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From minnpost.com, March 23, 2018. But Melissa Hortman, the DFL House Minority Leader who is running the campaign to pick up the 11 seats her party needs to take control of the chamber, said it feels like huge wave of women are stepping up to run this year, many of them for the first time. There...
ST. PAUL, March 19, 2018. Today, House Republicans chose to send the MNLARS fix to conference committee, instead of passing the compromise bill that passed the Minnesota Senate earlier today. House DFL Leader Melissa Hortman released the following statement: “MNLARS has been an issue for seven...
ST. PAUL, March 6, 2018. Today, HF 3320 (Loon) will be heard in the House Education Finance Committee. The bill would authorize schools to use already existing long-term facilities maintenance revenue for school facility safety. The bill gives schools no new funds to improve safety and does nothing...
The following organizations and associations have endorsed Melissa Hortman in 2018. Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party Sierra Club Minnesota Association of Professional Employees Minnesota Nurses Association womenwinning
http://www.minnpost.com, January 14, 2018. On Tuesday, at the start of an annual gathering of all four Minnesota legislative leaders and the governor, Republican House Speaker Kurt Daudt took out his cellphone and snapped a photo of the line of reporters who had gathered in a Senate hearing room to...
ST. PAUL, January 16, 2018. Today, Governor Dayton released his 2018 bonding recommendations, which will create an estimated 22,950 jobs. House DFL Leader Melissa Hortman released the following statement: "We need to invest in Minnesota's roads, bridges, state assets, and historical landmarks....
Melissa Hortman, one of the leading Minnesota legislators on climate change policy, co-wrote a commentary on climate change for the Star Tribune newspaper on December 15, 2017. The commentary was based on her participation at the United Nation's Climate Change Convention's 23rd Conference of the...
SAINT PAUL, October 5, 2017. – Today, Republicans on the Subcommittee on Employee Relations voted against ratification of the employee contracts for nearly 30,000 state workers represented by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Council 5 and the Minnesota...
SAINT PAUL, October 2, 2017. – Today, the Minnesota Dept. of Commerce announced the 2018 health insurance rates for individual and small group plans. Rates remain high, with out-of-pocket costs skyrocketing for Minnesotans who last year received a one-time 25% discount. These costs will increase 37...
