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June 13, 2024

Kreun Calls Out Department Of Education For Failing To Protect Taxpayer Dollars, Ensure Resources Reached Children In Need

In response to the recent report of alarming misuse of taxpayer funds by the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE), Senator Michael Kreun (R- Blaine) criticized MDE for its failure to protect taxpayers. “Minnesotans have been…

June 13, 2024

Drazkowski statement on Feeding our Future fraud audit

Minnesota State Senator Steve Drazkowski (R-Mazeppa) today issued this statement following the release of a scathing audit of Minnesota’s Department of Education (MDE) and the Feeding our Future fraud scandal. “Today’s Feeding Our Future audit…

June 13, 2024

Senator Nelson repeats calls for accountability, transparency following another new report of taxpayer program fraud

A new report from Minnesota’s Legislative Auditor has uncovered yet another example of significant fraud and mismanagement in a state's COVID-19 pandemic program. The audit of the Frontline Worker Pay program found that lax eligibility…

June 13, 2024

Senate GOP blasts Walz Admin after OLA report highlights significant failures to stop Feeding Our Future fraud

Today Senate Republicans held a press conference to respond a devastating report from the nonpartisan Office of the Legislative Auditor (OLA) reviewing Minnesota Department of Education’s (MDE) oversight of the nonprofit Feeding our Future. The report found MDE’s oversight…

June 11, 2024

Jasinski: Rare bipartisan victories this year

By: SENATOR JOHN JASINSKI As I have written many times, Democrat one-party control has been immensely frustrating and concerning for those of us who believe in relationships and a collaborative government. The Democrats' zeal for…

June 11, 2024

State’s bungling of frontline worker benefit program made it easy to defraud, hard to verify eligibility, resulted in much smaller than expected checks for workers

Today the Office and the Legislative Auditor released its financial audit report on how the state ran the 2022 Frontline Worker Pay Program. A bipartisan, bicameral working group met to determine who would be eligible…

June 10, 2024

Senator Rasmusson responds to initial Feeding Our Future convictions

Senator Jordan Rasmusson (R-Fergus Falls) released the following statement after hearing the jury delivered mostly guilty verdicts in the Feeding Our Future fraud case: "The initial convictions in the Feeding Our Future case are a…

June 10, 2024

Coleman: U of MN hiring disgraces work of the U's Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies

Senator Julia Coleman (R-Waconia) released the following statement on a controversial hiring at the University of Minnesota’s Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies: “I’m incredibly upset at the direction my alma mater has taken with…

June 10, 2024

Koran on first round of Feeding our Future convictions

State Senator Mark Koran (R-North Branch) released the following statement after the delivery of guilty verdicts for most of the seven defendants initially charged in the Feeding our Future case.   “Some justice was…

June 7, 2024

Nelson: Government must be ‘more vigilant’ at addressing fraud

Minnesota State Senator Carla Nelson (R-Rochester) today issued the following statement on the guilty verdicts for the first defendants in the Feeding Our Future fraud case. “While today’s verdicts in this case are a step…

June 7, 2024

Drazkowski statement on first Feeding our Future convictions

Senator Steve Drazkowski (R-Mazeppa) released the following statement on the mostly guilty verdicts for the first seven defendants in the Feeding our Future case: "While these verdicts begin the process of delivering some justice, we…

June 7, 2024

Johnson statement on first Feeding our Future convictions

Senate Minority Leader Mark Johnson (R- East Grand Forks) released the following statement after hearing the jury delivered mostly guilty verdicts in the Feeding our Future fraud case: “Today’s verdicts are a reminder that fraud…

June 7, 2024

Eichorn Update: Take a Kid Fishing Weekend!

Friends and neighbors, This weekend is a great chance to get your kids out on the water and teach them about a shared Minnesota tradition – fishing! Starting today through Sunday, Minnesota is hosting “Take…

June 6, 2024

Commemorating the 80th anniversary of D-Day

Friends and neighbors, On June 6, 1944, known as D-Day, a pivotal moment unfolded in World War II. On this historic day, 160,000 American troops and their Allied forces launched a daring invasion of northern…

June 5, 2024

Local legislators to host EMS Town Hall in Elbow Lake on Monday, June 10

WHO: State Representative Jeff Backer (R-Browns Valley) and State Senator Jordan Rasmusson (R-Fergus Falls) WHAT: Rep. Backer and Sen. Rasmusson invite constituents to learn more about the $30 million aid package for rural emergency medical services (EMS)…

June 5, 2024

Kreun Calls Out Department Of Education For Failing To Protect Taxpayer Dollars, Ensure Resources Reached Children In Need

Drazkowski statement on Feeding our Future fraud audit

Senator Nelson repeats calls for accountability, transparency following another new report of taxpayer program fraud

Senate GOP blasts Walz Admin after OLA report highlights significant failures to stop Feeding Our Future fraud

Jasinski: Rare bipartisan victories this year

State’s bungling of frontline worker benefit program made it easy to defraud, hard to verify eligibility, resulted in much smaller than expected checks for workers

Senator Rasmusson responds to initial Feeding Our Future convictions

Coleman: U of MN hiring disgraces work of the U's Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies

Koran on first round of Feeding our Future convictions

Nelson: Government must be ‘more vigilant’ at addressing fraud

Drazkowski statement on first Feeding our Future convictions

Johnson statement on first Feeding our Future convictions

Commemorating the 80th anniversary of D-Day

Local legislators to host EMS Town Hall in Elbow Lake on Monday, June 10

Miller: Senate passes EMS aid package with unanimous support

Nelson: End of session update

Nelson: A permanent reminder of selfless sacrifice

Eroding Second Amendment Rights

Drazkowski: Democrats pushing Minnesota to the brink