Mary K. Kunesh represents Senate District 39, which covers the communities of St. Anthony Village, New Brighton, Hilltop, Columbia Heights, Fridley, and a portion of Spring Lake Park. Learn more about Sen. Kunesh. Read more news from Sen. Kunesh.
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Early Wednesday morning, Education Finance Committee Chair Senator Mary Kunesh (DFL-New Brighton) and Education Policy Committee Chair Senator Steve Cwodzinski (DFL-Eden Prairie) ushered the K-12 education omnibus bill (HF 2497) that will provide Minnesota schools with unprecedented funding to passage in the Senate on a 35-32 vote.
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Early Wednesday morning, the Minnesota Senate passed a bill making landmark investments in early education for Minnesotans (HF 2292) 38-29. The early education omnibus budget bill provides $500 million dollars of investment in early learning scholarships, Head Start programming, and funding to encourage careers in early education.
ST. PAUL, Minn. — On Friday, Indigenous leaders and community gathered alongside legislators and state leadership to mark National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives. Senator Mary Kunesh, Standing Rock Lakota descendant (DFL-New Brighton), joined Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan, a White Earth Band of Ojibwe member, and other speakers to call for action to protect Native women, girls, and two-spirit relatives, who are at heightened risk of violence and death in Minnesota.
ST. PAUL, Minn. — On Friday, Governor Tim Walz, tribal leaders, legislators, and stakeholders gathered to celebrate the enactment of legislation that strengthens the Minnesota Indian Family Preservation Act (MIFPA), into law.
Chief author Senator Mary Kunesh, Standing Rock Lakota descendant (DFL-New Brighton), celebrated the law’s enactment and releases the following statement:
ST. PAUL, Minn. — On Monday, Education Policy Committee Chair Senator Steve Cwodzinski (DFL-Eden Prairie) and Education Finance Committee Chair Senator Mary Kunesh (DFL-New Brighton) ushered three education bills that will provide Minnesota schools with unprecedented funding, support teachers and families, and help students become informed, capable citizens, to passage on the Senate floor.
SAINT PAUL, Minn. – Today, April 11 marks the two-year anniversary of the murder of Daunte Wright by Brooklyn Center police. In response to the anniversary, the Senate People of Color and Indigenous (POCI) Caucus issued the following statement: