Senator Kent

Minnesota Senate Adjourns Sixth Special Session

After Governor Walz called a special session upon extending the state’s peacetime state of emergency, the Minnesota State Senate adjourned having preserved the Governor’s peacetime emergency powers. Following adjournment, Senator Susan Kent released the following statement

Senate DFL Leader Susan Kent Statement on the Arrest of Former Minneapolis Officer that Killed George Floyd

Today, after days of public protests, public outcry, and calls from leaders across the state, the former Minneapolis police officer (Derek Chauvin) that killed George Floyd with excessive use of force was taken into custody and charged with third-degree murder… Read More »Senate DFL Leader Susan Kent Statement on the Arrest of Former Minneapolis Officer that Killed George Floyd