SEN. NELSON VOTES FOR BIPARTISAN SRO FIX

Senator Carla Nelson (R-Rochester) voted on Monday to support school safety and repair the flawed law that limited the use of School Resource Officers (SROs). Despite zero incidents of SROs acting improperly, the 2023 DFL-controlled…

Nelson applauds bipartisan effort to expand P-Tech Program

State Senator Carla Nelson (R-Rochester) today praised this year’s bipartisan effort to expand the successful P-TECH (Pathways in Technology Early College High School) program across Minnesota. Senate File 4035, which received its first hearing in…

Senator Dornink: Fixing the mistakes of the 2023 session

Friends and neighbors, Last week, we got the February budget forecast, which gives us a good idea of our state’s financial future. Due to the $10 billion in Democrat tax increases last session, there is a…

Gruenhagen: A $1.5 billion structural deficit

Friends and neighbors, I wanted to provide an update on Minnesota's budget picture. On Thursday, February 29, the state’s Office of Management and Budget issued a new economic report. That report shows Minnesota has a…

Another Land Grab by the State

Democrats at the Capitol have been forcing through legislation that follows an alarming trend: eliminating transparency and ignoring input. That trend seems to be continuing into this legislative session. I’m sure folks recall last year,…

The Democrats’ Environmental Agenda

We are a few weeks into session, and after running entirely through the surplus last year, Senate Democrats have put forward a number of new costly proposals that they claim to be “environmentally friendly,” but…