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Sens. Aric Putnam, Rob Kupec Back New Executive Order to Lower Transportation Costs for Minnesota Farmers

by Senator Rob Kupec
October 5, 2026October 5, 2026

Saint Paul, MN – Minnesota Senate Agriculture Committee Chair Aric Putnam (DFL-St. Cloud), and Vice Chair Rob Kupec (DFL-Moorhead) said today that a new Executive Order (EO) from Governor Walz will give immediate relief to farmers who have suffered months of record-high diesel… Read More »Sens. Aric Putnam, Rob Kupec Back New Executive Order to Lower Transportation Costs for Minnesota Farmers

Senate Judiciary and Public Safety DFLers Condemn Department of Justice Misconduct Charges Against Federal Judges

by Senator Ron Latz
October 5, 2026October 5, 2026

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Following Wednesday’s announcement by the Department of Justice that a judicial conduct complaint had been filed against federal judges who had spoken to the media about the impact of Operation Metro Surge, DFL members of the… Read More »Senate Judiciary and Public Safety DFLers Condemn Department of Justice Misconduct Charges Against Federal Judges

Statement from Senator Steve Cwodzinski on Friday Shooting at Eden Prairie Homecoming Game

by Senator Steve Cwodzinski
October 5, 2026

ST. PAUL, MN — On Friday evening, two individuals were injured by gun violence outside of Eden Prairie High School’s homecoming football game. Attendees of the game were evacuated; the two individuals, who are not students, were taken to the… Read More »Statement from Senator Steve Cwodzinski on Friday Shooting at Eden Prairie Homecoming Game

Senator Erin Maye Quade speaks at a podium indoors as two people stand behind her.

Senator Erin Maye Quade Statement on Federal Court Pause on Anti-Nudification Law

by Senator Erin Maye Quade
October 4, 2026

ST. PAUL, Minn. — On Oct. 2, the Eighth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals blocked Minnesota’s nation-leading ban on AI nudification technology as part of X.AI’s court challenge of the law. The company, owned by trillionaire Elon Musk, filed the… Read More »Senator Erin Maye Quade Statement on Federal Court Pause on Anti-Nudification Law

Senate Majority Leader Erin Murphy Responds to Health Insurance Rate Increases

by Senator Erin Murphy
October 1, 2026

SAINT PAUL, Minn. – On Thursday, the Minnesota Department of Commerce announced the health insurance rate increases facing Minnesotans next year. For 203,000 consumers who purchase insurance on the individual market, rates will increase between 9.9 and 21.1 percent; for… Read More »Senate Majority Leader Erin Murphy Responds to Health Insurance Rate Increases

Senator Mary Kunesh Reflects on National Day of Remembrance for U.S. Indian Boarding Schools

by Senator Mary Kunesh
September 30, 2026

SAINT PAUL, MN – Today, September 30, is the National Day of Remembrance for Indian Boarding Schools. Senator Mary Kunesh (DFL-New Brighton) – descendant of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and Co-Chair of the Minnesota People of Color and Indigenous… Read More »Senator Mary Kunesh Reflects on National Day of Remembrance for U.S. Indian Boarding Schools