Senator Sandra Pappas issues statement on Senate adjournment
The Minnesota Senate adjourned on Monday night without passing a budget. In response, Senator Sandra Pappas (DFL – Minneapolis) released the following statement:
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Equal Rights Amendment legislation still not heard in the Minnesota Senate
Senator Sandy Pappas (DFL-Saint Paul) made a motion on the Senate floor today to bring a bill to the floor that would put the question of whether the Minnesota Constitution should be amended to include the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) before Minnesota… Read More »Equal Rights Amendment legislation still not heard in the Minnesota Senate
Members of the Senate DFL support POCI Caucus
On Sunday, April 11, 2021, Daunte Wright was killed by Brooklyn Center police. In response to this devastating event, Senators Isaacson, Wiklund, Johnson Stewart, Eaton, Pappas, Putnam, Dziedzic, Dibble, Carlson, Port, Murphy, Klein, McEwen, Kent, Cwodzinski, Wiger, and Marty release the following statement in support of the Minnesota Senate’s People of Color and Indigenous (POCI) Caucus members:
In wake of Daunte Wright death, Senate DFLers call for passage of further police accountability and criminal justice reforms
Following the police killing of Daunte Wright, Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka announced that the Senate Judiciary and Transportation Committees would host “fact finding” public safety hearings in the next two weeks. Despite promising to discuss additional public safety, criminal justice, and police accountability measures following the passage of initial reforms last July, these hearings will be the first to discuss public safety issues in the 2021 Legislative Session.
Senator Pappas Encourages Minnesotans to utilize Federal Rental Assistance
The American Rescue Plan, which was passed by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Biden, provided more than $500 million in federal housing assistance to help renters and homeowners in Minnesota who are enduring financial hardship due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Senator Pappas Shares Statement on Police Killing of Daunte Wright
“I am deeply saddened by the tragic killing of Daunte Wright that took place yesterday at the hands of the Brooklyn Center Police. Members of the community are still grappling with the impact of the killing of George Floyd, only to be re-traumatized by yet another police killing of an unarmed Black man.