Julia Coleman

Democrats play partisan politics with gun bill

Glimpse of bipartisanship dashed as controversial gun control measures are packaged with Republican proposals Today Senate Democrats chose partisan and political gun policy over commonsense bipartisanship. Democrats continue to pass controversial legislation relying on the…
Senator Gary Dahms

Senator Dahms: Minnesota Senate approves tax bill

On Tuesday, May 7, the Minnesota Senate passed the 2024 Omnibus Tax bill. The bill is primarily a collection of tax breaks for local projects and does not include permanent tax relief for the average…

Lieske: Conscientious objections protect health

Friends and neighbors,  Last week, my Democrat colleagues in the Minnesota Senate passed a health and human services funding bill. It is a bloated bill that implements controversial mandates, decreases quality of care, and increases…

Environment Finance Bill Increases Prices for Minnesota Consumers

The Minnesota Senate approved an Environment and Natural Resources Supplemental Finance Bill on Monday containing hyper-partisan provisions imposing new costly regulations on Minnesota employers. The most controversial provision in the bill is the Packaging Waste and Cost…
Warren Limmer

Senate Republicans secure religious liberties in Minnesota 

After weeks of negotiations, Senator Warren Limmer (R- Maple Grove) today amended the 2024 Minnesota Human Rights bill with language that reinstates religious liberty protections that were removed by the Senate Democrats last year. “Religious…
Rarick

A Failure to Put Students First

Earlier this week, Senate Democrats brought forward an education bill that fails to address many of the concerns that schools have had since last year’s legislation passed. Despite the “historic investments” that Democrats have touted…

Gruenhagen: Protecting children from the dangers of cannabis

Friends and neighbors,  On Friday, the Senate approved a new bill that makes a number of troubling changes to Minnesota’s rushed and dangerous cannabis legalization law.   It is a misguided bill that fails to adequately…

Koran Update: Proxy Voting, Work From Home, And Much More

Friends and Neighbors, I’ll keep this introduction short as there is A LOT to cover in this week’s newsletter.  From proxy voting by legislators to the alleged Equal Rights Amendment, you’ll find an overview of…