
Senate DFLers push tax cuts for working Minnesotans and seniors
and everything else happening in the Legislature this week

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 >>


Republican Tax Bill: Leaving a Half-Million Minnesotans Behind | Senator Melisa López Franzen

Transportation supplemental passes finance committee
Senate Republicans reject DFL improvements to energy omnibus
Agriculture omnibus bill moves to the floor
Omnibus environment bill clears Finance Committee with no new improvements
Housing bill clears Finance Committee
Republicans ignore cybersecurity as more critical threats emerge
Republican Higher Education Budget leaves Minnesota students behind
Veterans and Military Affairs omnibus bill heard in Finance Committee
