Senator Ann Johnson Stewart on State Budget Forecast
I am elated to hear that Minnesota is expecting a historic budget surplus of $7.7 billion.
I am elated to hear that Minnesota is expecting a historic budget surplus of $7.7 billion.
Today, the Minnesota Senate adjourned after a prolonged special session intended to approve Commissioner appointments. Last week, the Legislature finished passing all of the budget bills needed to avoid a government shutdown. After adjournment, Senator Ann Johnson Stewart (DFL-Minnetonka) released the following statement:… Read More »Senator Ann Johnson Stewart’s statement on the end of the legislative session
Senator Ann Johnson Stewart (DFL-Minnetonka), in collaboration with the city of South Saint Paul, Minnesota chapter of the American Public Works (APWA), and Raise our Grade MN will be hosting an “Infrastructure Walk” of the Concord Street Improvements Project construction site on Wednesday, June 9, from 10 a.m.-11 a.m.
Senator Ann Johnson Stewart (DFL-Minnetonka), in collaboration with the city of South Saint Paul, Minnesota chapter of the American Public Works (APWA), and Raise our Grade MN will be hosting an “Infrastructure Walk” of the Concord Street Improvements Project construction site on Wednesday, June 9, from 10 a.m.-11 a.m.
Yesterday evening, Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man, died after being shot by police during a traffic stop in Brooklyn Center, later crashing his car several blocks away. Senator Ann Johnson Stewart released the following statement:
The women of the Senate DFL gathered today virtually to rally for Minnesota to finally pass the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). The federal Equal Rights Amendment was originally written in 1923 and finally passed by Congress in 1972. Minnesota ratified the ERA one year later in 1973. After nearly 100 years, the ERA bill was passed in the Minnesota House in 2019, but did not make it past the Republican-controlled Senate.