Senator Andrew Lang

Lang, Senate delivers complete, comprehensive state budget

In a special legislative session that concluded early Friday morning, the Senate passed the final portions of the state’s upcoming two-year budget. The budgets for tax relief, transportation, health and human services, state government, and…
Senator Andrew Mathews

Sen. Mathews, colleagues pass comprehensive state budget

In a special legislative session that concluded early Friday morning, the Senate passed the final portions of the state’s upcoming two-year budget. The budgets for tax relief, transportation, health and human services, state government, and…
Senator Scott Newman

Comprehensive roads and bridges funding package passes Senate

In the final hours of a special legislative session, the Senate passed a robust transportation budget with bipartisan support. The budget, authored by Sen. Scott Newman (R-Hutchinson), represents the largest ongoing commitment to road and…
Senator Rich Draheim

Draheim’s Palmer amaranth protections included in 2017 budget

The Minnesota State Senate made a strong commitment to fighting the Palmer amaranth with the passage of two major budget bills. House File 1545, the agriculture finance bill, includes $850,000 for state-local government partnerships to…
Senator Paul Anderson

Sen. Anderson joins colleagues to pass Higher Education, Jobs budget

Working through the night, Sen. Paul Anderson (R-Plymouth) and his Minnesota Senate colleagues worked to pass major higher education, jobs, agriculture, and environment budget bills. The bills were passed after steady conference committee negotiations with…

Goggin delivers funding for Minnesota State College Southeast

The Minnesota State Senate today passed a $3.28 billion higher education budget (SF 943) that would provide funding increases for Minnesota’s colleges and universities, including a $1.2 million boost for Minnesota State College Southeast campuses.…
Senator Jerry Relph of St. Cloud

Sen. Relph applauds passage of higher education bill

With fewer than two days remaining in the legislative session, Senate Republicans, including Sen. Jerry Relph (R-St. Cloud), began the process of passing a final state budget with the bipartisan passage of a higher education…
Senator Torrey Westrom

Led by Sen. Westrom, Senate passes $123 million agricultural budget

On Sunday, the Minnesota Senate passed a bipartisan agriculture budget that advances Minnesota by investing in the state’s critical agricultural priorities. The compromise bill, House File 1545, dedicates $123 million in funding to protect Minnesota’s economic…