Sen. Dornink: Partisanship leads to polarization

Friends and neighbors, This year, we celebrate the 250th anniversary of our nation’s founding. As we approach Memorial Day, we are reminded that the freedoms we enjoy did not come without sacrifice. We honor the…

Heintzeman: Wildfire Resources

Friends and neighbors, By now you have certainly heard about the Flanders Fire burning near Breezy Point, Crosslake, and Mission Township in Crow Wing County. It has rapidly grown in size, and this morning Gov.…

Senator Lang Capitol Update May 11, 2026

Friends and neighbors,  It’s the last week of session, and the issue I’ve heard the most concern and outrage about from constituents all session long is fraud. Today in the Senate, we took a major…

Republicans negotiate tab fee tax cut for end of session deal

Legislative leaders and the Governor came to an agreement Wednesday evening to reduce tab fees, pass a bonding bill, implement fraud prevention measures, bail out Hennepin County Medical Center, and provide property tax rebates. Republicans…

Senate Republicans deliver tab fee tax cut for Minnesotans

On Wednesday night, Senate Republicans announced they delivered a quarter of a billion-dollar tab fee tax cut for Minnesotans as part of end of session negotiations. In exchange for an infrastructure bill, along with commonsense…

Gruenhagen: If there is fraud, people need to be fired!

Friends and neighbors, Minnesota’s fraud problems have been building for a long time, and so has the pattern of Gov. Walz and Democrat leaders looking the other way. There have been numerous reports of DHS…

Heintzeman: Democrats choose hyper-partisanship again

Friends and neighbors, I am sure you have seen the headlines by now, but on May 4, Senate Democrats passed a sweeping and probably unconstitutional gun control bill. As you can probably guess, I voted…

Lieske: Rescuing Family Residential Service providers

Friends and neighbors, Minnesota has a resource that most people have never heard of called Family Residential Services, or FRS. I know it probably sounds like a mouthful of government jargon, but it is actually…