Senator Alice Man represents Senate District 50 which includes Bloomington and Edina. She is vice chair of the Health and Human Services Committee, and serves on the Education Policy Committee and the Human Services Committee. Learn more about Sen. Mann.
First round of over $1 million in aid arrives to Sen. Mann’s district
SAINT PAUL, MINN. – Senator Alice Mann (DFL-Edina) announced that on August 1, local nursing homes received the first of two rounds of significant funding from the state to help stabilize their finances. This package is the result of a bipartisan agreement to provide economic assistance to nursing homes that are facing financial hardship.
ST. PAUL, Minn. – On Thursday, the Senate passed the final version of the bill to establish a statewide Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) bill championed by Senator Alice Mann (DFL-Edina). The legislation will give workers access to paid leave for parental bonding, their own medical condition, to care for a family member, for a qualifying exigency, or safety leave event.
ST. PAUL, Minn.–Senator Alice Mann (DFL-Edina) released the following statement today:
“Earlier this week, I suffered from a medical emergency. I was diagnosed with cholecystitis, inflammation of the gallbladder. My doctor informed me that I needed emergency surgery to remove my gallbladder. While the timing is not ideal, I am recovering without complications from this painful surgery. At the advice of my doctor, I will be spending the next two weeks away from the Capitol.
SAINT PAUL, Minn. – On Monday, the Senate passed HF 2, to establish a statewide Paid Family and Medical Leave program in Minnesota. The legislation, chief authored by Senator Alice Mann (DFL – Edina), would allow all non-temporary workers the opportunity to access paid leave for parental bonding, their own medical condition, to care for a family member, for a qualifying exigency, or safety leave event.
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:
ST. PAUL, Minn. — On Thursday, April 6, Tennessee’s Republican-controlled House of Representatives voted to expel two Black lawmakers, Justin Jones and Justin Pearson—just failing to oust a third representative, Gloria Johnson, by one vote—a week after the three Democrats led a gun reform protest in the chamber. This follows yet another mass shooting at the Covenant School in Nashville that left three 9-year-olds and three adults dead.