Senate DFLers push tax cuts for working Minnesotans and seniors

Senate DFLers push tax cuts for working Minnesotans and seniors

Senate DFLers moved to put more of the state’s surplus in the pocket of average Minnesota working families and seniors in the tax bill that passed this week. Unfortunately, the final bill that passed will largely benefit the highest earners and puts the state budget in a dangerous position of having to choose between tax cuts for the wealthy or our kids’ schools. Read more >>

Senate DFLers pass bill to help farmers Senate approves funds to combat Avian Flu

Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI, or avian or bird flu) is a severe form of influenza that affects poultry, and usually causes very high death rates in poultry flocks. It is carried by waterfowl and tends to travel with flocks of ducks and geese as they migrate, which Minnesota is seeing the start of right now. The outbreak in 2015 resulted in 9 million birds in the state being killed by the virus or euthanized to slow its spread. Minnesota is the country’s leading turkey producer. Read more >>