Mary K. Kunesh represents Senate District 41, 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.
In response to the alarming statewide rise in deaths and addiction to opioids, in 2019, the Minnesota Legislator created the Opioid Epidemic Response Advisory Council (OERAC) and the Opiate Epidemic Response Account (OERA).
Today, Minnesota Management and Budget (MMB) released the November budget forecast which revealed a historic budget surplus of $7.7 billion for the FY 2022-2023 biennium.
On November 23rd, House Republicans sent a letter to Governor Walz requesting the use of all remaining American Rescue Plan Act funds and additional general fund dollars to provide a $1.3 billion dollar tax cut to Minnesota employers on their unemployment insurance obligations.
Taking the first step in addressing historic disparities of violence against Black women in Minnesota, legislation establishing the first state Task Force on Missing and Murdered African American Women was signed on Monday. The task force will look at the… Read More »Ceremonial Bill Signing held Establishing Task Force on Missing and Murdered African American Women In Minnesota
This week, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) added 305 bodies of water to the impaired waters list for a total of 2,904 bodies with 6,168 existing impairments across the state of Minnesota. This list included PFAS contamination found in bodies of water in Greater Minnesota.
Assistant Senate DFL Leader, Senator Mary Kunesh (DFL-New Brighton), has been appointed by Senate DFL Leader, Senator Melisa López Franzen (DFL-Edina), to serve on the newly formed Missing and Murdered African American Women Task Force for the 2021-2022 biennium.