalist, in charge of…

March 1, 2016

Childcare providers win freedom from unionization!

Statement of Senate Republican Leader David Hann on the childcare unionization election results: “Today Minnesota childcare providers voted against forming a union, strongly rejecting Gov. Mark Dayton’s attempt to force unionization on their small businesses.…

February 29, 2016

Senate Republicans Propose Education Reforms for 2016 Session

Empowering families and improving accountability the focus of third installment of Your Schools, Your Needs plan. (St. Paul. MN…) Senate Republicans today announced a series of proposals to improve K-12 education in Minnesota that focus…

February 26, 2016

Theme of budget forecast is “slower growth”

Statement of Republican Leader David Hann on the February budget forecast: “The theme of this forecast is ‘slower growth.’ Slower growth in revenue, slower growth in the economy, slower growth in wages. Our response needs to…

February 1, 2016

Sen. Hann pledges cooperation, but not signature, for special session

Senate Republican Leader David Hann responded to Gov. Dayton’s letter regarding a special session telling the governor he doesn’t think a special session is necessary but would cooperate if one was called. Hann also informed…

January 28, 2016

More incompetence at MNsure, hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars wasted

Another damning audit by the nonpartisan Office of the Legislative Auditor found up to 49% of MNsure enrollees were ineligible for the taxpayer-funded healthcare benefits they received between January to May 2015. Furthermore, nine of…

January 13, 2016

Opinion: Senate building’s parking subsidies are a worthy addition to a boondoggle

Opinion by Sen. David Osmek (Mound), republished from the Star Tribune: As if on cue, the Star Tribune Editorial Board continues to come to the rescue of the new Minnesota Senate Building, which opens for…

January 13, 2016

Opinion: REAL ID puts personal info at risk of surveillance or theft

Opinion by Sen. Warren Limmer (Maple Grove), republished from USA Today: After witnessing the destructive abuse by Nazi Germany and Stalinist Russia, which aggressively monitored citizens in order to preserve totalitarian control, Americans are totally justified…

January 8, 2016

Weekly Update: REAL ID scare tactics, DFL moves into $90 million office building

Democrats are moving into the new $90 million office building, and Governor Dayton tries to scare people into thinking they won’t be able to board airplanes without a resolution to federal requirements for REAL ID.…