SAINT PAUL, Minn. –Senate Majority Leader Kari Dziedzic (DFL—Minneapolis), Senate President Bobby Joe Champion (DFL—Minneapolis), and Senator Zaynab Mohamed (DFL — Minneapolis) today celebrated the enactment of Driver’s Licenses for All, which is due to take effect tomorrow, October 1, 2023.
SAINT PAUL, Minn. — Senate President Bobby Joe Champion (DFL — Minneapolis) said that the Minnesota Senate passed the Jobs, Economic Development, and Labor budget bill on Tuesday evening, making historic investments in Minnesota’s communities and positioning Minnesota to be a leader in bioindustrial and semiconductor manufacturing.
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.
ST. PAUL, Minn. — On Friday, the City of Minneapolis unanimously approved a court enforceable agreement with the Minnesota Department of Human Rights that requires the City of Minneapolis and Minneapolis Police Department to make transformational changes to curb race-based policing and recognize the civil rights and humanity of community members.
Senator from North Minneapolis Heralds the Bill Signing as a Monumental Occasion SAINT PAUL, Minn. – This morning, Governor Walz signed Restore the Vote (HF 28) into state law. The legislation, chief authored by Senate President Bobby Joe Champion (DFL – Minneapolis),… Read More »Senate President Bobby Joe Champion’s Restore the Vote Signed into Law by Governor Tim Walz