In a year that has devastated our families and economies, the vulnerable paid a heavy price. For many of us finding a way to combat the virus …
We have learned so much about the powerful brain burst moments in the early years of life and the impact toxic stress, trauma, and poverty hav…
Last week, the Senate passed SF 2, a bill that would end the governor’s authority to close schools or restrict student learning during a pande…
During Monday's session, I led our twelfth vote in the past year to end the Governor's emergency powers. The vote failed along party lines, wi…
As a “Biden-backer,” I’m strongly urging the president to change one of his recommendations. San Diego parents, teachers and an attorney offer…
by Pam Loidolt
Question:
This week, I presented a bill, SF 764, in the Senate Tax Committee to provide tax relief to the city of Buffalo’s new construction of a fire s…
Dear Friends and Neighbors,I think Governor Walz finally realized that he will be responsible for the greatest increase in the state’s achieve…
I want to start off by expressing my deepest condolences to the citizens of Buffalo following the horrific shooting that took place at the Ali…
Last week, the Senate passed SF 2, a bill that would end the governor’s authority to close schools or restrict student learning during a pande…
During Monday's session, I led our twelfth vote in the past year to end the Governor's emergency powers. The vote failed along party lines, wi…
As a “Biden-backer,” I’m strongly urging the president to change one of his recommendations. San Diego parents, teachers and an attorney offer…
by Pam Loidolt
Question:
This week, I presented a bill, SF 764, in the Senate Tax Committee to provide tax relief to the city of Buffalo’s new construction of a fire s…
Dear Friends and Neighbors,I think Governor Walz finally realized that he will be responsible for the greatest increase in the state’s achieve…
I want to start off by expressing my deepest condolences to the citizens of Buffalo following the horrific shooting that took place at the Ali…
It is with a heavy heart this newsletter comes to you after a horrific tragedy at Allina Healthcare Clinic took the life of one of our own, in…
Wednesday’s tragic events in Buffalo shook the entire state to its core. My heart aches for the community and for the families of those that w…
On Monday, February 8th, during session, we voted for the 11th time to end the Governor's emergency powers. Unfortunately, Democrats blocked t…
My grandfather was a quiet man. I knew him only through my early teens.
Getting stabbed by a needle is absolutely my least favorite thing. While I’ve learned to tolerate the annual blood draw at the doctor’s office…
It has been a fast-moving month at the Capitol, but I couldn’t be happier to be back representing the people of District 29. We have an intere…
This week, Democrats submitted a bill in committee that would create a $35 million State Aid for Emergencies (SAFE) Account in anticipation of…
While Gov. Tim Walz recently offered many good ideas to improve education, there’s something major missing. Unfortunately, the 22-member team …
It is safe to say that 2020 was an unprecedented year presenting unique challenges that drove Wright County to adapt and change to our “new no…
Last week, I was appointed to the Legislative Energy Commission. This will be my second biennium serving on the commission. The Legislative En…
Did you make a new year's resolution this month? Extension gardening educators have come up with a few gardening practice resolutions that sh…
U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) today issued the following statement commemorating Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.:
Almost all of us have suffered a broken heart at some time in our lives. It might have been the end of a teenage crush or the betrayal by a cl…
Good people can change lives.
The year 2020, defined by a deadly and relentless pandemic, has been devastating for people in Minnesota and across the country whose lives, j…
Many years ago, I used my first-ever paid week of vacation to travel west to visit best friends who’d settled in the Bay Area of California.
Maybe it’s the time of year or the pandemic, but in December, we all tend to evaluate the past 12 months, what we’ve experienced.
When I attend the annual Christmas program at a country church next Sunday it's a given that my thoughts will go back to more than 60 years ag…
The Minnesota Senate on Monday voted for the sixth time in seven special sessions to end Governor Tim Walz’s peacetime emergency powers relati…
Today Gov. Tim Walz announced a new round of restrictions on Minnesota businesses. Part of his announcement included a phased-in opening of sc…
I’m considered old even though I don’t feel it, and I have a chronic illness as well. These criteria put me at a high risk of dying if I am in…
Like you, I do not like inaccurate or biased reporting. For more than 30 years, objectivity and truthful reporting have been the underpinnings…
Now that election day is behind us, new and returning lawmakers in both parties are looking ahead to next year. They’re strategizing for what …
Here’s good news for Minnesota students and families in an update of several topics discussed earlier this year.
Buckle up, America. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito may well have pulled the “start” switch on the First Amendment’s legal equivalent …
The end of this year has literally been a convergence of the perfect storm in regards to impaired operation of a motor vehicle. Our communiti…
Every year right after an election, I’d find a small pile of requests waiting for me from journalists. They wanted some sort of comment on wha…
What a year, just like everything else, Thanksgiving 2020 is going to be a little different. We might not have the chance to see all our loved…
Here’s potentially very good news for Minnesota high school students who were laid off due to COVID-19. Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellis…
Judging by the election returns, many Minnesotans are unhappy with the results. At this writing, some are wanting to claim foul. My advice is …
We’re all exhausted by Gov. Tim Walz’s use of executive power to keep us all “safe.” Since September, he’s used that privilege nearly one doze…
Like any American who cares about this country, I have a deep interest in the results of this election. But as a politician (I think one never…
Think about a time when you felt most proud of the U.S. What produced that emotion? Was it a book, play, new law, election or invention? (Seve…
Senator Bruce Anderson (R-Buffalo) released the following statement today regarding Governor Walz’s intention to nearly drain the state's disa…
Twenty years ago some of us were convinced society would grind to a halt at the end of 1999.
Certain things are omnipresent this fall – the election, the virus, charts filled with data points, Zoom meetings and ever-changing school options.
“We will never forget 9-11,”
We are a nation adrift. Even before the pandemic and George Floyd’s death, the US was piling on problems with little sense that we had either …
For years we’ve been hearing from some people that schools in this country should be open for 12 months. Other versions of that so-called visi…
The glimmering roll of Caribbean blue entices divers, swimmers, surfers and explorers. It is filled with life, warmth and the promise of excitement.
What a great time to celebrate heroes – or if you prefer, “sheroes.”
This week, I presented a bill, SF 764, in the Senate Tax Committee to provide tax relief to the city of Buffalo’s new construction of a fire s…
Dear Friends and Neighbors,I think Governor Walz finally realized that he will be responsible for the greatest increase in the state’s achieve…
I want to start off by expressing my deepest condolences to the citizens of Buffalo following the horrific shooting that took place at the Ali…
It is with a heavy heart this newsletter comes to you after a horrific tragedy at Allina Healthcare Clinic took the life of one of our own, in…
Wednesday’s tragic events in Buffalo shook the entire state to its core. My heart aches for the community and for the families of those that w…
On Monday, February 8th, during session, we voted for the 11th time to end the Governor's emergency powers. Unfortunately, Democrats blocked t…
My grandfather was a quiet man. I knew him only through my early teens.
Getting stabbed by a needle is absolutely my least favorite thing. While I’ve learned to tolerate the annual blood draw at the doctor’s office…
It has been a fast-moving month at the Capitol, but I couldn’t be happier to be back representing the people of District 29. We have an intere…
This week, Democrats submitted a bill in committee that would create a $35 million State Aid for Emergencies (SAFE) Account in anticipation of…
While Gov. Tim Walz recently offered many good ideas to improve education, there’s something major missing. Unfortunately, the 22-member team …
It is safe to say that 2020 was an unprecedented year presenting unique challenges that drove Wright County to adapt and change to our “new no…
Last week, I was appointed to the Legislative Energy Commission. This will be my second biennium serving on the commission. The Legislative En…
Did you make a new year's resolution this month? Extension gardening educators have come up with a few gardening practice resolutions that sh…
U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) today issued the following statement commemorating Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.:
Almost all of us have suffered a broken heart at some time in our lives. It might have been the end of a teenage crush or the betrayal by a cl…
Good people can change lives.
The year 2020, defined by a deadly and relentless pandemic, has been devastating for people in Minnesota and across the country whose lives, j…
Many years ago, I used my first-ever paid week of vacation to travel west to visit best friends who’d settled in the Bay Area of California.
Maybe it’s the time of year or the pandemic, but in December, we all tend to evaluate the past 12 months, what we’ve experienced.
When I attend the annual Christmas program at a country church next Sunday it's a given that my thoughts will go back to more than 60 years ag…
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