Tag: Paul Gazelka
Minnesota reports $2.6 billion surplus
(The Center Square) — Minnesota has net general fund receipts in fiscal year 2021 of $26.5 billion, the Department of Management and Budget (MMB)...
Conservative group calls out Senate GOP for caving on California car...
The Center of the American Experiment (CAE) expressed its disappointment in the Senate GOP for caving on California clean car mandates during the special...
Frustrated Minnesotans plan rally demanding end to emergency powers
Minnesotans plan to rally together on Monday, June 14 in support of the Never Again bill, legislation that would take away the governor’s emergency...
School choice advocates call out Dem hypocrisy: Black Lives Matter starts...
Senate Republicans and advocates of school choice held a rally Thursday outside Education Minnesota's headquarters in St. Paul to call for school-choice policies in...
Walz, Legislature reach budget agreement, will go into ‘overtime’ in June...
(The Center Square) — More than a week after their initial deadline, Minnesota legislative leaders announced Monday a bipartisan budget agreement on a $52...
Senate DFL members throw masks in the air just two days...
DFL senators claimed on Tuesday that Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka’s decision to end all coronavirus restrictions on the Senate floor was “unnecessary, premature,...
Despite widespread vaccine availability, Senate DFL wants to keep restrictions in...
Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka is facing criticism for his decision to lift all COVID-19 restrictions for members of the Senate during floor sessions.
Senate...
Jensen: GOP leaders use principles as bargaining chips in 11th-hour deals
It is silly season in St. Paul.
It’s that time of year when Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka goes behind closed doors with Gov. Tim...
GOP calls for waiving penalties against businesses, dropping mask mandate in...
State Republicans are leveraging Minnesota's biennial budget negotiations to pressure Gov. Tim Walz and his Democratic allies into dropping COVID-19 restrictions.
Walz is expected to...
Minnesota Senate Republicans propose $51.9 billion revised budget
(The Center Square) — Minnesota Senate Republicans have proposed a $51.9 billion, two-year budget prioritizing COVID-19 recovery.
The GOP argued on Tuesday the state doesn’t...