Wesenberg

Democrats Chipping Away at Second Amendment Rights

Democrats recently brought forward an incredibly controversial piece of gun legislation that people should know about. It creates a new “binary trigger ban.” Despite the fact that Minnesota already prohibits machine guns, similar automatic weapons,…

Eichorn Criticizes Lack of Oversight of Legacy Spending 

On Monday, Senator Justin Eichorn (R-Grand Rapids) released the following statement after the Legacy Conference Committee Report was adopted on the Senate Floor:   “Millions of tax dollars are being funneled to unaccountable arts programs…
Utke

Utke Statement on Human Services Conference Committee Report

Today with overwhelming bipartisan support, the Senate approved the Human Services Conference Committee report. Sen. Paul Utke (R-Park Rapids) was the Senate Republican appointee on the committee and released the following statement: “This is a…

Mathews: Senate Republicans Secure Religious Liberties in Minnesota

Senator Andrew Mathews (R- Princeton) yesterday supported a Republican amendment to the 2024 Minnesota Human Rights bill containing language that reinstates religious liberty protections that were removed by Senate Democrats last year. "Religious liberty remains…
Green

Holding the Senate to Higher Standards

According to information from Becker County and a 911 call, on April 22nd, Senator Nicole Mitchell from Woodbury broke into her stepmother’s home in the middle of the night, wearing all black, and using a…

Lieske: Democrats play partisan politics with gun bill

Friends and neighbors,  I wanted to share some new developments on gun control bills moving in the Senate.  On Thursday, May 9, the Democrat majority pushed the first gun control bill of this session off…
Rob Farnsworth

Divisive gun bill passes Senate on party line vote

Glimpse of bipartisanship dashed as controversial gun control measures are packaged with Republican proposals to toughen penalties for gun crimes The Senate passed controversial gun legislation this week on a party-line vote. The bill increased…
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…